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It was a busy offseason for New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe, a sudden celebrity of sort around Manhattan, who captured the hearts of fans for his penchant for fighting and riling up the opponent.
But Georges Laraque did not like what he saw. In fact, "he was getting hit way too much in the face," Laraque said.
Laraque would know. Over the course of more than 150 fights in the NHL, he lasted more than a decade as an enforcer because he knew how to reduce the number of blows to his head.