Fight of the year so far

Saturday night there quite a few fights including a KO, but I think we have fight of the year at the moment. In the Senators-Rangers game, Brian McGrattan and Colton Orr had a great heavyweight fight with both guys exchanging punches. Both guys looked like they landed punches on each other and both did not go down. It was a great fight that I would give the edge to McGrattan. Watch it below.

Brian McGrattan vs Colton Orr

Thanks to Adams Hockey Forum for the clip.

Tootoo gets what he dishes out

Yesterday Jordin Tootoo threw an elbow at a Coyote player and then Craig Weller went after him and clotheslined him. Tootoo stayed down on the ice and it looked like Weller wanted to pound his ass, but didn't because he was down and stayed there. So what Tootoo usually does to people now happens to him. Sometimes you get what you dish out and Tootoo surely did last night. Watch the YouTube video below.

Boulerice cheap shot on Kesler

There have been quite a few fights at the start of this season and yesterday we saw the first severe cheap shot of this season. Flyers' Jesse Boulerice lost it and cross checked Canucks' Ryan Kesler right in the face/jaw area. Kesler went down as Boulerice was ready to drop the gloves for Kesler or any Canucks player as the Canucks players came rushing in to get a piece of him. Watch the video below. Maybe now the Canucks will dress a tough guy/enforcer besides Jeff Cowan who isn't an enforcer. Don't be surprised if Boulerice is suspended for 20+ games.

Also in the YouTube video is Flyers' Ben Eager bumping into Canucks' goalie Curtis Sanford and everyone gets involved. Eager tries to beat the crap out of fairy pansy Matt Cooke, while R.J. Umberger and Jeff Cowan try to go.

Steve Downie hit on Dean McAmmond

Wow, if you didn't see it the other night watch the clip below. Of course I'm talking about the vicious cheap shot hit to the head of Senators' Dean McAmmond by Flyers' Steve Downie. After Downie hit McAmmond all of the Senators came in to pound Downie. Brian McGrattan got the most shots in it looked like, but Flyers' Jesse Boulerice came in to protect his teammate and threw some punches at McGrattan. Senators' Shean Donovan also tried to get some punches in, as Flyers' Sami Kapanen was trying to stop him. Watch the clip of the hit and scrum below.

Update on 9/28/07 at 3:45PM
Steve Downie has been suspended for 20 games by the NHL for his hit on Dean McAmmond. Read more ESPN.com.

Preseason Rangers vs Islanders brawl

In case you missed it earlier this week, the Rangers and Islanders had a preseason games with lots of fights and even a line brawl with the goalies fighting as well. Rick DiPietro and Al Montoya dropped their goalie equipment and had a short fight. Check out the YouTube video below. The NHL season is almost here!

More Stan Jonathan fights

Stan Jonathan wasn't the biggest guy but dam he knew how to fight and he did pretty good in his fights. Below is a compilation with some of his hockey fights.

Stan Jonathan bloodies Pierre Bouchard

Looking back at more past hockey fights again, here is a classic with Boston Bruins' tough guy Stan Jonathan bloodying the hell out of Montreal Canadiens' tough guy Pierre Bouchard. Bouchard is a mess after this fight with blood all over the place, and even on the linesman's face. Watch the video below.

Peca lays out Selanne

Looking back again, I don't know if many remember this incident but Michael Peca, then with the Vancouver Canucks, layed out Teemu Selanne of the Winnipeg Jets with a big time hit that gave Selanne a concussion. Watch it below.

Looking back at Probert vs Domi

Since it's the offseason and everyone is gearing up for the upcoming season I thought I would look back at maybe the best fighting rivalry in hockey, the one between Bob Probert and Tie Domi. They have had some real good fights and the two below are probably their best against each other. It's actually their first two fights against each other as well. Round 1 went to Domi, but Probert got revenge in round 2. Watch them below.

Bob Probert vs Tie Domi, Round 1, February 9, 1992


Bob Probert vs Tie Domi, Round 2, December 2, 1992

Tough guy Shawn Thornton signs with Bruins

Bruins' fans should be excited that the Bruins were able to sign tough guy Shawn Thornton. He was probably the most sought-after tough guy available. A lot of people I think underrate Thornton's fighting abilities. He is one of the very few that has edged Georges Laraque, who is the heavyweight champ in the NHL. Watch the video clip below of Shawn Thornton edging Georges Laraque back in 2004.

Ducks win the Stanley Cup

The Anaheim Ducks have beat the Ottawa Senators and are the Stanley Cup champions. I love how the Ducks are built with the toughness that the entire team has and the heart they play with. Hopefully more teams follow what the Ducks did, bring in tough players who know how to play and play physical. This is hockey baby, not soccer. Ducks' captain Scott Niedermayer won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Playoff MVP. Congratulations to the whole Anaheim Ducks organization.

Pronger and Neil, not so different

After game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals, Chris Neil called Chris Pronger a "backstabber" because Pronger was pushing around Senators and irritating them, and of course with the elbow/forearm to Dean McAmmond's head. But as Ducks' GM Brian Burke said, the worst hit in game 3 was the elbow to Andy McDonald's head after Neil's six full strides to get to McDonald.

Now earlier in tonight's game, game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals, Chris Neil came in late and hit/pushed Pronger in the head and now Pronger is not on the ice and isn't seen on the Ducks' bench, with probably a possible injury? So who's the backstabber now? You shouldn't criticize other players for playing the same way you do. Pronger and Neil both play a physical game and aren't afraid to mix it up when they have to. But come on Neil, stop bitching about Pronger when you do the same things out there.

Update at 8:55 PM
Chris Pronger has came back to the bench and on the ice for the Ducks later in the first period. So he looks like he is ok now.

Alfredson denies shooting puck at Niedermayer

Just a few minutes ago, Pierre Maguire on NBC had a short interview with Ottawa Senators' captain Daniel Alfredson, you know-the gutless puke that shot the puck at the Ducks' Scott Niedermayer at the end of the second period in game 4 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Pierre Maguire asked Alfredson straight on if he shot the puck at Niedermayer and of course Alfredson denied it, but we all know he was lying. Even after the interview ex-NHL All-Star Brett Hull said that Alfredson was lying.

I had a lot of respect for Alfredson but after seeing that classless shit he did to Niedermayer and then sucker punches Travis Moen, I have no more respect for him. If you haven't seen Alfredson's chicken-shit classless move, watch it on the YouTube video below.

I guess what gets me the most is that Alfredson didn't get a penalty for shooting the puck at Niedermayer or for throwing a sucker punch at Moen right in front of a linesman. What's with that? Is it because he's known for his scoring and not physical play? Probably. Trust me, as I said in my last post, if that was Brad May or Shawn Thornton or Chris Neil shooting the puck at someone or throwing a sucker punch, then they would have been given a penalty, maybe a major and maybe even the game. But no, not for Alfredson. Is that special treatment? Yes it is. And it's bullshit!

The only other time I remember seeing someone shoot the puck at someone was in a game (I think it was a playoff game) between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers. Then, Flyers' defenseman Luke Richardson shot the puck at Penguins' defenseman Bob Boughner and it looked to hit Boughner near the collarbone/neck area. Boughner wasn't hurt, but he was pissed and a big scrum ensued. I believe Richardson got a penalty for that too.

Don Cherry on NBC says more fights

Don Cherry is the best and he knows hockey. He was just on NBC in the second intermission of game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals and Bill Clement and Brett Hull asked him about fighting in hockey. Don Cherry said that hockey should have more of it because it draws fans and will bring better ratings. I 100% agree with Don Cherry on this and so did Brett Hull.

The topic of fighting came up because at the end of the second period Ottawa Senators' captain Daniel Alfredson shot the puck intentionally at Ducks' captain Scott Niedermayer. Soon after that everyone tried to get at Alfredson. While he was behind a linesman and another Ottawa player, then he throws a gloved punch at Travis Moen. Real tough for Alfredson, what a classless piece of shit.

At the start of the third period they showed the referee talking to Alfredson. Where's the penalty? He wasn't given a penalty for shooting the puck at Niedermayer. Wow, what a joke! You know if a tough guy like Chris Neil or Brad May did something like that, they would probably get an intent to injure penalty and game misconduct, but no, not with Alfredson. Fuckin double standard.

Watch the video of the intermission with Don Cherry, Brett Hull, and Bill Clement talking about hockey needing fighting back in hockey on NBC. Bring back rock em, sock em!

Not many fights in playoffs

It's been a while since I've last posted. There hasn't been much since Flames' Dion Phaneuf and Red Wings' Todd Bertuzzi had their wrestling match. Although the Ducks' Shawn Thornton and Red Wings' Danny Markov had a short fight if you want to call it that. And in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals there was a big scrum with Senators' Mike Fisher and Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf going at it and Senators' Peter Schaefer and Ducks' Dustin Penner wrestling on the ice.