Monthly Archives: September 2009

NHL preseason bringing the fight

September 27, 2009   HockeyFightVids.com   3 Comments

The NHL preseason has had quite a lot of fights this year but that’s what happens every preseason. Young players and no-name players have to make a name for themselves and get noticed any way they can, so some get into fights. Some in the media against fighting in hockey are already going nuts about fighting. If you don’t like it, then don’t watch it, go watch baseball with those bench clearing brawls.

A perfect example of why fighting should remain in the game is the Milan Lucic-Chris Neil fight from Friday night. Neil took a run at Bruins star center Marc Savard and the Bruins didn’t like it. It’s the preseason, so if you’re going to run around like that you’re going to have to answer the bell sometimes. So Lucic challenged Neil at the faceoff circle and they dropped the gloves and had a really good fight. You can watch that fight in this post below. As you know I don’t have a problem with fighting in hockey as it is needed to police the game.

I know hockey fans are pumped! The NHL regular season starts this Thursday (October 1st) with two games on VS (Capitals vs Bruins and Sharks vs Avalanche) and two games on CBC (Canadiens vs Maple Leafs and Canucks vs Flames). I feel bad for those hockey fans that have DirectTV and can’t see the VS channel. Hopefully that gets worked out.

Milan Lucic vs Chris Neil

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Preseason fights and a farewell

September 17, 2009   HockeyFightVids.com   No comments

There have been lots of fights in preseason games so far. Last night we saw the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs go at it with four fights (watch them all below, courtesy of dafoomie on YouTube).

I also want to send my condolences to the Cusick family as we all lost a great member of the hockey family. Fred Cusick passed away on Tuesday. I will always remember his voice as I saw some Bruins games back on WSBK TV-38 (Bruins fans will remember this), and he brought excitement to games that most broadcasters don’t do today in my opinion. He will forever be remembered. If you never heard him, search for old Bruins videos on YouTube, you’ll be sure to find something, probably a hockey fight but hey that’s good enough. :)

Videos of the fights from last night’s Bruins-Leafs game

Steve Begin vs Andre Deveaux

Byron Bitz vs Jay Rosehill

Guillaume Lefebvre vs Phil Oreskovic

Adam McQuaid vs Phil Oreskovic

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Dany Heatley gets his wish

September 15, 2009   HockeyFightVids.com   No comments

Well if you have not heard yet, disgruntled Ottawa Senators winger Dany Heatley got his wish on Saturday, getting traded. The Senators traded Heatley to the San Jose Sharks for forwards Milan Michalek, Jonathan Cheechoo, and a second-round pick. Good luck to the players on their new teams but I still do not like how Heatley basically forced the Senators to trade him. We will see what happens this season with both of these teams and if the trade works out for both. Heatley still thinks he did nothing wrong.

“I don’t think I did anything wrong asking for a trade,” Heatley said. “I had my reasons and if people think different of me that’s fine, but I feel I’ve done nothing wrong and I’m happy to move on.”
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NHL preseason begins!

September 15, 2009   HockeyFightVids.com   No comments

Monday night was the first day of NHL preseason action. The only game was the New York Islanders vs the Vancouver Canucks. Not a surprise that there were four fights in the game considering it is a preseason game and players try to make the coach notice them by doing anything to make the roster. Ex-Bruin forward Jeremy Reich got into the action, dropping the gloves twice. His fight against Canucks not so big tough guy Rick Rypien was a good one (included below courtesy of hockeyfights.com). I have to give the Reich-Rypien fight a draw. The other three fights in the game were: Jeremy Reich vs Ron Petrovicky, Tim Jackman vs Guillaume Desbiens, and Andy Sutton vs Rick Rypien. Rypien sure is a good fighter (just watch his fight against the bigger Sutton) and I hope he can stay healthy for a whole season with the Canucks this season.

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