Take Two

Is Eight Enough?  The final game of the Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators series last night wasn’t a letdown.  Heavyweights Andrew Peters and Brian McGrattan met up in the follow-up to the brawl on Thursday night, and “Keg Sparker” Chris Neil took on Adam Mair after an invitation or two.

Nine fights in eight games, six coming in the final two.

Eight games.  We were told that was too many, but you have to know fans will tune into sixteen at this point.

Unlike the NY Rangers and NJ Devils, the previous “wish we had more of this” series, the Sabres and Sens have at least some chance of meeting up in the playoffs.

The fights:

Andrew Peters vs Brian McGrattan Feb 24, 2007
Adam Mair vs Chris Neil Feb 24, 2007

Ian Laperriere went with Tom Kostopoulos in a battle of cut-and-paste last names - or “The Fight of the Spelling Bee” if you will.  The bout kept Lappy in the lead for FMs in the NHL.

The leaders list was active.  Besides Lappy and Andrews, Cam Janssen having a loooong fight with John Erskine and Colton Orr drew blood from Jody Shelley in another good fight.  A scrap between Mark Bell and Wayne Primeau topped off night.

Another leaders list item: the Ducks traded Shane O’Brien and a third round pick to the Lighting for Gerald Coleman and a first rounder.

The rest of the fights of the night:

John Erskine vs Cam Janssen Feb 24, 2007
Jody Shelley vs Colton Orr Feb 24, 2007
Mark Bell vs Wayne Primeau Feb 24, 2007
Ian Laperriere vs Tom Kostopoulos Feb 24, 2007

The viewing list I normally link up will be in a follow-up post.  Topics include: a listing of Sabres-Sens articles and blog posts, Georges Laraque and where he might wind up, and the plethora of fight-related articles that have popped up in the past few days.