Avery Being Avery

After a relatively quiet month by his standards, Sean Avery is back at it again.

During a second period gathering that nearly became a line brawl in Sunday's Flyers–Rangers meeting, Avery took advantage of a favorable matchup against Matt Carle and pounded him to the ice, getting in a couple of shots while Carle was already down.

Matt Walker and Kris Newbury grappled and exchanged punches along the boards during the fracas, but neither received fighting majors. The same went for Darroll Powe and Brandon Prust, who never got going.

A pair of fights also took place in Canucks–Wild. Brad Staubitz surprised Aaron Volpatti with a couple of left hands that knocked Volpatti down while Chuck Kobasew and Keith Ballard had a fairly even scrap.