Chris Simon vs Grant McNeill

Nov 26, 2003 1pd 08:29

2003-2004 Regular Season

Date / Time	Away / Home Team	Away / Home Player
Nov 26, 2003	New York Rangers	Chris Simon
1pd 08:29	Florida Panthers	Grant McNeill
McNeill puts the stick between Barnaby's legs and tries to get him to go. As they skate up the ice Simon comes over and shoves McNeill. Another Florida player skates over to Simon to shove him. McNeill drops the gloves and starts hitting Simon with right hands, some of which hit. Simon is trying to get in fighting position as he was essentially caught off-guard by McNeil. Once Simon is squared away he starts hammering McNeill with a barrage of lefts. A solid left to McNeill's jaw snaps his head back and puts him down to one knee. To McNeill's credit he gets right back up and both players trade a few more punches before the linesman step in.

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Results

Chris Simon		86.2%
Draw		11.5%
Grant McNeill		2.3%
From 174 votes with an average rating of 8.3

User Reviews

Posted by Juha82 on Jan 7, 2008 at 2:59 PM agree

They both did it pretty well, huge toe to toe fight.
Simon was better landing the best punch of tge fight.
First did attack McNeil, then Simon big time but McNeil threw back a couple/few for the answer landing one or two well, flush to the mark.
They both ate a punches here, not only McNeil.
A narrow win to Simon, near a clear win because of that huge one by Simon.

Posted by mikebflorida on Mar 1, 2007 at 9:17 AM agree

Great fight. One punch does not make a fight, that was a great left by Simon but McNeil gets right back up and hammers away.

Posted by wannagoagain on Apr 5, 2007 at 5:04 PM agree

For all of you guys complaining about McNeill "jumping" Simon I have a question for you.

Have you ever been in a hockey fight!? What did you think Simon was coming to do, invite him to dinner? I know this. When a guy gets in your face, he better be ready.

Believe me, Simon was ready. He took McNeils best, got his left grooving and nailed him. McNeil took a hell of a shot but still finished. Win to Simon. Props to McNeil.

Posted by kengel12 on Mar 1, 2007 at 11:24 AM agree

One big punch, Simon was calm even when Mcneil was firing away, give mcneil credit for getting back up after getting hammered

Posted by Rocket454 on Mar 1, 2007 at 12:48 PM agree

Great toe to toe battle. McNeill showing great toughness as he gets right up after being dropped with a hard straight left!

Posted by seanbaldwin on Mar 29, 2007 at 3:19 PM agree

wow what a shot

Posted by griser80 on Mar 2, 2007 at 1:07 AM agree

What a comeback by simon!

Posted by Newbold on Jun 5, 2009 at 12:44 AM agree

SIMON with the win.

Posted by Grimsonrules on Aug 13, 2007 at 4:50 PM agree

Simon got him a few times but give credit to McNeill for still going after getting rocked like that

Posted by Lucy Brown on Mar 1, 2007 at 9:13 AM agree

Got to give credit to Mcneill for the iron jaw. Most wouldnt have gotten back up after eating that bomb. ***** move though to start firing shots before Simon dropped his gloves and stick. Simon should have nailed with another one but was nice enough to let him live to see another day.

Posted by Richterfan on Mar 2, 2007 at 11:26 PM agree

Great fight. McNeill gets the jump on Simon who keeps his composure then throws some bombs including that huge left. Props to McNeill for taking it and continuing to be agressive.

Posted by TrueBlue26 on Nov 28, 2009 at 1:49 PM agree

i remember watching this game on TV...what a fight this was...this was like mcneill's only fight and game he ever played in the nhl lol solid fight tho

Posted by Boogeyman2383 on Mar 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM agree

Good effort by McNeill, but not enough against the tough Chris Simon.

Posted by Hockeyscout on Mar 1, 2007 at 4:19 AM agree

McNeil is a candy ass for not squaring up with Simon. Simon did him a favor by not hammering him 1 more time after he dropped him with the left