Montador Sparks Ducks Over Blues

“It’s what we love to do,” Yablonski said, explaining how two friends can trade blows as viciously as he and Mirasty have done.

“We both have pride in it. And at the same time, we might be cousins, really good friends, but we want to knock each other’s teeth out. That’s just the way it is. When we go out there, our loyalty’s to the jersey we wear, and that’s our job. We both love our jobs. Friend or foe, we’re going to go out there and do it.”

And on three separate occasions last season, they did just that. The man they call “Yabo,” and the one nicknamed “Nasty Mirasty.” Two heavyweights at the heart of a physical rivalry between these Interstate-81 foes, Syracuse and Binghamton, teams that will meet again Friday night at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.

“They were unbelievable fights, all three of them,” B-Sens center Josh Hennessy said recently. “I’d always tell my friends in the summertime they have to go on YouTube and check them out.”