Reid Simpson vs Marty McSorley

Jan 29, 1998 2pd 11:57

1997-1998 Regular Season

Date / Time	Away / Home Team	Away / Home Player
Jan 29, 1998	Chicago Blackhawks	Reid Simpson
2pd 11:57	San Jose Sharks	Marty McSorley
Comments: Right off of the faceoff the two drop the gloves and tie up. McSorley throws four early rights while Simpson puts a hand in McSorley's face and throws two of his own. The two exchange quick rights while Simpson gets McSorley's jersey up and over his head. Simpson throw a mix of rights and uppercuts while McSorley is throwing blind, wild punches. McSorley gets in a right and Simpson responds with five rights, knocking McSorley's helmet off. McSorley throws two body shots just before falling down to his knees only to get right back up. The two then go back and forth with rights until Simpson rips McSorley's jersey off. They then exchange bombs, each player switching between hands and landing almost all of their punches. The two continue to go back and forth with numerous punches until they tire out and the linesmen move in. They are then escorted to the wrong penalty boxes and sent out to switch. McSorley skates over to a crowd of Blackhawks and gets shoved by Chelios. McSorley pops Chelios with a short right and the linesmen have to skate over and re-escort McSorley to the box and then the hallway. Other Penalties: McSorley received a game misconduct; Jim Cummins a misconduct.

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Results

Reid Simpson		75.7%
Draw		17.8%
Marty McSorley		6.5%
From 107 votes with an average rating of 9.2

User Reviews

Posted by Juha82 on Aug 15, 2007 at 2:57 PM agree

A great maraton battle.
Simpson landed bit better.
They had an emotion and sense in this one.
Simpson controlled the bout.
A good left and then immediately a good right by Simpson.
R.Simpson narrow win( his best season)

Posted by trpaulson on Mar 06, 2007 at 12:41 PM agree

Pretty good scrap. McSorley an all-time favorite, and Simpson was always underrated.

Posted by MarkConwayHBK on Mar 05, 2007 at 8:01 AM agree

Faces of War

Posted by RolePlaya on Mar 06, 2007 at 6:09 AM agree

Wow wgat a great fight! Btw simpson plays in Russian league and i've seen him, he's pretty tough!

Posted by seanbaldwin on Mar 29, 2007 at 3:17 PM agree

wow best fight i ever saw to of the old school warrior breed gotta love those older time fights

Posted by stizzo on Mar 06, 2007 at 10:48 AM agree

good scrap

Posted by groovemessenger on Feb 17, 2007 at 6:34 PM agree

What a fight. I love McSorley's shoulder pads (if you can call 'em that). Why even bother wearing them.

Simpson gets an obvious left that seems to shake Marty.

I ran into Reid Simpson at a restaurant a few weeks after this fight. I was suprised that he wasn't as big as he looks...and he doesn't look that big to begin with.

Posted by gord400 on Apr 03, 2007 at 9:17 AM agree

geez...2 tough guys going long, and going hard!!!
A draw, no doubt...

Posted by daaziil on Mar 18, 2007 at 7:23 AM agree

Nice equal fight, but in my opinion Simpson was better.

Posted by mikebflorida on Mar 05, 2007 at 9:21 AM agree

Fantastic fight. Reid takes the clear win on points but you gotta love Marty's stamina. He took at least 10 hard shots and was still swinging at the end but so was Reid.

Posted by NotoriousT on Mar 06, 2007 at 10:59 AM agree

Now That Right There Was A Battle Great Fight. Have To Give That One 2 Simpson Though.