Durbano's nickname, “Mental Case,” pretty much says it all, eh? The 6-1, 185-pound defenseman still holds the record for the most penalty minutes in an NHL season — 370. Early in his first season with the Blues (1972-73), Durbano engaged Minnesota's Dennis Hextall in a fight. The official gave Durbano five minutes but only gave Hextall a two-minute minor. So Durbano hit the official, drawing the first of many suspensions.

In 1979, after going berserk on the Rangers' Nick Fotiu, Durbano mooned the Madison Square Garden crowd as he left the ice. You can't teach that.

Life after hockey was troublesome for Durbano. He spent several years in prison after trying to import cocaine. Soon after he got out, he went back to prison for attempting to recruit an undercover police officer into an escort service. In 2002, at age 50, he died of liver cancer.

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