New York Rangers

2001-2002 Regular Season Fight Card

Fights: 70 | Schedule | Leaders

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Date	Time	Player	Team	Opponent
Oct 05, 2001	1pd 17:16	Vladimir Malakhov	@CAR	Josef Vasicek
Comments: Scrum where Malakhov winds up grabbing Vasicek. Malakhov is backing up to take off his sheild when Vasicek just wants to go immediately. Malakhov gets off a couple of punches as both fall almost instantly. One seems to connect. I was surprised to see fighting majors called here.
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Oct 07, 2001	2pd 17:56	Sandy McCarthy	BUF	Eric Boulton
Comments: Boulton and McCarthy line up against each other. About ten seconds later they drop the gloves. Boulton grabs McCathy with his left and swings with his right shortly after while McCathy swings his left. It's easy to tell both jerseys are a little loose. Boulton grazed McCarthy with his big shot while McCarthy just missed with his. Boulton then pulled in and kept the punches in short range while McCarthy was trying to open up. After that, McCarthy started to pull away a bit outpunching and outlanding Boulton. McCarthy landed one solid punch not in close that did seem to slow down Boulton. The linesmen jumped in when Boulton started to look like he was just going to hold on and not throw anymore.
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Oct 10, 2001	1pd 03:39	Dale Purinton	WAS	Stephen Peat
Comments: Other Penalties: Purinton received an instigator and misconduct.
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Oct 20, 2001	3pd 09:08	David Karpa	@TAM	Matt Barnaby
Comments: Other Penalties: Theo Fleury received a roughing and misconduct.
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Oct 29, 2001	1pd 04:53	Richard Scott	DAL	Sami Helenius
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Nov 03, 2001	2pd 03:10	Dale Purinton	@FLA	Peter Worrell
Comments: Worrell seems to be doing whatever he likes out there and Purinton challenges him. They drop the gloves and Worrell gets off some rights with a couple connecting pretty well, although Purinton does not seem phased. They get in closer and each throw some short ones. Each probably landed one ok one. Purinton has Worrell pressed up against the boards and Worrell just holds as the linesmen come in.
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Nov 06, 2001	2pd 05:40	Steve McKenna	MIN	Brad Brown
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Nov 08, 2001	1pd 10:20	Steve McKenna	@NYI	Eric Cairns
Comments: Sandy McCarthy bangs with Cairns along the boards they have words, square off, but are a good distance away from each other. Play goes on and they become distracted (it appeared that Cairns decided not to take on McCarthy, and then stepped up, possibly changing his mind). While Cairns moves forward McKenna comes in on a partial breakaway, and gets off a weak shot. Osgood cannot control the rebound and McCarthy puts in the rebound. McCarthy, while in the crease, raises his arms in celebration and Cairns just pops him with a right to the jaw. McCarthy drops to the ice (possibly embellished after watching the replay). McKenna comes over and pretty much jumps Cairns. They are then able to face each other. McKenna threw a couple, none landing and Cairns basically went low on McKenna and dumped him. While this is going on Jason Blake stands in the front of the goal and McCarthy gives him a few pushes. Things then clear up in front of the net. Steve Webb then goes over to McCarthy to try and draw another penalty and McCarthy gives Webb a couple of glove-punches. Then, while Cairns is in the box, Fleury standing in front of the Rangers bench does the chicken flap. McCarthy flexes his muscles inside the box and him and Cairns have some words. Other Penalties: McCarthy received a roughing and misconduct; 10:20; Blake a roughing; Cairns a cross checking; Webb a misconduct; McKenna an instigator and misconduct.
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Nov 11, 2001	1pd 08:47	Steve McKenna	MON	Craig Rivet
Comments: After Rivet runs Lindros into the goal post,Mckenna attacks Rivet. McKenna throws about maybe four punches, all seem to be helmet punches, although they looked hard. Other Penalties: Rivet received an interference; McKenna an instigator and misconduct; Sheldon Souray and Sandy McCarthy both received misconducts.
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Nov 11, 2001	2pd 06:45	Tomas Kloucek	MON	Sheldon Souray
Comments: Kloucek, who was in the box for a minor comes out of the box and basically dives in front of Brian Savage as Savage is on the rush coming up the ice. Savage, who had his head down looking at the puck and totally not expecting Kloucek, gets leveled. Souray makes a beeline for Kloucek and pretty much beats on him. Kloucek may have landed one but basically got schooled. Souray gets credit for standing up for a teammate, Kloucek for coming back out of the locker room, (had to go in for a cut) - he started right up again with the hitting. Other Penalties: Souray received an instigator and misconduct.
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Nov 14, 2001	2pd 10:06	Steve McKenna	PHI	Todd Fedoruk
Comments: Pretty much a bunch of grappling and then McKenna lands a decent left before they fall. That's it from an overhyped game.
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Nov 17, 2001	1pd 04:20	Dale Purinton	@PIT	Krzysztof Oliwa
Comments: Oliwa sought Purinton out trying to get something going. The two of them locked up and both threw a right hand which may or may not have connected. From there on out Oliwa locked Purinton out tying up his hand while throwing a few rights. Only 1 punch landed on Dale and it hit as much of his helmet as anything else knocking it off. Purinton then tried to get his left free and as he did Oliwa fell to the ice. When Oliwa was down Purinton connected with a left (the punch was already being thrown when Oliwa fell).
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Nov 18, 2001	1pd 00:03	Sandy McCarthy	ATL	Darcy Hordichuk
Comments: Three seconds into the game the gloves drop. Slow start with lots of grappling and Hordichuk gets loose and throws some big rights that land. McCarthy gets loose and they go shot for shot for about 10 seconds until McCarthy decks him. Both fighters bloody in a great punchup.
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Nov 20, 2001	3pd 09:54	David Karpa	COL	Rick Berry
Comments: Midway through the third, Berry knocks down Karpa for a tripping penalty. Berry gets engaged by a few guys but nothing happens. On the way to the box, Karpa challenges him and they drop the gloves. Not much at first as Karpa can't reach with the right and Berry is landing grazing rights. Berry throws some short left jabs (Langdon style) and Karpa gets in tight. Berry looks done but Karpa is working real hard to get the right out of the sweater and throw some more. Linesmen stay out, Karpa tries a few more rights, then Berry lands two very clean punches, stunning Karpa. The linesmen then jump in. Other Penalties: Berry received a tripping.
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Nov 23, 2001	3pd 15:24	Vladimir Malakhov	@WAS	Joe Sacco
Comments: Big check thrown on Theo Fleury, Fleury sucker punches Brendan Witt (who threw the check). Brawl erupts. Malakhov takes Sacco and starts throwing. Sacco's bent over and Malakhov throws about 5 or 6 rights. Other Penalties: Theo Fleury received a double roughing minor; Malakhov an instigator and misconduct.
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Nov 23, 2001	3pd 15:24	Eric Lindros	@WAS	Trent Whitfield
Comments: While the Malakhov-Sacco fight is going on, Lindros and Whitfield are paired off. Whitfield buries his head while Lindros starts throwing. Looked like that fight all over again. Kolzing came and pulled Lindros off. Blackburn came over, but nothing else happened. Other Penalties: Both players received game misconducts; Olaf Kolzig and Dan Blackburn both received leaving the crease penalties.
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Nov 23, 2001	3pd 20:00	David Karpa	@WAS	Matt Pettinger
Comments: Pettinger finished a check on Karpa with 3 seconds left. Karpa went after Pettinger and soon everybody on the ice was there. Mccarthy turned around and grabbed Klee (Simon was on the ice). Pettinger started beating down Karpa. McCarthy started toward center ice but was met by Kolzig who took a swing at McCarthy, but it did not look like it landed. Other Penalties: Sandy McCarthy received a roughing and game misconduct; Pettinger a roughing and misconduct; Karpa a roughing, cross checking, instigator and misconduct.
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Nov 25, 2001	1pd 03:16	Dale Purinton	ANA	Kevin Sawyer
Comments: Sawyer bumps Purington on the forecheck at the blueline and both drop the gloves. Both have a good hold of the others right and are trying to get free. Purinton does first and throws three that miss. Sawyer then looks to land a big right but misses. Purington locks him out and finally starts throwing the rights. Each attempt to throw a couple of more rights as they spin around. As they're spinning, Purinton pushes Sawyer down.
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Nov 27, 2001	1pd 15:32	Steve McKenna	@BUF	Rob Ray
Comments: Both fall almost immediately, with Ray throwing a couple while both were down on the ice.
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Nov 27, 2001	2pd 04:27	Sandy McCarthy	@BUF	Eric Boulton
Comments: McCarthy challenges Boulton in the neutral zone. Boulton agrees and the square-off begins. Boulton starts off swinging four or fve good rights, maybe three landed. Solid shots. McCarthy returns fire with more rights and Boulton eats them and fires back. McCarthy has his left in Boulton's chest and lets go for a nasty punch. Not only did Boulton not fall, he came back with two sweet rights which both seem to have landed. The first was real hard which pushed McCarthy back. They grapple and McCarthy starts raining the short rights. He had Boulton bent over and was throwing at will, but not much damage. Then the linesmen get in there. Good show.
Voted winner: Sandy McCarthy (40.2%) - Voted rating: 8.1
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Nov 27, 2001	2pd 16:42	Steve McKenna	@BUF	Rob Ray
Comments: This was the second time this game these two fought each other. Both throwing right hands freely. Ray rocks McKenna early and McKenna falls down a couple of moments after. Mckenna gets up and continues to exchange rights with Ray. Mckenna's punches looked like they were hitting Ray's shoulder. Nothing seemed to land too hard by either fighter. McKenna threw one that Ray got under and while McKenna was about to throw again, Ray took him down.
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Nov 29, 2001	2pd 05:28	Steve McKenna	CAR	Chris Dingman
Comments: Right off of a faceoff they decide to go at center ice. McKenna starts off quick and throws a flurry of about 6 landing the majority of them. Dingman throws about 2 or 3, not significantly landing any. Then McKenna loses his balance and they go to the ice. Dingman's nose has a small cut on it, not sure what it was from.
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Dec 04, 2001	1pd 17:21	Steve McKenna	@WAS	Stephen Peat
Comments: Peat starts with a right that glances off of McKenna's helmet. McKenna's head is down which leaves him at a disadvantage as Peat buckles him with a right uppercut to the face. McKenna rises and gets another right to the face, and again another right to the face. Peat then delivers with yet another right to the face. A right glances off McKenna's back and Peat follows with another right which doesn't seem to land. McKenna finally get a right punch in which gets nothing but Peat's shoulder. McKenna misses and so does Peat. McKenna misses two more rights. Peat goes to the left and glances one off of McKenna's helmet. McKenna misses a haymaker and down they go.
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Dec 08, 2001	2pd 14:03	Steve McKenna	@TOR	Wade Belak
Comments: Drop the gloves at center ice behind the play. Mostly wrestling in this one. Belak threw about 10 shots, 1 shot landed solid to McKenna's side. McKenna threw about 5 or 6 before Belak got the takedown.
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Dec 12, 2001	2pd 08:19	Sandy McCarthy	NAS	Stu Grimson
Comments: McCarthy gets knocked into Mike Dunham and Grimson goes after him. McCarthy sees him coming and gets the gloves up. Grimson is knocked off balance and goes down. McCarthy drops his gloves and lets Grimson get back up. Good showing of the code. Grim gets up, drops the gloves and grabs on. Both are in close along the boards. Grimson is trying to back up, but Mac is pulling him in. Grimson has his game face on! Tugging. Mac explodes a short uppercut that catches Grimson on the left side of the face. Another right jab blast jars Grimson's head sideways. Stu may be stunned and goes in tight. Mac tosses a right that may land to the side of the head, but not much damage is apparent. Another McCarthy right catches the top front part of Grimson's helmet and knocks his head back a bit which sends both guys spinning and McCarthy lands a big right to the Reaper's head. McCarthy lands another short right and throws another which hits Grimson's back. Still another quick right may have landed (hard to tell because of camera angle). Sandy's trying to get the helmet off and does. In close again. Along the boards. Mac lands a right to the chest. Grimson fires a mean right over McCarthy's head. Grimson is loose now. McCarthy let a left loose and grazes Grimsons nose. The Repear then fires back with a right that bounces off McCarthy's helmet. Grimson gets off balance and McCarthy fires another left that catches air. Grimson is down to a knee along the boards. The linesmen come in. Other Penalties: Grimson received a charging; McCarthy a goalie interference.
Voted winner: Sandy McCarthy (94.7%) - Voted rating: 5.5
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Dec 17, 2001	3pd 03:12	Steve McKenna	FLA	Joey Tetarenko
Comments: McKenna gives Tetarenko a shove along the boards and Tetarenko just drops them, grabs the big guy and throws a punch, a right to the head that grazes and pushes McKenna a little as he wasn't ready for it. McKenna drops just one glove, his right, and throws and overhand that misses. McKenna then drops the left glove, grabs Tetarenko as he's pushing towards him, and throws another right that lands to the back of Tetarenko's head. McKenna then hesitates just a second and throws another overhand right that lands solid to Tetarenko's head/neck area. Tetarenko's pushed and turned slightly, McKenna throws another overhand right that lands to the back of Tetarenko's head. Tetarenko turns around and hugs. They hug and spin, McKenna tries to throw another punch (a baby uppercut) that does nothing, and then they fall (or Tetarenko pushed him down).
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Dec 17, 2001	3pd 17:05	Matt Barnaby	FLA	Jason Wiemer
Comments: Barnaby's first fight as a Ranger. Shortly after a faceoff, the two get together outside of the Rangers zone. Gloves drop and there's the squareoff (with Barnaby's awkwardly tilted skates). They grab and are trying to grapple for position while throwing some "armpit punches." Wiemer throws 2 short rights that connect and then a left that misses. Wiemer then gets Barnaby's helmet off with his left hand (a grab); as he's doing that Barnaby attempts a right that gets blocked by Wiemer's shoulder. Wiemer then rockets down two rights that land solidly to the side of Barnaby's head as he's hunched over. A third gets Barnaby's back, and a fourth misses. Barnaby is starting to yap and Wiemer throws two more rights that Barnaby seems to dodge. Barnaby finally counters with a left that lands ok, kinda slap style. He then throws another left putting all his weight into it and Wiemer falls with Barnaby on top of him.
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Dec 21, 2001	1pd 01:17	Sandy McCarthy	NYI	Eric Cairns
Comments: A little after a minute into the game, Mats Lindgren scores. The ensuing faceoff has McCarthy and Cairns both playing their first shift of the game. The puck drops and McCarthy heads straight for Cairns. Cairns gives him a nudge, saying "I do", and the two drop the gloves. Squaring off, they do a moderate 360, Cairns grabs ahold of McCarthy with his left and starts tossing rights. Aiming for the temple, Cairns lands the first three getting face and helmet. A jersey pull and a short right lands. Next right is a half punch that ends in Cairns swiping off McCarthy's helmet. Cairns then shakes off his elbow pad and throws a couple of more rights that land, but a little weaker then the first few. McCarthy is then able to grab one of Cairns' arms, and Cairns has to have both hands holding on to McCarthy for balance. He's slightly hunched over, and McCarthy throws a big right uppercut that misses. A stright right by McCarthy then catches Cairns' face. Cairns has let go with his right hand now and they're trying to swing for position. Cairns then throws an off-balance right that misses. He gets McCarthy's jersey over his head for a moment and throws a quick uppercut, hook, each just grazing McCarthy's head. McCarthy grabs Cairns' arm and pops his head out of his jersey. Cairns then throws another right which goes over McCarthy's head. McCarthy then responds with two stright rights that Cairns dodges. A big right hook by Sandy Mac then flies over the ducking Cairns. Cairns looks like he's about to swing but is losing his balance and takes down McCarthy.
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Dec 29, 2001	2pd 19:42	Matt Barnaby	@LOS	Kelly Buchberger
Comments: Buchberger starts off with three rights. I thought perhaps one landed but JD said nothing landed. Bucky ties up Barnaby. Matt is doing his best to get his hands free. He gets the left free, throws an uppercut that landed, then they both trade some punches with little landing by either player. Bucky then gets the death grip on Barnaby and really tries to pull him down and succeeds by pulling Matt down on top of him. Not a great bout. It appeared that after the initial flurry, Buchberger was finished and wanted to wrestle.
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Jan 02, 2002	2pd 02:55	Matt Barnaby	@EDM	Sean Brown
Comments: Started at center ice away from the play. Brown got his right loose and landed three good rights. Barnaby tried to throw back but got pulled down to Brown's chest and Brown landed several good right uppercuts. Brown switched at the end of the fight to his left and landed two good punches that put Barnaby to the ice.
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Jan 02, 2002	3pd 19:44	Sylvain Lefebvre	@EDM	Scott Ferguson
Comments: Ferguson pulled Lefebvre's jersey over his head and landed about five rights. Lefebvre managed to hold on to avoid a worse beating. Other Penalties: Theo Fleury received a high sticking, Ferguson a roughing.
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Jan 09, 2002	1pd 08:41	Steve McKenna	LOS	Kip Brennan
Comments: They get it started off the face off. McKenna starts with a right that Brennan is able to duck away from. Some grabbing and McKenna is able to push Brennan's helmet off. In tight. McKenna misses with a weak left but connects with a second left to the jaw. Brennan returns a right that's no where then connects to the back of McKenna's helmet with a second right. A third right may have connected to Steve's ear but from the angle it's hard to tell. Along the boards now. McKenna straightens up and fires a right which Brennan evades. Brennan answers with a right which bounces off McKenna's back and into his helmet. McKenna is out of position and spins wildly with a right which misses or just grazes Brennan with no damage done. This sends both guys toppling to the ice. Here come the linesmen, and it is over.
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Jan 12, 2002	1pd 05:51	Matt Barnaby	@PHI	Luke Richardson
Comments: It started behind the Flyers' net with Barnaby egging Luke on. Richardson back-skated seeming not to want to go at first, then he dropped the gloves and started throwing. He missed/grazed the first two shots off the top of Barnaby's helmet. Then Luke threw three more, connecting on two before they fell to the ice. Richardson threw one more as they went down.
Voted winner: Luke Richardson (96.4%) - Voted rating: 4.7
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Jan 12, 2002	1pd 10:23	Steve McKenna	@PHI	Todd Fedoruk
Comments: They square off and McKenna is holding Fedoruk off with his reach. McKenna throws two shots that might land on top of Fedoruk's helmet. Fedoruk basically wraps his arms around McKenna and they fall to the ice.
Voted winner: Draw (66.7%) - Voted rating: 1.8
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Jan 12, 2002	2pd 06:36	Sandy McCarthy	@PHI	Donald Brashear
Comments: Off of the faceoff, these two drop the gloves immediately and square off. Brash grabs McCarthy and starts throwing a bunch of lefts, connecting with quite a few. Lots of grappling and Brash gets McCarthy's helmet off and throws some over the top left. Some back and forth inside punches now, hard to tell what's connecting, but each are landing at least a couple, while spinning and grabbing. Some more grappling and McCarthy now gets Brashear's helmet off. McCarthy throws a few weak rights. Brashear then throws some more lefts, with a couple connecting. Some up top, some uppercuts. Some more hugging while McCarthy whacks Brash a couple of times on the head with his hand which looks covered by his elbow pad. Linesmen then come in. Long fight, lasting about 1:20.
Voted winner: Donald Brashear (90.6%) - Voted rating: 5.8
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Jan 12, 2002	3pd 17:21	Sandy McCarthy	@PHI	Todd Fedoruk
Comments: McCarthy goes after Fedoruk for hitting Leetch. By the time the camera comes in they are hugging each other with Fedoruk pushing Sandy against the boards and for some reason McCarthy still has his stick stuck between the both of them. They wrestle a little while more and Fedoruk gets his left free and lands two short lefts to the head while they are both bent over leaning into each other. Fedoruk tries to rip McCarthy's helmet off with his left hand (they are both bent over at the boards still) and McCarthy ducks down and pushes Fedoruk over. He has the right cocked and was about to throw a right down at the Fridge when the refs came diving in to break it up.
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Jan 14, 2002	1pd 13:20	Steve McKenna	CBJ	Jody Shelley
Comments: It's obvious these two are gonna go on the face off. The puck is dropped and off go the gloves. McKenna gets the jump with a right that misses. Both guys grab on with their left and keep the right free. McKenna pulls Shelley in with his left and fires a right over his helmet. Shelley returns a nothing right. Another McKenna right misses and throws Jody off balance. This is followed by another McKenna right which crunches solidly into Shelley's helmet. Shelley answers with a right that misses as McKenna is trying to get that helmet off. Bad for the knuckles! Off comes the helmet. Shelley is bent over and gets a heavy duty right to the back of the noggin. As Shelley misses a weak right he receives a viscious right to the jaw! Punches like that have dropped people before. Shelley gets off another right immediately but it is way off. The next one isn't and crashes into McKenna's helmet. Both guys are locked out now. McKenna lets go with another right and lands it solidly to the back of Shelley's head. Steve has a bloodied knuckle. Shelley throws a wild right that is just short. Both guys are bent way out of position now and tumble to the ice. Here come the linesmen and it is over. Good fight.
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Jan 16, 2002	2pd 13:30	Sandy McCarthy	@CBJ	Jody Shelley
Comments: This is Shelley's sixth fight in four games. Off the faceoff, looong square off as both guys are cocked and loaded. They're circling. Sandy feints in then out. More stalking. War and Peace VOL 2 has been inked during the square off... Sandy is getting antsy and finally dives in. Hugging in close. Pulling, tugging. McCarthy appears to land a short right to Shelley's helmet. Shelley thinks about a right but can't get it going. Repeat last sentence. And again; he's locked out. Mac comes up short with a right. Shelley fires two rights missing on the first but the second slams heavily into McCarthy's helmet. A McCarthy right at the same time just misses. McCarthy lands a right to Shelley's jaw! Shelley is stunned and drifting out of position. Another McCarthy right lands to Jody's back. Sandy smells blood and fires off three left almost-uppercuts. Hard to tell about the first due to camera angle but the second one is on target and the third misses. Shelley's in trouble. A Mac right has nothing on it. They clinch. McCarthy gets off three successive short right all to Shelley's head. Jody is all tied up and eats another McCarthy right. Sandy continues to hit and miss short rights. Shelley's right is paralyzed. Sandy lands a forearm to the head. A McCarthy right lands to the face, another misses, he misses with an uppercut and a jab. Shelley gets off a right that misses. Sandy brushes one across Shelley's nose. Both men land rights in stereo then miss at the same time. McCarthy rocks him with a straight right to the face! They're both latched on and locked out at arms length now. Here come the linesmen. It's all over. Jody is slightly bloodied.
Voted winner: Sandy McCarthy (94.6%) - Voted rating: 6.8
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Jan 17, 2002	1pd 06:15	Steve McKenna	@NJD	Jim McKenzie
Comments: A lot of hugging and trying to get loose. McKenzie threw most of the time, but nothing major really landed.
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Jan 22, 2002	1pd 06:56	Matt Barnaby	@NYI	Jim Cummins
Comments: Cummins gets the right going pretty well and tags Barnaby with a couple. Barnaby puts his head down and starts firing back and looks to catch Cummins with one that puts him down (then throws one more for good measure). Looked more like a push or a slip then a punch that put Cummins down.
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Jan 22, 2002	1pd 10:17	Steve McKenna	@NYI	Eric Cairns
Comments: McKenna is on the defensive from the beginning as he seems to be waiting for a stick to get out from in between them. Cairns gets a few in and as soon as McKenna starts throwing he loses his balance. McKenna falls but gets up quickly while eating 1 or 2 and then a big exchange of haymakers seems to surprise Eric (nothing big landed though). A couple of more exchanged and McKenna falls for the second time ending the fight.
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Jan 23, 2002	1pd 02:50	Dale Purinton	BOS	Andrei Nazarov
Comments: Purinton lands to the side of Naz' head and tears Naz' helmet as Naz goes for his hug move which works as nothing else seems to land. Naz gets the take down.
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Jan 23, 2002	1pd 08:28	Matt Barnaby	BOS	P.J. Stock
Comments: It started along the boards. Both fighters having a strong hold on each others shirt. Stock gets off about 10 rapid fire jabs, Barnaby tries to return a couple, but they are in tight so neither is opening up. Then with Matt mouthing and shaking his head, they skate to center ice to clear the refs. They both try to throw punches, with Barnaby getting a few of his own off. Barnaby has a real tight grip on Stock, so PJ cant get going. Barnaby then misses with a big roundhouse. The whole time, Matt is shaking his head and jawwing. They then skate away again, but after some spinning and shaking, the refs step in.
Voted winner: P.J. Stock (67.4%) - Voted rating: 6.9
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Jan 23, 2002	2pd 14:11	Matt Barnaby	BOS	Mike Knuble
Comments: Little scrum starts when Sean O'Donnell has his stick up around the head of Sandy McCarthy, McCarthy swings his stick back at him and punches him a couple of times as they go up against the boards. Looks as if it is gonna turn ugly as everyone on the ice is paired up, the linesman start to break them up as Barnaby and Knuble go at it, mainly wrestling, Barnaby gets his jersey over his head and attempts a punch which doesn't land, after some more wrestling they each throw a half punch and Barnaby gets a take down. Other Penalties: McCarthy received a double roughing; O'Donnell a roughing.
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Jan 26, 2002	1pd 02:13	Dale Purinton	WAS	Stephen Peat
Comments: It started in the right circle in front of Richter. Peat gets in a shot early, then the two clutch and grab some. Peat gets free first, and lets a flurry of lefts that hit nothing but the back of Dale's jersey. Purinton also throws a few that don't connect. They grab a little more, then Peat throws a few more lefts with 2 landing. Purinton gets one in himself as they tire.
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Jan 28, 2002	1pd 03:23	Dale Purinton	TAM	Gordie Dwyer
Comments: Purinton runs a Lightning player. Dwyer immediately goes at Purinton and they both drop them and that is the most exciting part of the fight. They both are in tight and not able to throw anything of significance. Purinton landed some "noogie" shots and they get broken up.
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Jan 28, 2002	1pd 18:35	Matt Barnaby	TAM	Pavel Kubina
Comments: Pretty funny fight. Kubina does not throw a single punch during the bout. Barnaby pulls Kubina's jersey off and lands two big rights near the end of this one-sided "bout".
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Jan 30, 2002	2pd 08:54	Sandy McCarthy	NYI	Brad Isbister
Comments: Michael Peca takes a rough check, scrum ensues. McCarthy and Isbister start up. It's all McCarthy here. He goes on for quite a bit while shaking Isbister about. While the linesmen are breaking it up, it appears Isbister won't let go. McCarthy then throws a big punch over the linesmen sending Isbister to a knee. As McCarthy is being escorted off the ice, Eric Cairns is being restrained on the Isles bench while screaming (reciting Sonnets I'm sure). Other Penalties: Tomas Kloucek received a roughing and charging; Mariusz Czerkawski an unsportsmanlike conduct; McCarthy a game misconduct.
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Jan 30, 2002	2pd 11:03	Dale Purinton	NYI	Jim Cummins
Comments: The two square off quickly and Purinton throws some big punches quickly. All land hard and Cummins face looks busted up as the fight appears as though it will be over in a few seconds. Cummins then regains his balance and thoughts and turns the fight around. Many punches land to the side of Purinton's head. Good start, good finish, the Garden's going nuts, Purinton has some scratches and Cummins' face is busted.
Voted winner: Jim Cummins (45.5%) - Voted rating: 9.5
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Jan 30, 2002	2pd 13:06	Tomas Kloucek	NYI	Alexei Yashin
Comments: Late whistle blows, Czerkawski shoots right after and Karpa mugs him letting him know that doesn't fly in MSG. Big scrum in the corner. Fleury pushes Cairns, Cairns throws some shots, linesmen in quick. Fleury's trying to get at anyone and literally gets tackled by a linesman. Blackburn was going in to get part of this, but quickly got held back. Osgood came down to center ice and was turned down from afar from the ref who waves him away while holding Blackburn, so nothing happened there. All in the meantime, Kloucek goes over to Yashin. Yashin gets his hands high and looks like he throws a gloved punch and the two drop the gloves. Kloucek gets Yashin's jersey over his head and has him bent over while punching the whole time and getting the best of it. Chow comes in to pull him away (with one of the refs) and as they're both there, Yashin gets off 2 maybe 3 good shots to Kloucek's face. Reported broken nose for Kloucek. Other Penalties: Mariusz Czerkawski an unsportsmanlike conduct; Eric Cairns and David Karpa both received roughings; Chris Osgood and Dan Blackburn both received leaving the crease penalties; Theo Fleury an unsportsmanlike conduct and misconduct; Kloucek an instigator, misconduct and game misconduct.
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Feb 06, 2002	1pd 13:02	Matt Barnaby	@DET	Jesse Wallin
Comments: Wallin is holding Matt in front of the Rangers net. Barnaby isn't really paying too much attention to Wallin for a while then wakes up and starts pushing Wallin back. Wallin drops the gloves first and locks onto Barnaby. Matt doesn't even have his gloves off and still has his stick in hand. He finally frees himself of his stick and gloves and locks into Wallin. Wallin is guarding against Matt's right hand and is taken by surprise when Matt starts rapidly throwing short, straight lefts that are connecting. Barnaby lands about three or four of these and takes Wallin off balance and down he goes. Matt threw a couple more while Wallin is on the ice and that's the end of this little scrap.
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Feb 26, 2002	1pd 05:29	Steve McKenna	NJD	Jim McKenzie
Comments: Fights starts behind the play. Jimmy Mac lands a straight right that seems to stun McKenna, who is struggling with his gloves and buries his face in McKenzie's shoulder. McKenzie lands some rabbit punches to the back of the head, as McKenna won't open up due to McKenzie's right being loose and cocked. McKenna goes for a headlock and pulls McKenzie down with him.
Voted winner: Draw (52.9%) - Voted rating: 2.2
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Mar 02, 2002	3pd 11:19	Matt Barnaby	PHI	Donald Brashear
Comments: Karpa and Brash were about to go, and Jabberjaw stepped in for Karpa. Barnaby quickly yanked Brash's helmet off, so Brash returned the favor. It seemed Matt only wanted to hug while Brash was trying to free up...and after a long dance, finally he did. Brash started throwing and let 10 shots go to none for Barnaby. He landed the first five to the side of a turtling Barnaby. He then landed one more to the back of Matt's head. Then Brash opened up and threw four big shots, which he appeared to land 2 of them. Side note: on the way to the box, Karpa skated to Brash. As Brash went for Karpa, Barnaby jumped in again and the refs grabbed Barnaby and Brash, and Karpa fell to the ice. Other Penalties: Brashear received a double roughing and misconduct; Barnaby a misconduct; Dave Karpa a roughing and misconduct.
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Mar 04, 2002	1pd 04:51	Matt Barnaby	CAL	Bob Boughner
Comments: Boughner tries to run Matt and they end up knocking legs with each other. Matt is not too pleased with Bobby's intentions here, so he skates over to him and off go the gloves. Boughner lands a couple of solid lefts to start this bout while Barnaby holds on. Each is holding onto each other as they spin in circles. Matt is trying to get free, but Bob has him in check. Boughner may have landed one or two more before he takes Matt down to the ice. As usual, during the fight, Barnaby is shaking his head telling the refs to stay away. Also, Matt left the ice with a trainer on his way out and they think he may have been hurt with the initial leg-on-leg hit or during the takedown.
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Mar 07, 2002	3pd 12:09	Theoren Fleury	@CHI	Kyle Calder
Comments: Calder throws a clean check on Fleury along the boards near center ice. Fleury slashes Calder and challenges Kyle to a fight. Shocked by the gesture Calder takes a second to react and obliges. Fleury throws a haymaker that glances off the side of Calder's helmet. Fleury throws a second wide punch as the players jostle for position. Both players get the jerseys up and the linesmen move in as Calder gets in a few rabbit punches. No blood on the ice, no damage done either way.
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Mar 16, 2002	1pd 01:35	Matt Barnaby	@NJD	Ken Daneyko
Comments: After the Devils score a goal, Barnaby is just looking for someone to fight. Daneyko then drops them. That is the most exciting part. They square off for what seems like an eternity, Daneyko throws about one punch and then they both topple.
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Mar 22, 2002	2pd 05:34	Vladimir Malakhov	ATL	Jeff Cowan
Comments: Scrum going on. Lindros is with Cowan and Malakhov comes over to take him on. The gloves come off (kinda, Malakhov left one on). Wild swinging, not much landing. Malakhov might have gotten a shot in, but Cowan's poor balance was the only thing that stood out. Other Penalties: Dan Snyder received a slashing and roughing; Eric Lindros a crosschecking; Matt Barnaby a double roughing; Cowan a roughing.
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Mar 22, 2002	2pd 10:37	Sandy McCarthy	ATL	Chris Tamer
Comments: Starts behind the Thrashers' net. Tamer lands a right to start, and throws a bunch hitting nothing but shoulder pad. They grapple. A helluva lotta wrestling and jersey pulling before Sandy lands a short right jab. Yet more wrestling, until Sandy gets the right free and lands a few with one landing pretty good. More grappling before the zebras come in. Blah.
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Mar 30, 2002	1pd 02:13	Steve McKenna	@FLA	Rocky Thompson
Comments: Rocky challenges McKenna and away they go. Rocky starts out landing 2 lefts and then he throws 2 more lefts that miss. McKenna then throws a shot that misses, and Rocky responds with a couple of misses. They then hug and the linesman come in.
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Mar 30, 2002	1pd 06:22	Matt Barnaby	@FLA	Brad Ference
Comments: They wrestle for a little, then Ference lands a harmless right jab. They wrestle a little more, then Barnaby lands a harmless left jab. Barnaby is then able to get his right out of the jersey and starts to take control. He lands 2 or 3 decent rights and misses with 1 big left. Ference then decides to start fighting back with some solid lefts. Barnaby then responds by landing a good uppercut. Ference then lands 3 straight lefts that do no damage. Barnaby then lands a shot, the Ference responds with 2 more. The linesman are now in. Other Penalties: Ference received an instigator, misconduct and game misconduct.
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Mar 30, 2002	3pd 13:19	Dale Purinton	@FLA	Peter Worrell
Comments: They each land rights at the same time to start the fight. Purinton's is much harder. Then they each land another right at the same time. Purinton's again is harder. Pete starts to take over with the right. He appears to land a shot or two, then Purinton sneeks in a solid left. Worrell then responds by throwing some rights that miss. Worrell then gets the arm out of the jersey and continues to throw the big right. Worrell then gets Purinton hunched over and throws some more rights with don't appear to land. They then get straightened back up a little and Worrell throws 2 round-house rights that both land, the second one being much more solid. The linesman then come in and it's over.
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Apr 01, 2002	3pd 06:05	Mikael Samuelsson	@TAM	Vincent Lecavalier
Comments: Other Penalties: Samuelsson received a roughing.
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Apr 01, 2002	3pd 07:12	David Karpa	@TAM	Dan Boyle
Comments: Other Penalties: Both players received roughings.
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Apr 01, 2002	3pd 10:09	Sandy McCarthy	@TAM	Andre Roy
Comments: Andre Roy and Malakhov were about to go when McCarthy came in and started on Roy. Got the jump and landed some decent shots. The rest of the fight was hugging and noogie-ing, but Roy was cut above the left eye. Roy was supremely pissed off and tried to get at McCarthy in the penalty box. He started to slam the glass and everything. He left the box and had to be held back. As he was leaving, he started yapping at the Ranger bench. Barnaby and McKenna were both laughing at him. Other Penalties: Roy received a roughing and double game misconduct; Vladimir Malakhov received a roughing; McCarthy received a misconduct.
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Apr 06, 2002	1pd 13:20	Steve McKenna	@BOS	P.J. Stock
Comments: Stock, trying to get his team going picks a fight with Mckenna. Stock immediately gets inclose to take away McKenna's reach advantage. Both fighters trade short misses, then McKenna gets Stock at arms length. McKenna misses a couple of bombs, although one might have hit. PJ gets in close again. Stock gets McKenna sort of turned around and gets in a flurry of short lefts, not doing much. PJ ducks under a couple more McKenna punches and throws a few of his own, more nothing. McKenna lost his balance and went down.
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Apr 06, 2002	3pd 19:43	Matt Barnaby	@BOS	Nick Boynton
Comments: On the bext shift after a Barnaby late empty net goal, Boynton and Matt have a little staredown. Nick takes a look up at the clock, and figures there's just enough time for the gloves to be dropped. They come together as Boynton tosses a couple wild rights that don't land much. Both players are trying to get loose, but can't as there's a lot of holding going on. There's a couple of more punches thrown, but nothing powerful as it's quick and back to the hold. At the end of the fight, Barnaby goes for a wild punch and falls. Boynton's got his fist cocked back, but doesn't throw. Barnaby acknowledge's the hold-back with a nod after. Class move by both, although the fight wasn't much.
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Apr 08, 2002	2pd 08:40	Dale Purinton	PIT	Krzysztof Oliwa
Comments: Starts at the penaly box after a Oliwa hit. Dale goes back at him and off come the gloves. Oliwa throws a right, right off the bat. They then grab hold, Oliwa throws some rights, Purinton some punches as well, but nothing much is connecting.
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Apr 08, 2002	3pd 02:32	Matt Barnaby	PIT	Tom Kostopoulos
Comments: Horrible camera coverage. First half of fight is blocked by the boards. Almost all the rest by the refs. They both seemed to be throwing actively. It looked like Barnaby might have landed a few decent shots, but it's hard to tell.
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Apr 10, 2002	3pd 12:06	Eric Lindros	TOR	Aki Berg
Comments: Lindros and Berg exchange slashes, which Lindros takes offense to. Lindros gives Berg the facewash, and drops his gloves, hitting a couple of glancing blows to Berg, who turtles immediately. Berg had only managed to drop one of his gloves, while he was on the ice. Other Penalties: Lindros received an instigator and misconduct.
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Apr 13, 2002	1pd 06:26	Dale Purinton	@PHI	Donald Brashear
Comments: Off the draw they go. Both in close with Puriton getting off some quick noogies landing to a helmetless Brashear head, nothing that solid. Brash finally gets off Puritons helmet and throws some noogies of his own. Both trying to get a grip. Brash seems to want to get the left free but Puriton holds on tight. Brash throws a couple more over the top. Nothing too much lands.
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