Ryane Clowe vs Jarome Iginla

San Jose Sharks Ryane Clowe vs Calgary Flames Jarome Iginla on March 19, 2010.

George Parros vs Ryane Clowe

Anaheim Ducks George Parros vs San Jose Sharks Ryane Clowe on January 21, 2010.

Sheldon Brookbank vs Ryane Clowe

Anaheim Ducks' Sheldon Brookbank vs San Jose Sharks' Ryane Clowe on December 17, 2009.

NHL playoffs fights

Even though we're not deep into the playoffs there have been a few fights. This is a surprise to me and a good surprise. The Sharks-Predators series has been nasty as there have been cheap shots, fights, and now even coaches talking through the media about the series. Nice! This series so far has had Ryane Clowe vs Jordin Tootoo, Mike Grier vs Scott Hartnell, and Scott Hannan vs Jerred Smithson all happened at the same time. The best fight was between Clowe and Tootoo as after the fight Tootoo had a bloody nose. Watch the clip of these fights below.

Sharks vs Predators fights

In the Wild-Ducks series, so far there has been one fight with Brent Burns and Chris Kunitz. I gave that one a draw. In the Penguins-Senators series, there has been two fights. The first with Colby Armstrong and Mike Comrie going at it. I gave that one a draw as not much happened in it. Tonight, Dean McAmmond and Maxime Talbot had a spirited bout after Armstrong took out Patrick Eaves with a big hit. I gave the edge to McAmmond in that fight.

Sharks and Ducks battle it out

Last night the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim Ducks played a gritty, playoff-like game that had a fight. The fight was between Ryane Clowe and Shawn Thornton. It started because Thornton hit Sharks' captain Patrick Marleau and Clowe came right over and dropped the gloves. Thornton then dropped his gloves and they tie each other up and both try and throw rights. They continue to try and throw punches, but both look exhausted. I give this one a draw. Watch the YouTube video of this fight below.

Ryane Clowe vs Shawn Thornton

Some Tuesday night hockey action

On Tuesday there were 5 hockey fights. In the Oilers-Bruins game, Jeremy Reich and Matt Greene had a go and Reich won that one decisively with Greene going down (either slipping or getting hit with a punch). In the Sharks-Blues game there were two fights. First the light/middle-weight bout between Ryane Clowe and Jamal Mayers. I gave that one a draw because neither guy seemed to land any punches. Then later Scott Parker and rookie D.J. King dropped the gloves off a faceoff and went at it. King got in some good shots on the veteran Parker and I would give the decision to King. Watch the Parker-King fight below.

Scott Parker vs D.J. King

In the Thrashers-Flames game there were two fights. The first one was Eric Boulton vs Eric Godard with Godard getting the win over Boulton. Boulton looked over-matched in this one. At the end of the fight Boulton had a bloody nose. Later on in that game Garnet Exelby fought new Flame Wayne Primeau. This was a draw.

Eric Boulton vs Eric Godard

Four hockey fights on Tuesday

On Tuesday there were four hockey fights but none were toe-to-toe slugfests. Boston Bruins' Wayne Primeau fought Buffalo Sabres' Adam Mair because Mair hit Brad Stuart after Stuart layed out a Sabres player. Not that great of a fight between Primeau and Mair as both didn't really land anything.

The Philadelphia Flyers' Todd Fedoruk got into his first fight since coming back from getting his face messed up by Derek Boogaard in a fight. Fedoruk fought Tampa Bay Lightnings' Andre Roy but it wasn't much of a fight at all as Fedoruk turned away from Roy and went down to the ice. Will we ever see the Fedoruk of before his facial injury from Boogaard? I guess time will tell.

The Dallas Stars' Krys Barch must have had a lot of energy left over after being thrown out of the game against the Anaheim Ducks, because he got into an ok fight with San Jose Sharks' Ryane Clowe. I would give their fight a draw.

The other fight from Tuesday was between Toronto Maple Leafs' Alexei Ponikarovsky and Carolina Hurricanes' David Tanabe. I did not see this fight yet so I can't comment on who got the decision.

Laperriere continuing to protect his teammates

A few posts ago I posted about Ian Laperriere in how he has all of Colorado's fighting majors this season, well he got another one last night. This time against San Jose Sharks' forward Ryane Clowe. I would give the fight a draw, maybe a slight edge to Clowe because it looked like Clowe landed more punches than Laperriere did.

The only other fight from yesterday was with Boston Bruins' defenseman Andrew Alberts and Buffalo Sabres' enforcer Andrew Peters. The fight happened because Alberts layed a good hit on a Buffalo forward and Peters came over and challenged Alberts. They dropped the gloves and it was all Peters at first, then Alberts got in a quick left, then Peters threw some more, and then Alberts slipped and went down to the ice. Even though Alberts looked to land the best punch of the fight, the win goes to Peters. You can view the Alberts-Peters fight below.

Andrew Peters vs Andrew Alberts

Two ok fights on Wednesday

Last night there were only two fights but there was nothing great about them. The first fight of the night was between New Jersey Devils' forward Michael Rupp and St. Louis Blues' defenseman Bryce Salvador, which was more of a wrestling match as both guys didn't throw many punches. The second fight of the night was between San Jose Sharks' forward Ryane Clowe and Edmonton Oilers' defenseman Matt Greene. Their fight was more spirited because of a hit by Clowe on Ryan Smyth. I would give the edge to Clowe in their fight. This was the second fight that Clowe and Greene have had against each other this season.