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'CHRIS' & 'THORBURN'

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Now them's fightin' words

He is the first of a dying breed.

In an era in which the NHL enforcer is increasingly going extinct, Winnipeg Jets winger Chris Thorburn currently finds himself the heaviest of the league’s few remaining heavyweights, leading the NHL this season in fights with nine.

Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press</p><p&gtWinnipeg Jets Chris Thorburn lands a punch on Calgary Flames Deryk Engelland as the two fight in Calgary Dec. 10.</p>
Winnipeg Jets Chris Thorburn lands a punch on Calgary Flames Deryk Engelland as the two fight in Calgary Dec. 10.

That’s two more fights than the next busiest league heavyweight and on pace to potentially give Thorburn the most pugilistic season of his 715-game NHL career.