Finally!  A little passion from the Ottawa Senators!  Apparently, during this morning’s practice, a little scrap broke out between forwards Jason Spezza and Chris Neil.  I don’t know exactly what brought it on but reports are saying that Neil dealt a two-handed slash to the back of Spezza’s legs and Spezza turned around and give it right back to him.  Teammates jumped in, however, when Neil dropped his gloves.

“I don’t know what happened,” Spezza said. “Sometimes teammates get into it, it’s no big deal. As soon as he dropped the gloves it was time to get out of there though”
Interesting…
Head …read more

The Boston Bruins still seem a little pissed off at the Carolina Hurricanes after they eliminated them from the playoffs last year and they also appeared to want to prove themselves after suffering an embarrassing 4-1 loss against the Washington Capitals in the season opener on Thursday night.

The Bruins definitely came out on the ice and proved that, when they are on their game, they are virtually unstoppable.  Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler put the puck in the back of the net just 26 seconds apart in the first period and the team scored four-power play goals to beat the …read more

At the end of last night’s poorly officiated game between the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks, a brawl broke out in front of the SJ net.
There were 70 minutes of penalties, which I think is just downright ridiculous for a game so close to the end of the season.  Plus, it’s no secret that these teams don’t particularly like each other so when you combine that, the penalty minutes and the poor officiating (along with the pressure to do well before the playoffs), it was a perfect recipe for a disaster.
Still, in the end, the Sharks were able …read more

I was almost in tears I was laughing so hard when I saw this clip of a melee from the Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks game yesterday.  I’ve heard some people even refer to it as “Mean Girls on Ice” and I can’t disagree.  This fight was ridiculous!
It all started when Dustin Byfuglien (Chicago) decided to push Roberto Luongo (G, Vancouver) in the face after he made a save.  It was totally unnecessary and I can understand the outrage considering the fact that it’s almost playoff time and the team has also been without Luongo earlier this year due to …read more

I’ve tried to avoid writing about it because I wanted to see where this was going to go but now that it’s everywhere, I have to jump in to the discussion.   At the annual NHL GM meetings, the league managers had some recommendations and I’m not sure how I feel about them.  They want to curb fighting, which I understand since they want to minimize injuries (particularly concussions and other head injuries), and have proposed some changes that I’m sure fans will have a strong reaction to.
From TSN:
The GMs have proposed that a 10-minute misconduct penalty be given to players …read more

Luke Schenn of the Toronto Maple Leafs floored Evgeni Malkin minutes before and Tyler Kennedy, Malkin’s Pittsburgh teammate is being suspended for one game for instigating a retaliatory fight.
The disciplinary action comes after the Leafs requested the even be reviewed and alleged that Kennedy came off the Pens bench with the intent of starting a fight with Schenn.

It’s been a while since a hockey fight made me laugh out loud but this scrap between Alexander Semin (Washington Capitals) and Marc Staal (New York Rangers) will make you crack up.  Staal manages to pull Semin’s jersey and pads off so you’ve got Semin with no sweater on, smacking (yes, smacking – not punching) Staal as he lay on the ice. 

Semin got a 10-minute misconduct, an automatic ejection and a 5-minute major for fighting.  It really was surprising because I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him in a fight and he played Staal’s back like it was a …read more

It’s not funny but there is something about a good goalie fight that not only excites me but also just makes me laugh.  Maybe it’s all the pads but it’s so much fun to watch (not that I’m advocating fighting, blah blah blah…).  Of course, there couldn’t be a collection of these without at least one clip (there are actually two) of Patrick Roy.  Seems it runs in his family since his son has been charged in the fight he caused at the Remparts Quebec championship game this past season.  Anyway, watch the video here:

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It’s a Monday morning and what better way to start the day than with a little Calgary Flames ice action?  All I gotta say is that I love the Phaneuf vs. Ohlund scrap and, well, Godard was a busy man… Here’s a look at some of the best fights from the season :

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Patrick Roy, who has won the Stanley Cup four times as a goaltender, and his son Jonathan were both suspended Tuesday by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for their respective roles in a playoff brawl.
So, it goes like this.  Patrick Roy is the co-owner and GM AND coach of the Quebec Remparts.  Jonathan is the team’s goalie.  When the Remparts played a playoff game in Chicoutimi on Saturday night, a 10-player brawl broke out and Jonathan went for the opposing netminder, Bobby Nadeau.  Roy ripped off Nadeau’s mask, beat him to the ice and then made some nice gestures …read more