But when the bill came, the team choked on it. They discovered they managed to eat and drink $18,000 worth of the restaurant’s fine fare.

The team threw a fit and refused to pay the entire bill, claiming that, by their math, it should only have come to approximately $12,000. The owner, Maurizio Terrigno, claims that the team even tried to pull the “do you know who we are” line when he insisted they pay the bill, fair and square.

Yeah, cause that kind of comment always results in instant respect. Ahem.

Off the ice:

2004 – Former NHL enforcer Bob Probert is back in jail.He was arrested Friday in Delray Beach after a scuffle with Florida police that led to Probert being shocked with a Taser gun.

Charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and disorderly conduct, Probert was held without bail at the Palm Beach County jail.
While playing for the Detroit Red Wings in the 1980s and early ’90s, Probert served a prison term when he was caught trying to carry cocaine into the United States from Canada. He also had an alchohol problem and was charged with numerous driving offences.
Probert was placed on inactive status for the 1994-95 season after he was involved in a motorcycle accident and tests showed alcohol and cocaine in his system.

Delray Beach police officers first spotted Probert on Friday as he parked his white BMW sport utility vehicle the wrong way on a downtown side street and began hanging out of his window to yell at several men just before 1 a.m., officers said.

Four officers intervened when Probert, a native of Windsor, Ont., got out of the car and tried to start a fight with one of the men, according to a report. He then fought with the officers and refused their orders to drop to the ground, the report said.

As two of the officers struggled to handcuff Probert, officer Thomas Tolbert shot him with a Taser gun and he fell backward. But Probert resisted their efforts when they tried to handcuff him, so Tolbert used the Taser to stun Probert several more times.

The gun shoots barbed probes that give the recipient a usually non-lethal but incapacitating shock.

After Probert was shocked, officers handcuffed him and took him into custody.

“He was so combative in our jail that we didn’t take a booking photo of him because we didn’t want to struggle with him again out of handcuffs,” police spokesman Jeff Messer said. (source)

On the ice:

• Two long fights with Craig Coxe of the Vancouver Canucks in the mid-1980s.
• A career-spanning series of battles with Tie Domi of the New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, and Toronto Maple Leafs. One of Probert’s memorable confrontations was also the genesis of Tie Domi’s now-infamous belt gesture, where he guestured to the crowd as if he had a heavyweight title belt around his waist. Fights afterwards between Domi and Probert were seen in the eyes of many as Probert “getting his title back” from Domi. Also Probert had a series of about 13 fights with enforcer Stu Grimson.
• A memorable fight on December 17, 1993 with former teammate Joe Kocur of the Rangers, during a brawl involving several players from both teams. Probert and Kocur had grabbed the nearest opposing player without realizing who it was, and continued trading punches even after they identified each other. Later on in Probert’s Career, he would face Kocur a couple more times when he was with the Chicago Blackhawks.
• A fight on February 4, 1994, against Marty McSorley, then of the Pittsburgh Penguins, lasting nearly 100 seconds.
• A fight on December 11, 1993 in the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim’s first ever game at the Joe Louis Arena against the Wings, Probert and Stu Grimson fought 6 seconds into the game. This is notable as many children were in attendance due to the popularity of the Mighty Ducks franchise thanks to the Mighty Ducks movie series.

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Now I know hockey has a reputation for on-ice fighting (and quite frankly, who would watch it if it didn’t?), but Probert pushes that envelope just a tad too far. There’s being entertaining, and then there’s just being a jerk.

It certainly says something about your playing style when ESPN conducts a poll and you’re number one on the list “The Top 10 Most Hated NHL Players of All Time”. Yeah, that says it all.