Tag Archives: hockey
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Nolan vs. Eager — 4/2/12
When your team is out of the playoff hunt and there is nothing left to play for, besides pride, it can be tough for some players to develop a high level of intensity in their game, but that didn’t appear to be a problem for Ben Eager last night, as his level of intensity seemed […]
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AHL’s Rockford IceHogs And Milwaukee Admirals Engage In Bench-Clearing Brawl (Video)
If you want to see a line-brawl, the NHL has proven on a few occasions this season that they are capable of providing just that. However, if it is a bench-clearing brawl that you are looking for, the NHL can’t help you out with that. But the AHL can! Fans at the Bradley Center found […]
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All Hell Breaks Loose At Conclusion Of Penguins vs. Flyers (Video)
With the Flyers leading 6-3 and only one minute remaining in their Atlantic Division match-up against the Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday afternoon, all hell broke loose. And when I say “all hell broke loose,” I’m not just talking about a few fights and an exchange of some unfriendly words. Not even close! Instead, “all hell breaking […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Olver vs. Booth — 3/28/12
When David Booth of the Vancouver Canucks and Mark Olver of the Colorado Avalanche dropped the gloves during the first period of last night’s game, the Canucks’ Maxim Lapierre was quick to arrive on the scene, believing that Booth would need some back-up. He was wrong. Booth looked awfully comfortable with his gloves off, especially […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Gudbranson vs. White — 3/27/12
When the Florida Panthers drafted Erik Gudbranson with their third-overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, they knew that they were getting a tough, hard-nosed defenseman that would someday become a physical force at the NHL level. Little did they know that it would take him only a couple of years before he was […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Bollig Dominates Again — 3/25/12
Brandon Bollig’s busy month of March continued during last night’s game against the Nashville Predators, as the Chicago Blackhawks enforcer dropped his gloves for the sixth time in the past 20 days. This time it was Jordin Tootoo taking his best shot at Bollig, and the results were not pretty, as the Predators’ forward was […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Weise vs. Dowell — 3/22/12
The Dallas Stars are fighting for a playoff spot, both figuratively and literally. That was certainly the case last night when they hosted the Vancouver Canucks, and while they would go on to lose the battle on the scoreboard, Stars’ forward Jake Dowell was able to earn a win during his first period bout with […]
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This Day In Sports History (March 23rd) – Wayne Gretzky
It was on this day in 1994 that Wayne Gretzky scored his record breaking 802nd career NHL goal. Gretzky surpassed his childhood hero Gordie Howe, whose record stood for almost 15 years. In the second period of a game against the Vancouver Canucks, Gretzky received a cross-ice feed from Marty McSorley and buried it into […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Staubitz vs. McCormick — 3/21/12
There was only one fight in the NHL last night, but it was a good one, as Brad Staubitz and Cody McCormick dropped the gloves and went toe-to-toe during a Northeast Division battle between the Buffalo Sabres and the Montreal Canadiens. With a spot in the playoffs on the line, the Sabres were in desperate […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Lucic vs. Komisarek — 3/19/12
Dating back to Mike Komisarek’s days with the Montreal Canadiens, he and Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins have had their fair share of face-to-face encounters. Now a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Komisarek still gets to see the Bruins and Lucic on a regular basis (as long as he doesn’t find himself watching […]
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Rapid City Rush Fan Breaks The Glass With His Hands (Video)
When the glass shatters during a hockey game, 99% of the time the impact causing it to crack comes from within the playing surface, whether it be via a 100-plus m.p.h. slapshot, or a bone-crushing body check. As for the other 1%, that would account for the odd instance when a fan’s excitement allows him, […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Dwyer vs. Machacek — 3/18/12
If you are a fan of on-ice beatings, you will certainly be a fan of this bout, which features the Winnipeg Jets’ Spencer Machacek and the Carolina Hurricanes’ Patrick Dwyer. Machacek was taking part in just his first NHL bout, and he made quite the impression as he pummeled Dwyer with fists from all angles […]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Simmonds vs. Martin — 3/15/12
The New York Islanders were having a tough time holding their own on the scoreboard against the Philadelphia Flyers last night, as they found themselves trailing by a score of 3-0 before scoring two goals late in the third period. However, they weren’t having the same problem in the fighting department, thanks to some fine […]
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Check Out Tim Brent’s Awkward Premature Celebration (Video)
There are actually two great parts about this clip. The first is Tim Brent’s celebration following what he believed to be a goal during last night’s game against the St. Louis Blues. After hitting the post on a breakaway, the Hurricanes’ center was eager to celebrate what he thought was a goal, but this wasn’t […]
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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 […]
