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Rick Tocchet

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Hockey Player

The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    He was injury prone.
    He never played a full season during his career.
    He became a journeyman player after leaving the Flyers.
    He was notorious for giving other players knee-on-knee hits.
    He recorded over 2,000 career penalty minutes.
    He helped finance an illegal gambling ring which placed bets on football games.
    He plead guilty to conspiracy and illegally promoting gambling (April 2007).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the Flyers team captain.
    He earned a Stanley Cup ring with the Penguins (1992).
    He recorded a career high 109 points during his first full season with the Penguins.
    He was considered one of the NHL's elite power forwards during the late 1980's and early 1990's.
    He filled in for Wayne Gretzky as Coyotes head coach while Gretzky tended to his mother.
    Unlike Pete Rose, he admitted to accepting bets on sports games.

Credit: Ricky


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 73.17% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 67.00% Annoying