Shawn Thornton vs Georges Laraque

Oct 15, 2008 1pd 02:28

2008-2009 Regular Season

Date / Time	Away / Home Team	Away / Home Player
Oct 15, 2008	Boston Bruins	Shawn Thornton
1pd 02:28	Montreal Canadiens	Georges Laraque
Comments:

Your vote

You must login to vote.

You can sign up for free if you do not have an account already.

Results

Georges Laraque		38.8%
Shawn Thornton		38.2%
Draw		23.0%
From 521 votes with an average rating of 5.9

More Thornton vs Laraque

NHL	Sep 21, 2000	1pd 14:31	Thornton (TOR)	vs	Laraque (EDM)	Details
NHL	Nov 03, 2002	2pd 07:15	Laraque (EDM)	vs	Thornton (CHI)	Details
NHL	Jan 29, 2004	1pd 17:27	Thornton (CHI)	vs	Laraque (EDM)	Details

User Reviews

Posted by steg1989 on Oct 16, 2008 at 12:48 AM agree

Draw, plain and simple.

Posted by DetroitIan on Oct 16, 2008 at 6:32 PM agree

Great fight. Both guys made their impact. Draw.

Posted by brad houghton on Oct 16, 2008 at 9:01 AM agree

i would go with a draw....they both landed shots in the early flurry but tough to tell who did better...George kept busy in the middle of the fight but most of his shots didn't appear to land or landed on the back

kind of a 5 out of 10 fight....would have like to see the initial exchange go longer it was a very promissing start but as usual with BGL it got boring fast

Posted by slshbleed on Oct 16, 2008 at 8:41 AM agree

The Boston announcers are tool bags. Good showing for Thornton. I have a slight edge for BGL, but I can see somebody voting this one a draw.

Posted by blazers76 on Oct 16, 2008 at 4:08 PM agree

Thornton landed less, but his shots were better in my opinion.

Posted by DuckHawk on Oct 16, 2008 at 8:26 AM agree

Slight win for Thornton, This video doesnt do the early part of this fight justice. Not the take down, but the quality of the exchange Thornton gave BGL...2-3 hard inside rights. Similiar the the 2 he gave Brash last year that staggered him.....Give BGL credit, he took them and returned fire...You cannot deny BGL's strength....NO homer pick here, just how I saw it....should get better when the rust comes off....slight win Thornton.

Posted by Juha82 on Oct 16, 2008 at 5:19 AM agree

Laraque was better, taking narow win in solid battle.

Posted by jellyczar on Oct 16, 2008 at 6:52 PM agree

Better punches at the beginning by Thornton...he gets the edge.

Posted by BigBadBruins68 on Mar 23, 2009 at 12:36 PM agree

Thornton landed the better shots, as BGL mostly tried to club the back of his head. Win Thornton.

Posted by CocoQuaker7 on Oct 16, 2008 at 3:07 PM agree

Jack Edwards is a moron. I wish he'd call the fight based on what was actually happening.

Posted by BuffSabs76 on Oct 16, 2008 at 8:17 AM agree

Welcome back BGL... finally Canadiens have a tough guy again.

Posted by Hell of a TILT on Oct 16, 2008 at 9:22 AM agree

This one was a draw.....BGL got in a few more punches, but Thornton gets points for the take down and letting him back up......BGL "rarely" goes down.

Posted by blackgoldfan on Oct 18, 2008 at 7:17 PM agree

Hmmmm...no real clear winner to me. They both trade some big punches, then george brings it in close and seems to get a lot of little punches to the back of the head. Since i don't like draws i'm gonna give Big George the "W" for landing more in the end. Thorton needs a rematch this was a good fight.

Posted by illukka on Oct 16, 2008 at 4:33 AM agree

to me it looks like thornton is just tryin to prevent BGL from scoring the big haymaker. after they get up all i see is BGL poundin away and thrnton tryin to keep up with it

a clear win for BGL

Posted by scrapiron wins on Dec 22, 2008 at 10:46 PM agree

Laraque wins.