Tony Twist admits he was a liability at times. But the Blues needed a heavyweight fighter. Twist describes life as an enforcer to jprutherford and what hockey has lost without them. 'How do you expect to be a dragon when you're carrying a Bic lighter?'
, and the night before my first training camp in 1988, he says, “Lads, this is what I want. If you’re a goal scorer, score goals. If you’re a defenseman, be a defenseman. If you’re a goaltender, stop the puck. If you’re a fighter, be a fighter.” So I’m going down the elevator, and I look at Todd Ewen and say, “I guess you and I are going tomorrow, huh?” He says, “I don’t have to fight you,” and I said, “The f— you do.
My skill set was brutal. Was I a liability? Probably. There were games where I never touched the ice. But my second training camp with the Blues, Todd was suspended for the first 10 games, and they needed a heavyweight. I had set a goal to go to college, but that’s when my rights in the WHL were traded from Kamloops to Saskatoon. So I went to Saskatoon’s camp, but even there, I was only put in the game to fight. I remember having a discussion with my pops, and I said, “I’m a better player than this.” But it was either integrate or migrate. I got it. This is who I am.
I became the king, and that’s a powerful feeling, but it comes with a lot of responsibility. It gives you a one-up on everybody before you even drop the gloves, but you’ve got to own it. And then guys were scared to fight me. Was it frustrating? No, it actually felt pretty good because you have to have an ego to be a fighter. Not the Tie Domi ego. That was way too f—— much for me, bringing WWE to the National Hockey League.
I immersed myself in the job to make myself feel as comfortable as I could so none of those other feelings would overtake my ability. Always in the gym, always studying. Anytime there was a fight on ESPN, I was recording it. Whenever we went to another city, I’d trade tapes with guys who collected the fights. I would meet this guy, Joe Lozito, at the rink, and he’d give me Jersey, both New Yorks, Boston, all the guys in that area. It was research.
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