Hawks-Nucks Throwdown Caps Busy Weekend
This past weekend featured a little bit of everything: heavyweight tilts, multi-fight games, and even a line brawl. In all, the games during the last two days resulted in 17 total fights, and the number of games that featured at least one fight has been bumped up to 521, now the highest mark in this decade.
Saturday was highlighted by a four-fight contest between the Isles and Flyers. Doug Weight went after Darroll Powe for a hit on Tim Jackman in the opening minutes of the game and the Isles quickly shot out to an early lead. Three fights then broke out in the second period. Daniel Carcillo tangled with Nate Thompson six minutes into the frame. They were followed by Joel Rechlicz and Riley Cote, who exchanged punches in a long bout. Arron Asham dropped Jackman with a right hand a few minutes after that.
In addition, Colton Orr and Eric Godard dropped the gloves for the fourth time this season in an afternoon clash between the Rangers and Pens and Milan Lucic won a decision from Phil Oreskovic in Bruins-Leafs.
Sunday’s main attraction was a line brawl during last night’s Canucks-Blackhawks game. In the third period, Dustin Byfuglien ran into Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo and gave him a shot to the mask with his stick. This prompted an immediate gathering between the players. Order was temporarily restored and Byfuglien was escorted to the penalty box, only to have chaos erupt moments later.
Ben Eager and Kevin Bieksa opted to dance and the two went at it in a wild fight. Also paired off were Duncan Keith and Alexandre Burrows, who mostly grappled in close quarters while Burrows was caught with a hand full of Keith’s hair on more than one occasion.
Elsewhere, Carcillo and Steve Montador had a go in Bruins-Flyers. It was the second fight for each player in the last 24 hours. Andrew Ference going up against Scott Hartnell was the other fight in that game. Mike Brown and Ian Laperriere also decided to shed the mitts during Avs-Ducks in another notable bout.
Videos added
Ian Laperriere vs Mike Brown Mar 29, 2009
John Scott vs Zack Stortini Mar 29, 2009
Andrew Ference vs Scott Hartnell Mar 29, 2009
Steve Montador vs Daniel Carcillo Mar 29, 2009
Alexandre Burrows vs Duncan Keith Mar 29, 2009
Kevin Bieksa vs Ben Eager Mar 29, 2009
Arron Asham vs Tim Jackman Mar 28, 2009
Riley Cote vs Joel Rechlicz Mar 28, 2009
Daniel Carcillo vs Nate Thompson Mar 28, 2009
Darroll Powe vs Doug Weight Mar 28, 2009
Daniel Winnik vs Travis Moen Mar 28, 2009
Nick Foligno vs Nathan Oystrick Mar 28, 2009
Craig Rivet vs Tom Kostopoulos Mar 28, 2009
Steve Montador vs Luke Schenn Mar 28, 2009
Milan Lucic vs Phil Oreskovic Mar 28, 2009
Colton Orr vs Eric Godard Mar 28, 2009
Sean Avery vs Tyler Kennedy Mar 28, 2009
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