Bryan McCabe vs Ilya Kovalchuk

Apr 09, 2009 2pd 09:17

2008-2009 Regular Season

Date / Time Away / Home Team Away / Home Player
Apr 09, 2009 Florida Panthers Bryan McCabe
2pd 09:17 Atlanta Thrashers Ilya Kovalchuk
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Ilya Kovalchuk 90.0%
Draw 8.2%
Bryan McCabe 1.8%
From 170 votes with an average rating of 4.9

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Posted by blazers76 on Apr 10, 2009 at 8:35 AM agree disagree
McCabe = *****
Posted by b.t.wilson on Apr 10, 2009 at 8:30 AM agree disagree
That was priceless, I loved Kovalchuk's hamming it up at the end. I also loved Ovechkin's 50th goal party, so... I guess I'm one of those people that doesn't mind a bit of russian flair in the NHL. McCabe... well I don' know what the hell that was, he was acting like Kovy had a gun and he kept tuck and rolling out of the way of the bullets. I don't know how else to explain it. If they both stayed on their skates it could have been great, but I called it a 5 as well (I don't know about the rest, but the energy and the celebration after to me bumped it up a couple notches). Win Kovalchuk.
Posted by Formerref on Apr 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM agree disagree
LMFAO

McCabe gets slapped around by a goal scorer!!
Posted by Riomouse911 on Apr 11, 2009 at 1:07 PM agree disagree
Not a fan of throwing them while a guy's on his back, but IK isn't much of a fighter, so he gets a pass on that one. McCabe apparently went to the "George Parros ice dancing school", either that or the trainer slipped rollerblades onto his feet.
Posted by Belak_Norris on Apr 10, 2009 at 1:06 PM agree disagree
Im glad Mccabe is not with the Leafs anymore!!! Kovalchuk and throw, in all of his fights he has done suprisingly well. Easy win for Kovalchuk!
Posted by crosscheck52 on Apr 10, 2009 at 7:00 AM agree disagree
Kovalcuhuk surprisingly threw McCabe around and landed more punches as well.
Posted by Ryan44 on Apr 10, 2009 at 4:42 AM agree disagree
That was surprisingly good!

Russpower wins this one!
Posted by BuffaloSquad on Apr 10, 2009 at 9:08 AM agree disagree
Much props to Kovalchuk, really liked how they both dropped the lids. McCabe gets thrown around like b*tch. Also enjoyed the flair at the end, Kovalchuk becoming one of my favorite players that i never see.
Posted by forsberg21 on Apr 10, 2009 at 3:09 PM agree disagree
Can't say i was expecting that...
Posted by Stuntman Mike on Apr 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM agree disagree
Kovalchuk rules!!!!
Posted by nikcanada on Apr 15, 2009 at 12:18 AM agree disagree
It was a good fight because Kovalchuk simply surprised us all -- Including McCabe. The pure athlete beat the slob. Win Kovalchuk.
Posted by kingpaolo on Apr 11, 2009 at 12:39 PM agree disagree
Kovie??
who knew?
Posted by Art24 on Apr 11, 2009 at 5:08 AM agree disagree
I usually hate it when enforcers ham it up after a fight like that moron Domi used to do. I love the part of the code, which Probert and Godard exemplify, where they skate off emotionless from a fight. But Kovalchuk is no enforcer and probably only did what he did to get swing momentum in his teams favour. So his performance was pretty cool. But he shouldn't try this stuff too often.
Posted by jlmcgui on Apr 10, 2009 at 11:34 PM agree disagree
Hey, didn't you used to be Brian McCabe?

Time to retire, what good is a rugid defenseman getting beat up by a goal scorer?
Posted by blacknblueland on Apr 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM agree disagree
When we were watching this happen in the arena I think the whole crowd was just in shock until Kovy started egging us on. It was awesome!

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