Bracket Busters

A trio of fights last night.

Tom Kostopoulos took on Jeremy Reich early, and then there was a bit of a lull until the later games.

Nathan McIver and Zack Stortini were talking it up after a whistle.  They kept going until the puck was dropped again, but the fight wound up being a lot shorter than any of the yapping that was going on.

Ian Laperriere and Jim Vandermeer wasted no time dropping the gloves in the Avs-Flames game.  Just nine seconds in and the two went at it after a whistle stopped play.

Videos added

Ian Laperriere vs Jim Vandermeer Mar 20, 2008
Nathan McIver vs Zack Stortini Mar 20, 2008

Kostopoulos-Reich will be added soon.

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Breaking the ice for visitors
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