One night, you’re having dinner together. The next night, you’re fighting it out on the ice. Such was life for the heavy-fisted Matthew Barnaby, who fought his former teammate, tough guy Rob Ray, in 2000.
Skating from the right wing, Barnaby was a frequent fighter who never was afraid to mix it up, recording 2,562 penalty minutes over 834 regular-season games. Once, while lying on the ice after an apparent injury against the Philadelphia, he was goaded back into action by Flyers goalie Garth Snow, who poked him with his stick. Barnaby leaped to his skates and pummeled Snow.
Barnaby battled it out for seven teams during 14 NHL seasons.