Dalton Prout is a Blue Jacket fighting legend, even if he did only have one rival
Dalton Prout – 224GP | 263 PIMS | 19 Fights (with CBJ)
Dalton Prout was a large defenseman standing at 6-foot-3, 222 pounds. Drafted in 2010, in the 6th round, he wasn’t an overly skilled player, but he was a solid stay at home defenseman. When it came to fighting, he had no problem stepping up to anyone. He fought players like Tom Wilson, Jason Chimera, Chris Neil and Chris Stewart, but Prout had only one rival, and that was Milan Lucic. He fought Lucic on three different occasions during their careers.
In November of 2014, Milan Lucic attempted to engage Prout, they both would drop the gloves and engage. Prout took the first shot and hit Lucic square in the face, dropping the Bruin’s forward to the ice, leaving him bloody and angry. The crowd at Nationwide Arena exploded into a frenzy. Lucic would later call the punch “gutless”. About a month later, the teams would have a re-match and Lucic saw his opportunity for revenge. The two heavy weights fought again, this time Lucic seemed to have the edge and took Prout down.
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Dalton Prout only fought 19 times in his CBJ career, but he will forever be remembered as the guy who took Milan Lucic down with one punch. He just missed my top-5 list for all-time Columbus enforcers, but he is right up there with this top moment in Blue Jackets history.
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