Tough Month Continues

Jody Shelley and Riley Cote went the distance in Thursday’s main heavyweight attraction. The fight was Shelley’s second as a member of the Sharks.
 
Cote had a chance to close the distance on Jared Boll‘s league-lead when it comes to fighting majors, but Boll ended up dropping the gloves with Mike Commodore in last night’s Jackets-Senators game.
 
Maxim Lapierre participated in his first NHL scrap when he locked horns with Maxime Talbot right off of a faceoff during Pittsburgh‘s 5-4 win over Montreal.
 
A pair of scraps in Bruins-Panthers: rugged defensive specialists Jeremy Reich and Steve Montador danced early in the first period with Mark Stuart and Gregory Campbell having a go minutes later.
 
Two Western Conference bouts rounded out the night. Jeff Cowan traded bombs with Shea Weber and veterans Bryce Salvador and Scott Thornton went as well.

Simon gets cold reception

Chris Simon returned last night, after a 30-game ban from the NHL.  The fans at Nassau Coliseum didn’t throw him a welcome back party:

Simon was booed by a segment of the crowd when he took his first couple of shifts in the first period, and there was no discernible applause to counter that negative reaction.

More on his return from: NY Post | NY Times

Videos added

So many since the last listing, we’ve put them, along with some audio and article links after the jump.

Bryce Salvador vs Scott Thornton Feb 21, 2008
Jeff Cowan vs Shea Weber Feb 21, 2008
Mark Stuart vs Gregory Campbell Feb 21, 2008
Jeremy Reich vs Steve Montador Feb 21, 2008
Jared Boll vs Mike Commodore Feb 21, 2008
Jody Shelley vs Riley Cote Feb 21, 2008
Jarome Iginla vs Steve Ott Feb 20, 2008
Kyle Brodziak vs Willie Mitchell Feb 16, 2008
Matt Greene vs Trevor Linden Feb 16, 2008
Zack Stortini vs Luc Bourdon Feb 16, 2008
Curtis Glencross vs Mike Weaver Feb 16, 2008
Sam Gagner vs Ryan Kesler Feb 16, 2008
Steve Staios vs Brad Isbister Feb 16, 2008
Matt Greene vs Brad Isbister Feb 16, 2008
Nick Schultz vs Brent Seabrook Feb 20, 2008
Mark Smith vs Daniel Carcillo Feb 19, 2008
Dion Phaneuf vs Shane Doan Feb 19, 2008
Craig Adams vs Dan Hinote Feb 19, 2008
Jeff Cowan vs Todd Fedoruk Feb 19, 2008
Zack Stortini vs Darcy Hordichuk Feb 19, 2008
Brandon Dubinsky vs Michael Komisarek Feb 19, 2008
Milan Lucic vs Tim Gleason Feb 19, 2008
Milan Lucic vs Wade Brookbank Feb 19, 2008
Jeremy Reich vs Tim Conboy Feb 19, 2008

Listen up

Duck Cast with Brad May
Interview with Mary McSorley (Loose Cannons)

Some reads

Vandermeer ‘excited’ to return home
New line combination drops kid gloves
Thornton responds

* John Chandler contributed to this post.