Fight of the Week
Daniel Maggio vs Kurtis Gabriel, Jan 17, 2015
The Fight of the Week comes out of the AHL. The Lake Erie Monsters and Iowa Wild met in Des Moines on Saturday in a routine Western Conference matchup for two last-place hockey clubs. The… Read more
Chris Stewart vs Mark Fraser, Jan 6, 2015
The New Jersey Devils have been very active in the fighting department lately, racking up 9 fighting majors in their last 7 games. In their matchup against the Buffalo Sabres last week, recently recalled defenseman… Read more
Jack Skille vs Joe Vitale, Jan 3, 2015
The Fight of the Week took place on a fight-filled Saturday night, in an interconference matchup between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Arizona Coyotes. With his team up big in the third period, Coyote Joe… Read more
Milan Lucic vs Dalton Prout, Dec 27, 2014
How could the Fight of the Week be anything else? This highly anticipated fight built up for over a month after Dalton Prout dropped Milan Lucic with one punch on November 21. Lucic distilled his… Read more
Nicolas Deslauriers vs Mark Stuart, Dec 16, 2014
The Fight of the Week comes via TKO by the Buffalo Sabres' Nicolas Deslauriers. In the final minutes of last Tuesday's Sabres vs Jets game in WInnipeg, Deslauriers hooked up with Mark Stuart for a… Read more
Andrew Ladd vs Gabriel Landeskog, Dec 11, 2014
Whenever two captains drop the mitts against each other, fight fans often expect a lot of energy and and raw firepower in an exciting fight. Andrew Ladd and Gabriel Landeskog are captains of the Winnipeg… Read more
Jay Rosehill vs Mark Fraser, Nov 28, 2014
What a slugfest down on the farm last week between two players who have spent considerable time in the NHL and are best known for these kinds of no-defense dances. Albany's Mark Fraser paired off… Read more
Joel Rechlicz vs Ryan Schnell, Nov 21, 2014
Our Fight of the Week comes out of last Friday's AHL game between the Iowa Wild and Rockford Ice Hogs. Midway through the game, Iowa's Joel Rechlicz and Rockford's Ryan Schnell squared off on the… Read more
Antoine Roussel vs Andrew Shaw, Nov 16, 2014
With apologies to Zac Rinaldo and Brandon Prust, whose fight I had pegged and ready to publish as the Fight of the Week, the honor goes to a late nominee from one of Sunday night's… Read more
Deryk Engelland vs Liam O’Brien, Nov 4, 2014
Last Tuesday, undrafted Capitals rookie Liam O'Brien stepped up against seasoned Flames heavyweight Deryk Engelland. The pair came together after an icing call in the Capitals' zone. They shed the gloves and grabbed hold. Initially,… Read more