Tag Archives: Columbus Blue Jackets
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Blue Jackets’ Artem Anisimov Knocked Unconscious Last Night in Detroit (Video)
Take a good look at the above photo. That’s Artem Anisimov of the Columbus Blue Jackets. It’s pretty freaky, isn’t it? On Thursday night in Detroit, Anisimov and Detroit defenseman Ian White were racing to join the play behind the Red Wings net and, next thing you know, Anisimov somehow ends up on the ice, [...]
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Kari Lehtonen Makes Great Backhanded, Behind-the-Back Glove Save (Video)
It took about 10 days, but the NHL action is now heating up, and we’re finally seeing some great highlights roll in. On Friday it was two brilliant behind-the-back passes that set up goals. Yesterday it was a bonecrushing body check by San Jose’s Brad Stuart. And today it’s an amazing save by the Dallas [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Bollig vs. Boll — 3/20/12
The Chicago Blackhawks’ Brandon Bollig has been fighting just about anyone and everyone that gets in his way these days, as he has dropped the gloves a total of six times since February 29th. The latest person to get in his way was Jared Boll during last night’s game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 16th) – Brittanie Cecil
It was on this day in 2002 that 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil was struck in the head by a puck while attending a Columbus Blue Jackets game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Brittanie died two days later of a torn vertebral artery, which resulted in severe clotting and swelling of the brain. It was the [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 2/21/12 — Jeff Carter
The 2011-12 season has not been an easy one for Jeff Carter. After being traded by the Philadelphia Flyers to the Columbus Blue Jackets because of character issues (according to many sources), the 27-year-old center has managed to record just 12 goals and 10 assists in his first 38 games with his new team, while [...]
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Blue Jackets Fan Throws Chocolate Covered Strawberry On The Ice (Video)
During last night’s game between the St. Louis Blues and the Columbus Blue Jackets, a chocolate covered strawberry landed on the ice, causing a stoppage in play. We aren’t exactly sure how it got there, but we think we have an idea. For those of you who already didn’t know, we’ll start by reminding you [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Boll vs. Brookbank — 1/8/12
After surrendering a goal early in the third period, the Columbus Blue Jackets found themselves trailing the Anaheim Ducks by a score of 6-2 last night. At that point, it seemed almost certain that the Jackets wouldn’t win the game, but they wanted to make sure that they didn’t lose the war as well. Enter [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — McGrattan vs. Boll — 11/19/11
There was plenty of action during Saturday night’s game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators, as overtime was needed in order for the Preds to record the 4-3 victory. However, despite all of the goals that were scored, perhaps the most entertaining part of the game came in the first minute, as [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Brookbank And Dorsett Go For Two — 10/30/11
Sunday night’s game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Anaheim Ducks was a fight-filled affair, with four bouts taking place during the game. Two of those fights featured the same combatants, as the Ducks’ Sheldon Brookbank and the Jackets’ Derek Dorsett dropped the gloves twice, producing two equally entertaining exchanges. One of these fights [...]
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Jamie Benn Gives Us This Early Candidate For “Goal Of The Year” (Video)
After recording 22 goals in each of his first two seasons in the NHL, there was plenty of buzz surrounding 22-year-old Jamie Benn heading into the 2011-12 season. Through the first six games of the season, the Dallas Stars’ forward has done a good job living up to that hype. Benn has five points already [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — McLeod vs. Dorsett — 10/12/11
With only one fight taking place during yesterday’s slate of NHL games, we weren’t left with much of a choice for our “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night,” but that didn’t matter, as the one fight that did take place was quite the doozy. It was between Cody McLeod of the Colorado Avalanche and Derek [...]
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Let’s Watch Brendan Shanahan Lay Down The Law On James Wisniewski (Video)
After hiring him to replace Colin Campbell as the NHL’s head disciplinarian on June 1, 2011, Brendan Shanahan has yet to hold the position during the regular season, but he is already doing a band-up job. Shanahan has been busy, handing out a total of five suspensions during the pre-season, which span a total of [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night –Another Classic From Boll And Janssen — 3/7/11
The first time these two fought, it was 60 seconds of action. For an encore, the Blue Jackets Jared Boll and the Blues Cam Janssen added on an additional 40 seconds in what turned out to be 100 seconds of fist-flying mayhem. This was just one of the many events to take place during the [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Dorsett vs. Lovejoy — 2/8/11
Saved by the official. That was how Derek Dorsett must have felt following a fight with Ben Lovejoy last night. After delivering a flurry of punches to the face of the Penguins’ enforcer, Dorsett found himself with a jersey over his head. Unable to see, the Blue Jackets’ tough guy was about to endure a [...]
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Pens’ Matt Cooke Drills Blue Jackets’ Fedor Tyutin From Behind (Video)
Following a dirty knee from the Penguins’ Matt Cooke on the Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin during the final minutes of Sunday afternoon’s game, Caps’ coach Bruce Boudreau had this to say: “It’s Matt Cooke. Need we say more?” Boudreau said. “It’s not like it’s his first rodeo. He’s done it to everybody. And then he goes to [...]
