All Entries Tagged With: "fighting"
Avalanche in the Playoffs
If you are a fan of the Colorado Avalanche you have a vested interest in who they are going to face in the playoffs. But you don’t have any say in the matter. Doesn’t keep the fans from speculating.
Some argued that the Blackhawks are a vulnerable team with the defensive injuries and the questionable goaltending. [...]
‘Tis the season to hate, fight and crush the Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-lyers
In the spirit of the Christmas season, as a Pittsburgh Penguins blogger, I must formally throw the gauntlet down to amplify or create schism, disunity, hatred, discord and rivalry between Them and Us. Season of good cheer? Peace on earth? Get real. Round 2 of the Pennsylvania state rivalry between the Philadelphia Flyers (Them) and the Pittsburgh [...]
NHL’s Visor-Instigator Sends the Wrong Message
In Saturday night’s tilt between the Atlanta Thrashers and the Pittsburgh Penguins a rule that is little known and inconsistently enforced across the NHL was cited to add more penalty minutes on Thrashers Captain Ilya Kovalchuk following a fight he started with Penguins Forward Matt Cooke.
75.2 Minor Penalty – A minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct [...]
It’s Not The Fighting, It’s The Dirtiness
Penguins’ co-enforcer Paul Bissonnette fought twice more last night to raise his pre-season total to five dust-ups. A quick scan of the scoresheet indicates the Pens and Blue Jackets engaged in six fights. Thinking back to this past Tuesday’s game versus Toronto I counted three scraps and Bissonnette dropped the gloves twice that night as [...]
Thoughts About The Tootoo/Sestito Tussle
Nashville and Columbus had a preseason game Saturday in Nashville that saw the Predators score in the last 28 seconds to claim a 3-2 victory. The game went as most preseason games go, with teams switching goalies, young players matched on lines with experienced veterans, and vets trying to play themselves into roster spots. Uneventful [...]
