Finally, some hockey fights

There hasn't been any hockey fights the past days but last night we finally got to see two. In the Kings-Blue Jackets game, Raitis Ivanans and Jody Shelley came out of the penalty box and dropped the gloves. Shelley started out quick throwing some rights. It was a good fight with Shelley landing more than Ivanans and I give Shelley the edge in this fight. View the video of the fight below. In the Lightning-Oilers game, Nick Tarnasky and Matt Greene dropped the gloves and had more of a wrestling match than anything else. Tarnasky went after Greene because he hit Eric Perrin.

Raitis Ivanans vs Jody Shelley

Darcy Hordichuk vs George Parros highlight of the night

There were two hockey fights yesterday. The first was between Sharks' Mark Bell and Stars' Krys Barch. Barch got the edge as he threw most of the punches and Bell's jersey got over his head so he couldn't see much during the later parts of the fight. The other fight was a good one between Predators' Darcy Hordichuk and Ducks' George Parros. Hordichuk and Parros exchange lots of right hands. Parros looks like he landed a few and got the better of Hordichuk as Hordichuk lost his balance and went down to the ice. I give the decision to Parros in this fight.

Darcy Hordichuk vs George Parros

Weak Saturday with two fights

Usually Saturdays have a few fights because almost every team plays, but yesterday there was really one fight and the other one went so fast that the television cameras didn't even get it. The fight that was actually televised was between Lightnings' Ryan Craig and Panthers' Gregory Campbell. They had a short spirited bout with Campbell landing a what seemed to be big punch. I would give that one a draw though because it was all Craig at first in the fight. The fight that was missed by both television feeds was between Blue Jackets' Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Coyotes' Keith Ballard. I have read that it was a quick fight with neither guy landing anything.

Thursday and Friday fight roundups

This post will be a recap of Thursday's and Friday's hockey fights. On Thursday there were two fights. In the Avalanche-Blackhawks game Mark Rycroft and Danny Richmond dropped the gloves off a faceoff and had a spirited bout. They were mostly in tight and neither one could land a good punch. I would give this one a draw.

The other fight was in the Coyotes-Canucks game with Josh Gratton and Jeff Cowan going at it. The television feed that I saw did not show the whole fight as when the camera finally got on the fight, Cowan was down and then Gratton lost his balance and went down to the ice while throwing one last punch at Cowan. I can't really give a decision because I didn't see the whole fight.

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.

Penguins and Lightning throw down with three fights

On Sunday there were five fights, and three of those were in the Penguins-Lightning game. So I'll start off with that game. The first fight was between Ryan Malone and Cory Sarich. At center ice they fight and grapple for position. Sarich gets his right loose and throws two big rights that gets Malone off balance and they both soon go to the ice. I give the edge to Sarich in that fight. Watch their fight below. The second fight was between Maxime Talbot and Nick Tarnasky. They meet in the area between the benches and Talbot gives Tarnasky a good shoulder hit. Tarnasky doesn't like it because it looked a little high. They go at it and Tarnasky whales away on Talbot as Talbot can't keep his balance. Talbot goes down to the ice and Tarnasky keeps throwing punches until the linesmen get in there to separate them. Decision goes to Tarnasky in that fight. At the end of the Penguins-Lightning game, Maxime Talbot and Nick Tarnasky have another go but it was all wrestling as when the camera got there they were down on the ice, with Tarnasky on top trying to throw punches, but the linesmen came flying in to break them up quickly.

Ryan Malone vs Cory Sarich

In the Predators-Blue Jackets game, Jordin Tootoo and Adam Foote had a little dust-up. They did drop the gloves but it was mostly wrestling. Tootoo did manage to throw a good looking uppercut but I don't know if it landed. After the fight in the penalty box Foote looked to have a cut on his forehead, which could have been caused from his helmet.

Sabres vs Senators rematch on Saturday

Saturday night had the rematch that everyone was looking forward to. Although it didn't have another line brawl, it had some more rough stuff including two spirited hockey fights. The first was between Andrew Peters and Brian McGrattan. Wade Redden put down a Sabres player with a good hit and Peters came over to Redden and they had some words. McGrattan came over to Peters and they dropped the gloves and had a heavyweight bout. I would give it a draw, Peters landed a big punch at the start of it and McGrattan came back at the end. Watch the video below of this fight. Later in the second period a Sabres player hit a Senators player. Chris Neil didn't like that and went at the Sabres player and pushed him. The Sabres player looked like he exaggerated the push as he threw his body backwards onto the ice, which brought Adam Mair over to Neil. Neil and Mair got a hold of each other and Neil dropped the gloves. Mair then dropped his gloves and they went at it. Not many punches landed by either guy and I gave that one a draw.

Andrew Peters vs Brian McGrattan

In the Sharks-Flames game, Mark Bell and Wayne Primeau had a fight where Bell landed a big punch that cut Primeau over his right eye. Win to Bell in that one. In the Capitals-Devils game, John Erskine and Cam Janssen had a long fight where both guys traded punches. I gave that one a draw because there was no clear winner. In the Avalanche-Kings game, Ian Laperriere and Tom Kostopoulos had a quick non-eventful fight where not many punches were thrown as they had balance issues. Laperriere now has 15 fighting majors and leads the NHL in that stat. As of right now Andrew Peters is second on that list with 14 fighting majors. Cam Janssen and George Parros are tied for third with 13 fighting majors.

In the Blue Jackets-Rangers game we had another heavyweight fight between Jody Shelley and Colton Orr. Shelley wanted to go as he gave Orr the stick so they dropped the gloves and right away Orr threw some big rights that looked to stun Shelley for a second. They exchanged punches, both getting shots in on each other, but Orr got the better as after the fight Shelley had blood on his nose. That fight was Orr's 12th fight was of the season and Shelley's 11th fight of the season. Watch the video of this heavyweight fight below.

Jody Shelley vs Colton Orr

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.

Senators vs Sabres line brawl

Thursday night we had some old-time hockey with a 6 on 6 line brawl between the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres. The Senators did not have their enforcer Brian McGrattan in the lineup for this game, too bad because it would have made it even better. Anyways back to Thursday's game. Here's what happened first. Senators' Chris Neil layed out Sabres' star Chris Drury with a clean looking hit but it did appear to be late. Drury was lying on the ice and blood was visible on the ice. It was said that he had a deep cut on his forehead. Sabres' Drew Stafford went after Neil and they dropped the gloves in a short fight that Neil had the edge in.

On the next faceoff, the puck is dropped, Mair goes at Jason Spezza, cross-checking him and trying to get him to fight. Sabres' enforcer Andrew Peters goes after Dany Heatley. Everybody joins the pile up with Mair and Spezza besides Peters, Heatley and the goalies. Ray Emery and Martin Biron shed the masks and gloves. They meet and exchange punches. Emery won that one. After that, Peters is making his way to the penalty box (where Emery and Biron were). Peters and Emery get together, grab each other and start exchanging punches. It was mostly Peters throwing punches at Emery. After everyone is broken apart from each other the camera focuses on the benches with the coaches, Lindy Ruff and Brian Murray screaming and swearing at each other. Ruff tries to make his way to Murray but can't get to him as he slips between the benches where Sabres TV guy Rob Ray is standing and enjoying the verbal war between Ruff and Murray.

View the videos of the Chris Neil hit and the line brawl below. Wow what a line brawl that was. The first one this year I believe (I may be wrong about that). These two teams play Saturday night and look for McGrattan to be dressed and in the lineup for that game. Hopefully Gary Bettman doesn't ruin things and suspend Mair and/or Peters and/or Neil. If you want fans to watch the games, there needs to be more of this kind of action.

Does anyone think that Neil's hit on Drury was dirty? What was Murray thinking by putting out all of the skilled players, and not any tougher Senators before that line brawl ensued? Do you think Peters should have not fought Emery? Anyone think any of these guys will be suspended for Saturday's game? I hope not!

Chris Neil lays out Chris Drury and then fights Drew Stafford

Next faceoff after the Neil hit on Drury, Mair goes after Spezza, Peters goes after Heatley, Emery vs Biron, then Peters fights Emery

Eastern rivalries - Flyers vs Sabres and Rangers vs Devils

Tuesday night was pretty good with three fights that night. In the Flyers-Sabres game, R.J. Umberger tried to get some revenge on Brian Campbell from the big hit from last years' playoffs. Umberger instigated the fight with Campbell and got in some good shots. After the fight in the penalty box Campbell had an ice bag on his mouth. Decision to Umberger in that one.

Later in the first period of that game Todd Fedoruk and Andrew Peters had an uneventful fight. Fedoruk looked like he was trying not to get punched in the fight. Since his return from the injury he received from Derek Boogaard, Fedoruk hasn't looked good in his two fights (against Andre Roy and now Peters). In both of them he looked to be hesitant of throwing punches, and looked to be afraid of getting hit with a punch. I would give this one a draw since both guys didn't throw much or land much at all.

In the Rangers-Devils game there was some rough stuff, including Sean Avery and goalie Martin Brodeur exchanging shoves. In the third period Colton Orr and Cam Janssen finally dropped the gloves and went at it. Orr and Janssen exchanged punches but Orr looked to land more. At the end Orr looked to land a shot on Janssen and either Janssen slipped and fell down, or Orr's punch sent him down.

Colton Orr vs Cam Janssen

Catching up on hockey fights earlier this week

Time to catch up on the hockey fights that happened earlier this week. On Sunday there were two hockey fights. In the Blackhawks-Rangers game Martin Lapointe put a pounding on Ryan Hollweg. Decision to Lapointe in that fight. In the Sharks-Stars game, Kyle McLaren layed out Hagman with a good hard check. A little later Stars' tough guy Krys Barch challenged McLaren and they went at it. McLaren looked to get the better slightly in that one. I would give a slight edge to McLaren in that fight.

On Monday there was only one hockey fight but it was a spirited one. In the Bruins-Flyers game, Paul Mara and Mike Richards got into a scrum. Then later in the game, off a faceoff after a Bruins' goal, they throw down the gloves and go at it. They both exchanged some good punches. I would give Mara the edge, maybe call this a draw. Either way it was a good fight between two guys who don't fight that much, although this was Richards second fight in as many games. Watch the Mara-Richards fight below.

Paul Mara vs Mike Richards

Rivalries are building back up it seems

Last night we had some old-time hockey with passion and intensity in the games. Most of the games this season have lacked just that. With the playoffs coming teams are playing for their playoff lives.

I have only seen the Flyers-Rangers and Bruins-Sabres fights from last night so I can only comment on those bouts right now. In the Flyers-Rangers game, Mike Richards and Sean Avery went at it after Todd Fedoruk was nailing every Ranger in sight. I gave that one a draw. Later in the game Alexandre Picard fought Aaron Ward with Ward throwing most of the punches, if not all of them. Ward got the decision in that one, but he also hurt his hand in that fight.

In the Bruins-Sabres there were two fights with Jeremy Reich vs Adam Mair, and Andrew Ference vs Jochen Hecht. Both scraps were spirited and both looked to be draws. I might give an edge to Reich in his fight but Mair landed some at the end of the fight. Hecht landed one huge punch on Ference, but that was after Ference layed a bunch of consecutive punches on Hecht's noggin.

You can download fight clips of both of those fights here. You can watch the videos below:

Jeremy Reich vs Adam Mair


Andrew Ference vs Jochen Hecht

Update on 02/21/07 at 11:58 PM
I finally got to see the other hockey fights from Saturday night. There were quite a few. The Devils-Islanders game had three fights. First was Cam Janssen and Aaron Asham in a spirited punch-fest. I give that one a draw, watch the video below.

Cam Janssen vs Aaron Asham

Next in the Devils-Islanders game was Mike Rupp vs Drew Fata. Rupp didn't want to fight Chris Simon so he took on the smaller Fata and wailed away on him. Rupp gets the decision in this one, but loses respect by not going with Simon when Simon challenged him. Then there was Chris Simon taking out his frustration on Devils' defenseman Mark Fraser. Simon gets his left hand going and pounds Fraser.

In the chippy and feisty Kings-Ducks game there were a lot of scrums and pushes and shoves, and only one fight occurred in that game. Tom Kostopoulos and Shane O'Brien went at it in a quick bout which had no clear winner. The Lightning and Panthers have had some battles this season and it seems to be turning into a real rivalry. There were two ok fights in their game on Saturday. First there was Nick Tarnasky and Steve Montador going at it in not much of a fight as Montador lost his balance. Later in the game Andre Roy and Alexei Semenov dropped the gloves in a quick fight with Semenov getting in a few good shots on Roy. I would give the edge to Semenov, maybe a draw.

D.J. King gets another win

Last night there was only one hockey fight and it was a good one with the Blues' rookie tough guy D.J. King going at it with Predators' tough guy Darcy Hordichuk. King got the edge over Scott Parker earlier this week and on Friday I would give him the edge in his fight against Hordichuk. Watch the fight below and give me your thoughts.

D.J. King vs Darcy Hordichuk

Three good fights, one veteran teaches a rookie

There were three hockey fights last night and they were all pretty good and entertaining. The best fight though from last night was Sabres' enforcer Andrew Peters vs Oilers' rookie tough guy Zack Stortini. Peters had the upper hand during the entire fight and threw some bombs. Stortini managed to wrestle Peters down to the ice to stop the beating he took. Win to Peters in their bout. View the video of the fight below.

In the Rangers-Hurricanes game, Ryan Hollweg had a fight against Mike Commodore. Commodore was winning at the start of the fight but Hollweg came back at the end to give this one a draw, maybe slight edge to Hollweg. In the Ducks-Coyotes game, I was hoping for Georges Laraque or Josh Gratton to fight a Ducks player but that did not happen. Instead Ducks' defenseman Francois Beauchemin and Coyotes defenseman Nick Boynton dropped the gloves and had a good fight. Not many punches seemed to land but both guys were throwing. I gave that fight a draw.

Zack Stortini vs Andrew Peters

Andrew Peters vs Zack Stortini

Janssen vs Murray, bout of the night

We had some action last night with four hockey fights. Blues' Matt Walker and Blue Jackets' Jody Shelley had an ok fight, with both guys trading punches in close. I give that one a draw. In the Panthers-Senators game, Chris Gratton and Mike Fisher dropped the gloves and went at it. I would maybe give an edge to Fisher in this fight because he looked to land a few. Fisher though had his helmet/with a shield on so it looked like Gratton was trying to be careful when to throw a punch so he didn't mess up his hands. Fisher looked like he tried to take off his lid when the fight started, but he just undid the strap I think. I think he should have took it off, don't fight with a shield on. In the Canadiens-Devils game, Garthy Murray and Cam Janssen dropped the gloves and had a good fight. I would give a slight edge to Janssen in this one. Also Stephane Veilleux of the Wild fought Canucks' Josh Green, but I have not seen this fight yet.