Brad May, Wings Lone Gun

Nov 13, 2009 1:35 AM David M Singer

Brad May fights Rick Rypien. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

The Detroit Red Wings currently have five fighting majors, a pace to far surpass last season’s total of 11. The reason for that is Brad May. May has all five of the Wings majors and even though he’ll be 38-years old by the end of the month, he’s still playing the same style of game he has since entering the NHL.

May fought soon-to-be-cult-fave Rick Rypien last night. It was an open fight that favored the younger Rypien, but it had the Detroit crowd roaring.

It’s the second night in a row May dropped the gloves. He took on Jared Boll Wednesday. Fighting back-to-back nights isn’t easy at any age, let alone 37. May is clearly still willing to do whatever it takes to help his team.

1000

Donald Brashear played in his 1000th NHL game last night. He marked the occassion by fighting Eric Boulton. It was a long, slow-paced tussle. Zach Bogosian and Ryan Callahan had a quicker scrap later in the game.

Carkner keeps the lead

Matt Carkner added another major to his league lead. He now has eight on the season. Carkner’s opponent last night was Ian Laperriere.

Videos added

Krys Barch vs Brad Staubitz Nov 12, 2009 x2
Jay Leach vs Paul Bissonnette Nov 12, 2009
Rick Rypien vs Brad May Nov 12, 2009
Zach Bogosian vs Ryan Callahan Nov 12, 2009
Eric Boulton vs Donald Brashear Nov 12, 2009
Matt Carkner vs Ian Laperriere Nov 12, 2009
Bryan Allen vs Shawn Thornton Nov 12, 2009 x2
Cody McLeod vs Colin Fraser Nov 11, 2009
Matt Hendricks vs Colin Fraser Nov 11, 2009
Brad May vs Jared Boll Nov 11, 2009

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#1 - Christian from Philadelphia on Nov 13, 2009 at 01:26 PM

No disrespect to Brad May but he should be throwing down somewhere else and Aaron Downey ought to still be dropping the gloves for the Wings. Sounds like Downey was let go as a personal vendetta.

#2 - david william larue esq from san diego on Nov 13, 2009 at 06:15 PM

as a life long, rediculously devoted red wings fan, i love to see that we have some grit, and i love seeing a 37 (almost 38) year old dropping the gloves, even if he isn’t winning all the fights. thanks brad may.

also i do agree with christian, i miss downey. and i hope someone picks him up. he is too good of an enforcer to not be in the league.

#3 - Raven on Nov 13, 2009 at 09:45 PM

What is with the waiving bs? Steve MacIntyre gets waived, signed only to be waived again. It happened last year with Jesse Boulerice who was with Colorado/Lake Erie, waived signed by Edmonton, played 2 games and was again waived and retaken by Colorado to be sent to Lake Erie. What does this bs accomplish? To me all it does is completely screw up the psyche of the player. Oh and play Riley Cote! Play Riley Cote! Play Riley Cote! Play Riley Cote! Play Riley Cote!

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