Sweet Home Chicago

Well, not too sweet. Chicago fans were treated to a great game last night. The Blues were in town and the rivals quickly put on a show. The first period saw four goals and four fights. After the Blues took a 3-1 lead, there were three fights within the next minute. The fourth came only three minutes later.

The Blackhawks would battle back, tying up the game with two goals from Dave Bolland, sending it into OT. The home team couldn’t top it off though, and the Andy MacDonald scored the OT winner for the Blues.

There was one other fight last night, Nick Tarnasky taking on Brad May in the late game.

A little more rewind

There were just two fights Thursday night, but they’re both getting a ton of eyes. In another re-sparked rivalry, Milan Lucic thrilled the home town crowd in Boston after he took down Mike Komisarek.

Cal Clutterbuck showed off some lessons from (or he’s a quick study of) Derek Boogaard when he handled Keith Yandle well in his first NHL fight.

Melrose canned

The inevitable happened, and Barry Melrose is already looking for another job after Lightning management fired him yesterday. Rick Tocchet has been named the interim coach of the Lightning, and it’ll be interesting to see how much patience has with him before naming the so-called permanent replacement.

One thing this has done is draw attention away from the fact that Brian Burke is now a free agent.

Videos added

Nick Tarnasky vs Brad May Nov 14, 2008
Cam Janssen vs Ben Eager Nov 14, 2008
Keith Tkachuk vs Dustin Byfuglien Nov 14, 2008
David Backes vs Cam Barker Nov 14, 2008
Jeff Woywitka vs Brent Seabrook Nov 14, 2008
Matt Bradley vs Adam Mair Mar 26, 2004
Tie Domi vs Eric Cairns Feb 7, 2002
Keith Yandle vs Cal Clutterbuck Nov 13, 2008
Michael Komisarek vs Milan Lucic Nov 13, 2008
Ryan VandenBussche vs Garrett Burnett Nov 28, 2003
Garrett Burnett vs John Erskine Oct 8, 2003

Some reads

Chelios on WDFN: Referees told to call even-up penalties
Cause for a pause: Drop the gloves, Dragons
Brawling Milan Lucic caps an enjoyable victory
Getting To Know: Gary Roberts
NHL legends come to the defence of Kostopoulos
Amid the losing, Blues reverse one negative trend