Eastern Battle

There was an eastern Europe battle out west last night.  Czech David Koci took on Latvian Raitis Ivanans.  It was a lengthy bout that neither player really wanted to give up on, something that earned them misconducts to go with their fighting majors.

Donald Brashear went with Brian McGrattan earlier in the day after McGrattan let it be known there’s always an open invite.  McGrattan spoke with the Ottawa Sun about his first fight with Brashear, from two seasons ago:

“It was a good fight, went back and forth,” McGrattan remembered, before adding with a laugh: “I don’t lose too many. But when I do lose them, I lose them. I’ll be licking the ice when I lose them.”

I hope to add the vid for last night’s scrap soon, on to the others…

Videos added

David Koci vs Raitis Ivanans Jan 1, 2008
Matt Walker vs Aaron Downey Dec 31, 2007
Colin Joe vs Garet Hunt Dec 29, 2007 (WHL)
James McEwan vs Garet Hunt Dec 29, 2007 (WHL)
Brian McGrattan vs Donald Brashear Mar 25, 2006
Chris Neil vs Denis Gauthier Mar 25, 2006
Francois Beauchemin vs Mike Brown Dec 30, 2007

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