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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Smith vs. Chipchura — 1/24/12
It was a busy night of fisticuffs in the NHL on Tuesday, as a total of six fights took place on the ice. As for the best bout of the evening, that came during a game between the Ottawa Senators and the Phoenix Coyotes, as Zack Smith and Kyle Chipchura started the second period off [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — McLeod vs. Chipchura — 1/16/12
The Colorado Avalanche were dealt a beating at the hands of the Phoenix Coyotes yesterday afternoon, as Boyd Gordon and Shane Doan scored two goals each to give the Coyotes the 6-1 victory. Luckily for Avs’ enforcer Cody McLeod, he was able to avoid withstanding a similar beating when he dropped the gloves with Kyle [...]
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9 Worst Places To Watch An NHL Game
With the NHL season at its midway point, it is a good time to step back and take stock of what we’ve seen so far. And while a lot of pundits have focused their mid-season reviews on the top plays, how teams have performed (who are the big surprises?), and the state of the game [...]
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Follow The Magic Puck (Video)
Last night, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec stopped all 33 shots directed his way, as he helped his team earn an important victory against Winnipeg’s former NHL franchise, the Phoenix Coyotes. But even when Pavelec wasn’t able to get a piece of his body on the puck, there almost seemed to be a magical force [...]
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Picture Of The Day: He Couldn’t Even Stop A Balloon
With a 1-3 record in three starts this season to go along with his 3.28 goals against average and .893 save percentage, some Phoenix Coyotes fans might tell you that Jason LaBarbera couldn’t even stop a balloon. It appears as though the Coyotes’ back-up netminder has proven them right after failing to get his stick [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Playoff Hockey
Nothing says playoff hockey quite like the face of Johan Franzen, which looks like it has just been shredded with a cheese grater. The Red Wings’ forward was drilled face first into the boards by Shane Doan early in the first period of Game 2 today against the Phoenix Coyotes. He had to be helped [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Biznasty Goes For Two — 3/22/11
It has not been a busy week for enforcers in the NHL. That applies to last night’s slate of games as well, unless you are Paul Bissonnette, a.k.a. BizNasty. The Phoenix Coyotes enforcer, who has made a name for himself on Twitter as one of the most hilarious personalities in the league (he goes by [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 3/10/11 — Ilya Bryzgalov
The Phoenix Coyotes entered last night’s game tied for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference, while their opponents, the Calgary Flames, entered Thursday tied for fourth place with the Chicago Blackhawks. Despite being separated by a few positions in the standings, the Coyotes were only two points behind the Flames, and [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 2/23/11 — Vincent Lecavalier
The Phoenix Coyotes entered last night’s game in Tampa Bay riding an eight-game winning streak. They left with a one-game losing streak, and it wasn’t a pretty loss either. The Lightning took advantage of a Phoenix team that appeared to be tired one night after earning a tough overtime victory in Philadelphia, as they cruised [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Shelley vs. Yonkman — 2/22/11
If you want haymakers, we’ve got haymakers, courtesy of the Philadelphia Flyers’ Jody Shelley and the Phoenix Coyotes’ Nolan Yonkman. These two giants went toe-to-toe last night at the Wells Fargo Center and the end result was a dazed Yonkman, a bloody face for Shelley, and thousands of amped-up fans screaming for more. That is [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Janssen vs. Bissonnette — 1/10/11
It was another slow night in the world of hockey fights, but thankfully both the St. Louis Blues’ Cam Janssen and the Phoenix Coyotes’ Paul Bissonnette were in action on Monday. And when two giant enforcers like these guys meet, you know that the fists are bound to fly. That’s exactly what happened as it [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night – Westgarth vs. Bissonnette – 12/29/10
We are just about halfway through the NHL season and the Kings’ Kevin Westgarth has already made his fair share of appearances on our daily “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight of the Night” feature. Some of his appearances have been the result of a rather effective upper-cut, while others have been the product of his willingness to [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night – Down Goes Pyatt – 12/20/10
I’m not sure what Taylor Pyatt was thinking when he dropped the gloves with Deryk Engelland, but he was probably regretting that decision after getting leveled by a stiff right hand from the Pens’ enforcer. Engelland has already taken down the likes of Colton Orr, Jody Shelley and Chris Neil, among others, and last night [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 12/20/10 – Sidney Crosby And Evgeni Malkin
I was about to give this honor to just Evgeni Malkin, but then I took a look at the highlights and upon witnessing the two assist from Sidney Crosby that led to Malkin’s two goals, I had to split this honor between both Penguins superstars. Although, it doesn’t appear as though these two mind sharing [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night – Morris Gets Revenge On Glencross – 11/17/10
Some players fight in an attempt to gain some momentum during their team’s sluggish performance, while others are simply looking for revenge from an earlier incident in the game, or season. Chalk up this battle between the Coyotes’ Derek Morris and the Flames’ Curtis Glencross as a result of the latter. After sending the puck [...]
