Ilya Kovalchuk vs Drew Stafford

Oct 11, 2007 2pd 10:05

2007-2008 Regular Season

Date / Time	Away / Home Team	Away / Home Player
Oct 11, 2007	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk
2pd 10:05	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford
Toni Lydman sends Todd White flying with a hip on knee hit. Kovalchuk quickly goes after Lydman, but is pushed down to the ice by Stafford. Kovalchuk gets back to his feet and grabs Stafford. They drop the gloves and Kovalchuk throws two rights at a bent over Stafford. Stafford fires back with a right. Kovalchuk gets in two more rights while Stafford falls to the ice.

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Results

Ilya Kovalchuk		84.7%
Draw		13.7%
Drew Stafford		1.5%
From 131 votes with an average rating of 3.5

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User Reviews

Posted by hellaavangard on Oct 12, 2007 at 3:38 AM agree

Kovalchuk isn't the one that lost his jersey

Posted by Piglett31069 on Oct 13, 2007 at 11:35 AM agree

A great fight from a player who rarely fights (Kovalchuk). When he gets mad, look out...you may well see something like this!

Posted by islandersfan39 on Feb 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM agree

i cnt blame ilya for what he did i disagree 100% with knee on knee but good fight

Posted by foiler on Oct 1, 2009 at 1:40 AM agree

So glad Harry Neale is off HNIC.

Posted by jrw89sbk on Apr 11, 2009 at 11:46 PM agree

Win Kovy.

Posted by xanatos on Feb 7, 2010 at 2:31 AM agree

stafford probably would have kicked the crap out of kovy if kovy didnt get the gloves off and pulled jersey'd stafford before he got the gloves off. nothing but a draw here folks

Posted by headcharge on Oct 12, 2007 at 9:51 AM agree

Absolutely love how Kovalchuk immediately jerseys Stafford and just throws. Obviously doesn't know how to do too well, but you gotta love the Grimsonesque move.

Posted by wylde_buzz on Oct 12, 2007 at 10:40 AM agree

crap fight....and as always Harry Neale getting the wrong players names, I"m glad he's off Hockey Night in Canada

Posted by hit_the_post on Oct 12, 2007 at 10:10 PM agree

The Buffalo homer announcers talk about "his (Kovy's) shadow winning" but he stuck up for his teammate and landed the only blows in the scrap.
Thrashers need grit!

Posted by latendresse on Feb 16, 2008 at 1:25 AM agree

I hesitated between Draw and Kovalchuk because Stafford wasnt expecting that.. But Kovalchuk won

Posted by shane0mack on Oct 13, 2007 at 5:38 PM agree

"ive seen kovalchuk shadowbox and the shadow won every time"

well kovalchuk won this one

Posted by djaye on Oct 12, 2007 at 5:19 AM agree

Anyone see the purses fly?

Posted by Sukoshi84 on Oct 12, 2007 at 1:10 PM agree

how can you **** say thats a fight and a win you Kova........? nothing landed except one right that hit staffords shoulder!!!!! clean hit also, th eonly reason staff lost his jersey is because Kova was ripping it off the give staff a good eastern euro hump n' dump

Posted by Rynryn on Oct 13, 2007 at 9:24 AM agree

holy jesus! Scary.

Posted by dcmac on Oct 12, 2007 at 5:52 PM agree

Crap Fight