Shawn Thornton vs Craig Rivet

Rivet is a decent fighter, but he had no answer for Thornton's power.
The Bruin , eventually, punched rightn through Rivet's flurries,
and finshed him off by switching hands.

boston finally wins a fight, but their heavyweights had to go after two lightweights to do it. I love the Bruins, but they are a bad hockey team and are really missing something.

Thornton with a good win. Rivet remains one of my favorite ex-Sharks even though he's Buffalo's Captain. He got in some goods shots on Thornton when Thornton tried to switch hands, but in the end Thornton had the edge.

Thornton The Double fisted JACKHAMMER!!!!!

Rivet a very good fighter, was a little out of his league against Thornton. . Thornton with the W

Thornton just too big and strong (and experienced). Rivet can wear the 'C' for my team anyday!

good fight edge thorton

Rivet - "I was never hurt in this one...I lost a contact on the ice."

Dumb move by Thorntton in a 2-0 game to jump Rivet and get the crowd and the sabres going. They tied it up soon after this. Thornton with the slightedge in the fight, but it wasn't the right time for him to fight and he landed most of his punches on rivets helmet.

Rivet hung in there but W for Thornton

C'mon people, give Rivet props... but not votes. Win, Thornton.

Rivet's punches were not even coming close to connecting, Thornton landed quite a few, Easy W Thornton

Thornton looked very angry during this fight. Rivet did a decent job throwing. Thornton wins this bout with good control.

Being a Bruins fan, I WOULD vote against a Bruin if he lost a fight.

But Thornton dominated Rivet (the ex-Canadien); having watched the game, not sure what lead to this, but predicted Buffalo would have to come out in the 2nd period banging ... which they did.

Win for Thornton, good showing by Rivet.

And you guys ready to bash Chara for not dropping against Gaustad ... remember McQuaid challenged Gaustad near the end of the game ... and Gaistad cried to the officials that "McQuaid dropped his gloves". Chara had a splint on his finger as was looking at a match penalty had he fought Gaustad at the time ... although it would have been nice to see Z take the splint off and pound the crap out of Gaustad!

I may be a bit biased, as a Sabres fan, but I have no problem giving Thornton the win here. I was just glad to see there was someone on the Sabres team willing to go with a good fighter like him.