Aggression Under the Arch

Four fights took place throughout the Kings–Blues game Friday night, the evening’s most active.  Sean O’Donnell took exception to a Cam Janssen hit in the first period and the two ended up dropping the gloves. A similar situation occurred in the second after Matt Greene leveled Dan Hinote with an open-ice hit, prompting Barret Jackman to go after him. Hinote got into the act in the third period, locking horns with Brad Richardson while Wayne Simmonds danced with Yan Stastny late in the game as well. It was the first regular season NHL fight for both Richardson and Simmonds.

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond drilled Riley Cote from behind in the first period of Flyers–Devils and it took Cote until the second stanza to attempt to exact revenge on Leblond, who also participated in his first regular season tussle last night. Three minutes after the heavyweights went, David Clarkson and Andrew Alberts fought, too. George Parros and Chris Neil exchanged blows in the night’s only other scrap.

Tomorrow’s slate of games has every single NHL team in action and could be an active one in terms of fighting as seven out of the fifteen scheduled games are between divisional opponents.

Videos added

Wayne Simmonds vs Yan Stastny Oct 24, 2008
Brad Richardson vs Dan Hinote Oct 24, 2008
Matt Greene vs Barret Jackman Oct 24, 2008
Sean O’Donnell vs Cam Janssen Oct 24, 2008
Andrew Alberts vs David Clarkson Oct 24, 2008
Riley Cote vs Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond Oct 24, 2008
George Parros vs Chris Neil Oct 24, 2008

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