Brad Winchester vs Jean-Francois Jacques

St. Louis Blues' Brad Winchester vs Edmonton Oilers' Jean-Francois Jacques on December 21, 2009.

Raitis Ivanans vs Jean-Francois Jacques

Los Angeles Kings' Raitis Ivanans vs Edmonton Oilers' Jean-Francois Jacques on December 15, 2009.

Jean-Francois Jacques vs B.J. Crombeen

Edmonton Oilers' Jean-Francois Jacques vs St. Louis Blues' B.J. Crombeen on December 11, 2009.

Saturday looked like fight night with 8 fights

This past Saturday again proved once again that Saturdays are fight night in hockey. In the Bruins-Rangers game there were three fights, with Jeremy Reich dropping the gloves twice. First there was Reich vs David Liffiton with maybe Liffiton getting the edge in that one. Later Chuck Kobasew and Ryan Callahan had a wrestling match which was a draw. Reich's second fight in the game was against Ryan Hollweg which was a good one. Both guys looked to land a few, but Reich got the better of Hollweg and I give the edge to Reich in that fight. View a nice picture below of their fight.

Jeremy Reich punches Ryan Hollweg

In the Hurricanes-Devils game, Craig Adams and Johnny Oduya had a spirited bout right off a center ice faceoff. Both guys exchanged punches and I give the edge to Adams, but I think it could be called a draw. In the Avalanche-Coyotes game, Mark Rycroft and Daniel Carcillo dropped the gloves in a spirited bout where Carcillo looked to land the only punches. Decision to Carcillo, who has played well since being called up by Gretzky and Co. In the Blue Jackets-Kings game, Dustin Brown layed out Klesla with a big hit and Alexander Svitov instigated a fight with him. I would give that one a draw, but Brown did have red marks on his face after the fight. In the Blues-Oilers game, Matt Walker and Jean-Francois Jacques dropped the gloves and had an ok fight where not much looked to land but they exchanged punches. I would give that one a draw, maybe edge to Walker.

In the Maple Leafs-Canadiens game Darcy Tucker and Francis Bouillon had a rematch where Bouillon had the edge early because he had his shield/helmet on. Decision/edge goes to Bouillon. He's really brave fighting with the shield on. A piece of Canadiens fairy trash. He's right there with fairy dive artists Mike Ribeiro and Andrei Markov. If you remember, earlier this season, Bouillon knocked down Tucker with one punch when Tucker wasn't ready and still had his gloves on. You can view that fight and their fight from Saturday night below.

Bouillon knocks down Tucker with a punch (12/02/06)


Tucker vs Bouillon (03/17/07)

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.

More fight wrap-ups, Thursday and Friday

Besides the Senators-Sabres line brawl on Thursday (February 22nd) there were some other good hockey fights. In the Oilers-Blue Jackets game there were two decent fights. The first one was between Mathieu Roy and Jody Shelley. It started because Shelley layed out an Oiler player with a good shoulder check. The Oiler player was down and looked to be in real pain. Roy came right over and dropped the gloves with Shelley. Good response by Roy, but I wouldn't give him the edge in the fight though. But he showed up and that's what counts. The second fight was between Jean-Francois Jacques and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen. Tollefsen roughed up an Oilers player and then challenged him to go but the Oiler player declined. The Oiler play then went to the bench for a line change and off the bench came Jacques who challenged Tollefsen right away. They went at it pretty good with Jacques getting in some good shots. I give the edge to Jacques in that fight. In the Flyers-Hurricanes game Todd Fedoruk dropped the gloves with Tim Gleason. Fedoruk hits Ryan Whitney and then at the whistle Gleason comes over to Fedoruk and away they go. They both exchange punches, Gleason looked to get the better shots on Fedoruk. I give the edge to Gleason in that one. Fedoruk still has not won a fight since he has been injured against Derek Boogaard.

On Friday there was only one fight and it was Bruins' Jeremy Reich vs Lightnings' Nick Tarnasky. They dropped the gloves off a faceoff and went at it. They both exchanged punches in close to each other. Reich I think caught a punch from Tarnasky and then lost his balance and fell down. I gave the edge to Tarnasky in that one. But I think you could also call it a draw.

I'll get to the hockey fights that happened on Saturday and Sunday later today hopefully.