They were hockey's top enforcers.
When they took the ice for the Detroit Red Wings, legs weakened on the opposing team and fans swooned in the stands.
Bob Probert and Joey Kocur, who became known as the Bruise Brothers, fought some of the best battles ever seen in the game as they ruled the heavyweight division for the Wings from the late '80s through the early '90s.
Red Wings grind line member Darren McCarty played with Probert, who died of a heart attack at age 45 in 2010, and Kocur.
"The best part of my job – I was kind of the third wheel," said McCarty during a packed Red Wings HockeyFest at Joe Louis Arena today.