Let them fight refs

Dammit the refs need to let two players fight if they want to fight. If you haven't seen the Lightnings' Nick Tarnasky KO'ing Panthers' Bryan Allen fight yet, well watch the YouTube video below. Tarnasky injures Mike Van Ryn with a hit and Allen goes after him and they look like they want to fight. But the linesmen jump in and try to separate them but don't and Tarnasky lands a shot right on Allen's chin that sends the big defenseman down to the ice. He looked like he was knocked out as if you watch his arms they stay stickin out and moving (reminds of when Colton Orr knocked out Todd Fedoruk and Fedoruk's arms stayed in the air for a second). If the linesmen didn't try to break them up this probably wouldn't have happened. They both wanted to fight. Allen was sticking up for his teammate. Just let them go!

Nick Tarnasky KOs Bryan Allen

A Shark putting down a Coyote

Last night had a few good hockey fights, the best one was with Phoenix Coyotes tough guy Josh Gratton vs San Jose Sharks Rob Davison. Davison layed a beating on Gratton landing almost every punch he threw while Gratton couldn't get going from the start. Watch the video below.

Also last night the Anaheim Ducks-Edmonton Oilers game had two fights. The Ducks now have 45 fighting majors, the most in the league. Behind the Ducks in fighting majors are the St. Louis Blues (28), the Washington Capitals (27), the Nashville Predators (26), and the Phoenix Coyotes (26). In the Ducks-Oilers game, it was Travis Moen vs Matt Greene and then Shawn Thornton vs Mathieu Roy. I would give Thornton the win in his fight with Roy, but I would give the other fight between Moen and Greene a draw. The other fight of the night was between Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Wade Belak and Florida Panthers defenseman Bryan Allen. I would also give that fight a draw.

Friday night at the fights, hockey fights that is

Last night there were three fights, nothing great but some spirited action. With the Boston Bruins getting killed by the Toronto Maple Leafs 10-2 you would expect more rough stuff that what happened last night. Brendan Bell and Shean Donovan dropped the gloves and had a little fight where it looked to be a draw. Donovan looked to have a bloody nose after the fight. Ben Eager and Ryan Hollweg went at it in the Flyers-Rangers game. That was probably the best fight of the night and I would give it a draw. And the Panthers-Flames game had All-Star sniper Jarome Iginla dropping the gloves with big defenseman Bryan Allen (who use to play with the Vancouver Canucks). I would give the edge to Iginla in that fight, but I don't any punches landed by both guys.

Bryan Allen vs Jarome Iginla