Steve Durbano Attacks Bobby Hull Jets-Bulls Brawl

By REYN DAVIS, Winnipeg Free Press March 12, 1978 A guy who spent a year out of hockey recovering from an arm injury suffered in a fight with his father, leaped over the boards Sunday night to tackle Bobby Hull from behind while 10,363 horrified witnesses watched. Steve Durbano, a player who has popularized, if not epitomized, the word goon, precipitated the second bench-clearing brawl in Winnipeg this season involving the Birmingham Bulls and the Jets. For 23 minutes, players fought with each other while fans chanted "Birmingham stinks" as two of the three policemen at the Bulls' bench chased a chair thrower who missed the coach, Glen Sonmor, and hit the stickboy. More on Curtis Walkers Jets site