Philadelphia at NY Rangers 12/23/11

[chilly666]

Originally Posted by Phillyfan11

It seemed like Boyle's intention was just to tie him up and wrestle him and Sestito then shed the mits. So I can agree Sestito forced his hand. As far as Sestito and his spot picking, following the AHL as you do I know Sestito does that and wasn't denying that. I just can't call this situation a spot picking.

fair enough

[NYGUY4LIFE]

Originally Posted by hockey doc

Yeah, poor Miss Boyle, he was at the end of a shift, so was Sestito. Rupp's big challenge came when Sestito was on his way back to the bench. Shelley was ready for rupp but rupp somehow lost interest. Prust begs out of fights with Haley, Boulton and Janssen with the bad shoulder excuse and magically heals to fight the rookie, good job by Bourdon. bickel went nowhere near Shelley or Sestito, game was a big letdown as there should have been 3 or 4 more fights.

win Prust
win Sestito

Wow you definitely rode the yellow bus growing up.

[pmcginty]

Originally Posted by NYGUY4LIFE

Wow you definitely rode the yellow bus growing up.

are there any other color of school bus? not the best insult.

[RedIce]

Originally Posted by NYGUY4LIFE

Wow you definitely rode the yellow bus growing up.

Originally Posted by pmcginty

are there any other color of school bus? not the best insult.

My guess - Tried to use the "short bus" insult while showing which side of the joke he was on as a kid.

I love all this speculation about who challenged who in this game. Were you guys on the ice? Did HBO show next weeks 24/7 early with all the mic'd up footage to prove who said what? By the logic some of you guys are using here, I saw Prust turn down Sestito off a faceoff early in the game (before tagging MAB) and I saw Rupp turn down Shelley who poked at him a few times early while they were on the ice together. Do I know thats what happened? Nope, but it looked that way to me at the time. Hopefully the Winter Classic brings a better performance from the Orange and Black, because that effort was just not good enough.
Win Prust for that big shot at the end
Win Sestito for being the only willing combatant in his scrap (and landing the only shots)

[papas1175]

wish avery was in the game, both teams stocking the line up with a good amount of toughness. Boyle sucks at fighting but he was honestly winded he flew up and down the ice and had to fight. Rangers and Philly are really bringing hockey into the spot light the way the 2 teams are playing

[Gtrain15]

Originally Posted by Flyer_Frank

Really like Bourdon. The kid's an NHL defenseman. Desperate lucky punch at the end gives Prust an edge.

[Isles4life]

Given the spontaneity with which the fight started, I have no problem with the fact that Bourdon's visor was still on, but it did give him an advantage to start off in the fight with Prust. It looked fairly even for the most part until Prust was able to pop him at the end and looked to hurt Bourdon. I'm inclined to go with a TKO win for Prust.

Sestito and Boyle was a bit of a mismatch in fighting ability, and Boyle pretty much just hung on for dear life. Win Sestito in a pretty weak tilt.

[TwentyOneKords]

Originally Posted by pesadillamal

I am not seeing any TKO here. I actually thought both fights ended the same way. A fighter took a punch and bailed/quit. Wins for Prust and Sestito.

I hope it was the visor that hurt Bourdon. Leave that plastic in the minors if you want to scrap.

Sestito declined Rupp and then fought Boyle who was at the end of a 4 minute shift. That is a good tactic if they let you get away with it. I would have sent Rupp out and told my penalty killers to be ready but Boyle is willing to take one for the team so no harm done.

Big hits in this one. The first ten minutes were pretty bad but then it got pretty intense. I love the ref watching Rinaldo rough up Erixon, who was laying on the ice, and then Bickel hold up and challenged Rinaldo and letting it go. A weak call or two but overall they let them play. The Rangers really took it to the Flyers in the third.

A 4 minute shift huh? Damn I wasn't aware there were any bionic players in the NHL.

It's kind of funny seeing people trying to coddle Boyle and fix his make-up for him. A guy 6'7" 245 lbs that has to have people make excuses for his ineptitude. When you're that big and have the skills/coordination to be a pro athlete you should more than be able to hold your own in some fisticuffs.

I can see a Euro or some 185 lb. kid "taking one for the team", but Boyle doesn't fit into either of those categories does he?

Rotfl, taking one for the team at 6'7" 245...

[2yt4u]

Originally Posted by Gtrain15

LMAO.
Bourdon usually ditches the visor if there is time to do so but this
was a very quick instant scrap. He should take the visor off completely
at this level like Downie finally did when he went to Tampa.
Bourdon has some balls at least on a weak physical Flyer D line but
he is by no means the fighter Prust is even at their weight differences.

[The Bully]

TKO Win Prust!

Edge/Win Sestito!