Monthly Archives: April 2012

Crosby fights, Carkner attacks, Polak pounds, and Brown destroys

Sidney Crosby roughs Kimmo Timonen and Matt Carkner attacks Brian Boyle

If you missed the NHL playoff games this weekend, well you have missed a whole lot of action, especially if you like hockey fights as we do.

Let’s start with the Penguins-Flyers game today. In the first period, with the Flyers up 3-1, Sidney Crosby took some extra whacks at Ilya Byzgalov’s glove after the whistle which brought Claude Giroux in and they had a scrum. After that broke up, Crosby decided to push Jakub Voracek’s glove away from him as Voracek tried to pick it up. Kimmo Timonen had some words for Crosby and Crosby grabs Timonen and everyone joins in. Giroux gets Crosby and they wrestle each other, then Crosby throws a punch once the lineman comes in, and then they both throw an uppercut and they go down to the ice. Kris “diver” Letang drops the gloves with Kimmo Timonen and they get thrown out of the game for being the second altercation.

Sidney Crosby vs Claude Giroux, and Kris Letang vs Kimmo Timonen
 

Not too long after the Crosby-Giroux fight, Brayden Schenn laid out Paul Martin with a clean hard check and Arron Asham didn’t like it so he crosschecked Schenn in the throat and then punched him while he was down on the ice.

Brayden Schenn hits Paul Martin, and Arron Asham crosschecks Schenn in throat and punches him while down
 

In the third period with the game in control by the Flyers with a 7-4 lead, James Neal first hit Flyers Sean Couturier with a cheap blindside hit. Then Neal goes high on Giroux which then starts a big scrum and more fights.

James Neal hits Sean Couturier with a cheap blindside hit
 
James Neal goes high at Claude Giroux, big scrum ensues, Flyers try to get at Neal, Craig Adams starts throwing sucker punches at Scott Hartnell from behind, Hartnell is able to free and they square off and fight
 

Read more to see Kings Dustin Brown lay out Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows fights Anze Kopitar, and Matt Carkner attacking Brian Boyle, and the Sharks and Blues have a mini line brawl.

Orpik knees Stepan, Tortorella goes off on Penguins

If you haven’t seen it yet, you gotta watch the post game interview with Rangers coach John Tortorella. First though, in the Rangers-Penguins game, Penguins Brooks Orpik hit Rangers Derek Stepan with a cheap dirty knee-on-knee hit. In the post-game interview, John Tortorella went off on the Penguins.

Brooks Orpik knee-on-knee hit on Derek Stepan
John Tortorella post-game, Rangers vs Penguins

“It’s a cheap, dirty hit. I wonder what would happen if we did it to their two whining stars over there. I wonder what would happen. So I’m anxious to see what happens with the League over this. Just no respect among players. None. It’s sickening.”

“It’s one of the most arrogant organizations in the league. They whine about this stuff all the time, and look what happens.”

“It’s ridiculous. But they’ll whine about something else over there, won’t they, starting with their two (expletive) stars.”

Tortorella is being honest there. What would happen if Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin were hit with the same hit? We’ll see what happens with Orpik, if he gets any disciplinary action for his dirty hit.

Crosby cries, Penguins and Flyers brawl, coaches go wild

Penguins and Flyers coaches yelling

When you look for trouble, you’re going to find it. Don’t you just love when Sidney Crosby goes around taking shots at people and then when someone takes a shot at him, he can’t take it, and he whines and whines instead of going after that player. That’s what happened in Saturday’s Flyers-Penguins game where Sidney Crosby took a shot at Brayden Schenn and then after the whistle, Brayden Schenn cross-checked Crosby and Crosby fell right down on the ice. Yes Crosby was cross-checked but he made it look real good as he fell down to the ice to make sure the refs noticed him.

During that break, the refs looked at replays and called a good goal for the Penguins so the penalty to Schenn didn’t stay because of the reviewed good goal. So Crosby didn’t like that so he whined and whined some more.

Late in the third period, Joe Vitale hits Daniel Briere with a hard clean hit in the middle of the ice and all hell breaks loose as the Flyers try to get at Vitale. Even Flyers coach Peter Laviolette stands on the bench yelling at Penguins coach Dan Bylsma and Penguins Tony Granato stands on the bench too. On the ice Wayne Simmonds fights Deryk Engelland, Aaron Asham throws some punches at Schenn who was being held by a Penguins player, and Craig Adams and Marc-Andre Bourdon have a wrestling match.

Even Scott Hartnell was having fun with Hulk Hogan in the stands. Oh wait, that’s not Hulk Hogan?

Scott Hartnell having fun with a Hulk Hogan look-a-like

Scott Hartnell having fun with a Hulk Hogan look-a-like

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