Does anyone else love this Rick Rypien kid

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

Not much of a Vancouver fan but gotta say I like this kid. He can really go. If you notice, he does most of his punching with his left and he also tries to use his left in a defensive posture, like a boxer, only player I have ever seen who regularly does this. Not sure it works all that well but hey, he's winning alot of fights. Consider also that he's not a big guy and he's fighting some big boys.

I just thought I would throw this out there for the fight fans.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

Woh! He beat up that Bowling for Columbine dude!

[egroen 384]

His dad owns a boxing gymn.

Pound-for-pound I think he is the best fighter in the league... now if only he could stay healthy for a season.

[esteef 2,679]

Woh! He beat up that Bowling for Columbine dude!

He had it comin'.

esteef

[Carman 387]

Love this kid. This is the type of player I would love on the Wing's. A young, hard skater, and good fighter although the injuries worry me. Great technique you can definitely tell the boxing background.

[Konnan511 1,736]

Woh! He beat up that Bowling for Columbine dude!

Is it bad that was my initial thoughts as well?

[seeinred 1,488]

I think he beat up Prust waaaay worse than Moore. You rarely see the refs have to jump in while both players are still standing up and 1 is still throwing bombs. Prust was out on his feet for sure.

[under_par_00 45]

He has a unique fighting style, leaves himself open for a lot of shots but he is very quick throwing with both hands.

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

His dad owns a boxing gymn.

Pound-for-pound I think he is the best fighter in the league... now if only he could stay healthy for a season.

Ah, that makes perfect sense. He uses his left to block when in tight and he seems to have a feel for when the other guy is going to throw so he throws up the block. He doesn't always block the punches but it looks fairly effective.

The most telling sign that he has some boxing background is he has a stiff left jab that is fast, accurate and simply puts the other guy off balance and in a bad spot real fast. Sort of a weird thing for a lefty to be jabbing with his left but he makes it work. Jab with left, move in for grab with right and start firing with the left again.

No matter, I like the kid. He skates very well, hits everything and can even fight some of the light heavyweights out there and do extremely well.

I'd love to have him.

[Yzerfan1999 81]

That last commentator was tooooo much. Hahahahahahhaha

Anyways, yeah..damn he is a good fighter. Always seems to get that first pop in there before the other guy can think about it.

V Nice.

[Inultus 12]

Would love to see he and Tootoo go at it. Very good fighter, and looks like he always starts his fights clean, unlike Tootoo.

[Guest Four]

Great find OP! I already love this guy, great fighter. I hope to see much more of him this year, he annihilated everyone he fought in those videos.

[seeinred 1,488]

Great example of his parry technique from his fight with Hal Gill the other night.

Edited October 8, 2009 by SeeinRed

[XxGoWingsxX 0]

Man, he was really Rypien some damn heads off wasn't he?

[FifeHockeyNut 57]

Wow this guy is good!! Liked the fight against carter, he knocked him to the ground and then picked him back up lol.

[waitahochiminute 2]

I wanna see him and Lucic go at it...

[action jackson 6]

"and STILL middleweight champion of the nhl, the pitbull rick rrrrrrrypien"

nice one

[xBrave_Heartx 0]

This is who i would compare Mitchell Callahan to, A poor mans Rypien. Only difference would be the fighting. Both are active but Rypien will be able to hold his own against anyone that isn't a top heavyweight.

[Guest Four]

Rypien held his own against Gill who I would say would be considered a heavy weight when he's like 1/4 taller xD

[seeinred 1,488]

Rypien held his own against Gill who I would say would be considered a heavy weight when he's like 1/4 taller xD

Rypien didn't just hold his own, he won IMO. Not that most people on hockeyfights know what they're talking about, but they agree.

[AtomicPunk 296]

Ahh....what did we do before YouTube?

[Jasper84 333]

Those videos looked like a high school bully whooping on a 6th grader, wow. I like what I see!!! (No, I don't mean I enjoy bullies whooping on children, I meant the hockey player!)

[robb himself 143]

Im from BC and I get to see Rick a lot and he is an OK fighter at best and a HORRIBLE player... he reminds me of Jarko Ruutu...and Mike Brown...just terrible its sad that he is taking up a roster spot instead of Cody Hodgson

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Rypien held his own against Gill who I would say would be considered a heavy weight when he's like 1/4 taller xD

A heavy?

Gill is a heavy punching bag if nothing else. Rypien is a lot better than him, especially when Gill isn't hugging.

[NGKEIB 32]

Rypien held his own against Gill who I would say would be considered a heavy weight when he's like 1/4 taller xD

A heavy?

Gill is a heavy punching bag if nothing else. Rypien is a lot better than him, especially when Gill isn't hugging.

Yeah Gill is a joke - I wouldn't call him a heavyweight, just a bigger target. Chara is best known for beating him up, but is a poor example since he is one of the few who is bigger - just shows that Gill has absolutely no idea what he's doing when he can't hold someone off with his reach. He also has terrible chin, just watch his fight with Kocur.