Georges Laraque vs Donald Brashear

Well hockey fight fans were looking for the Georges Laraque vs Donald Brashear matchup on Tuesday night and we got it. The heavyweight title was on the line but the fight wasn't much as both guys got in some quick punches at the start but they went down quick. I give this fight a draw. View the YouTube video of the fight below.

Georges Laraque vs Donald Brashear

Also on Tuesday, in the Blue Jackets-Blues game, Jody Shelley and rookie D.J. King had an ok fight with King getting in a lot of jersey jabs and throwing most of the punches. Anyone else think Shelley has had an ok to bad year in fighting this year? He hasn't done as well as previous years. In the Oilers-Predators game there were two fights and Oilers veteran defenseman Jason Smith was in both of them. First Smith fought Ramzi Abid in a spirited bout with not many punches landing but both guys looked heated. Later in the game, Darcy Hordichuk layed out Smid with a hit and Smith came right in and they dropped the gloves. Both guys threw some punches and Hordichuk got the takedown at the end. Hordichuk's tiedown ripped and his jersey came off and for some reason the referees thought he wasn't tied down so they threw him out of the game. The television replays showed the tiedown so the referees messed up on that call. Maybe they threw him out because he's a tough guy?

Simon bloodies Fedoruk and Coyotes-Oilers go at it

Last night provided us hockey fans with a few good hockey fights. In the Flyers-Islanders game there were two fights. The first hockey fight was between Todd Fedoruk and Chris Simon. This was a good one with both guys trading some bombs. Simon did land the best punches though as Fedoruk was bleeding after the fight. Decision to Simon in this fight. Watch the Fedoruk-Simon fight below.

Todd Fedoruk vs Chris Simon

The second fight was with Darren Reid vs Aaron Asham. It was all Asham in this one as Reid couldn't get started and Asham finished him pretty quick. In the Coyotes-Oilers game there were three hockey fights, with Nick Boynton getting into two of them. The first fight was between tough guys Josh Gratton and Zack Stortini going at it. Gratton got some good shots on Stortini as Stortini looked like he couldn't handle Gratton. Decision to Gratton. The next fight was between Nick Boynton and Jason Smith. Not much of a fight here, but Boynton stood up for a teammate and went at Smith. Later in the game Jean-Francois Jacques got some revenge for Smith by fighting Boynton and pounding him. Jacques landed at least two big shots that sent Boynton down to the ice and slowly skated to the dressing room. Jacques has had two big fights recently and winning both, against Tollefsen and now Boynton.

Two other fights took place last night. Blue Jackets' Jason Chimera took on Avalanche' Jeff Finger with Chimera getting the edge in that one. In the Red Wings-Blackhawks game there was actually a fight. Brett Lebda and Mikael Holmqvist dropped the gloves and tried to fight but not much happened there.

The last fights before the break

Well the NHL All-Star break has hit us and we'll have to wait until Friday, January 26th to resume watching the regular season action. Last night though provided us with some action. In the Senators-Bruins game, Christoph Schubert hit Paul Mara head-first into the boards. Mara got up pissed off, dropped his gloves and chased him. When he got a hold of Schubert he pounded his ass to the ice. Schubert got 5, and Mara got 2, 5, 10. Later in the second period of the game, Bruins hard-hitting defenseman Andrew Alberts layed out Senators forward Chris Kelly with a hit into the boards behind the Bruins net. Alberts left his feet and looked to push Kelly's head into the boards. Alberts got 5 and a game misconduct for that hit. But why didn't Schubert get a game misconduct for his cheap hit earlier in the second period?

From BostonHerald.com, here are a few quotes from the Bruins' Paul Mara:

"It was a dirty hit," said Mara. "A player has to do what a player has to do. ... If it happened again, I'd probably do the same thing. If it happened to a teammate I'd jump in for him. That's part of the game."

"Alberts' hit was borderline," said Mara. "I think Schubert's was a lot worse, but that's the way things have been going for us. ... I think if Kelly didn't go down and pretend that he's injured, then I don't think you'd see a five-minute major. It might be two minutes for roughing or something, but other than that, it's a borderline call."

The best game of the night had to be the Calgary Flames vs the Edmonton Oilers, the "Battle of Alberta" continued on. With the Oilers calling up Zack Stortini I thought for sure he and Eric Godard would go at it, but I was wrong as they chatted a few times but nothing happened. Instead Marcus Nilson and Marty Reasoner had a go and so did Robyn Regehr and Jason Smith in an ok battle.

In other games, the Blackhawks Bryan Smolinski and Predators Marek Zidlicky had a short fight. In the Maple Leafs-Penguins game, the Maple Leafs were being blown out so that led to a few fights. There was Bryan McCabe vs Chris Thorburn, Hal Gill vs Chris Thorburn, and Travis Green vs Maxime Talbot.