Montreal Canadiens: Ten Scariest Players In Franchise History
10. Jeff Petry
Jeff Petry is probably not the first player that jumps to mind when you think of the scariest Canadiens players of all time. In nearly a decade with the Canadiens organization, his highest penalty minutes total was 36.
Sure, he was a sold two-way player who could carry the puck up ice and make a nice pass to a teammate to set up a scoring chance, but the other wasn’t exactly paralyzed by fear when Petry would go on a rush up ice.
He did have some great offensive seasons, scoring 13 goals and 46 points in 2018-19 and also having 42 points in just 55 games in the Covid shortened 2020-21 campaign. While a near point per game defenseman is a fearful thought for an opponent to gameplan against, it was Petry’s look in the 2021 postseason that made him a scary opponent.
A freak accident along the glass in the second round of the playoffs resulted in dislocated fingers when Petry got his glove stuck in the camera hole on the glass. Apparently, when the doctors tries to reset the fingers, Petry passed out from the pain and it resulted in him rupturing blood vessels in his eyes.
Jeff Petry’s eyes looked like something out of a horror movie 😳 pic.twitter.com/HtKrzyIONH
— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) June 17, 2021
When he returned to the lineup in the third round against the Vegas Golden Knights, he looked like he was about to fire lasers out of his eyes. The bright red glow in his eyeballs was a sight straight out a Halloween movie, and the image is about as scary a mugshot as any hockey player has ever had.