Wow I’m in shock as others are about the passing away of 28-year old New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard. This is just sad terrible news. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. May he rest in peace. He won’t be forgotten around the league as I’ve read articles telling how much community work he did. He will be missed.
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Matt Carkner breaks Derek Boogaard’s nose
Last night there was a heavyweight fight between Ottawa Senators Matt Carkner and New York Rangers Derek Boogaard. Both guys landed one big punch on each other. It’s reported that Carkner had a cut above his left eye and Boogaard got a broken nose from the fight. After the fight there is some controversy as there is video of Carkner either flicking blood from his cut at the Rangers bench or he is just gesturing to the Rangers bench. Watch the fight and flicking incident below. What do you think Carkner was doing?
Matt Carkner flicking blood at Rangers bench or just gesturing to Rangers bench?
Derek Boogaard vs Trevor Gillies
Another heavyweight fight took place last night with New York Rangers Derek Boogaard taking on New York Islanders Trevor Gillies. If you can remember back to 2005, Gillies was brought up by the Anaheim Ducks and he dropped the gloves with Boogaard, when Boogaard was with the Minnesota Wild. Well, Gillies didn’t fair well in that fight as he got KO’d (included below too). Last night though Gillies did as good as you probably could against the giant Boogaard. Decision goes to Boogaard.
Derek Boogaard vs Trevor Gillies, December 2, 2010
Derek Boogaard vs Trevor Gillies, November 6, 2005
Oilers and Rangers brawl during ‘Kids Day’ at MSG
In a game where heavyweights Steve MacIntyre and Derek Boogaard fought each other twice, you would think that would be the talk of the game, well leave it to Sean Avery to get the attention. Not a surprise. In the third period, MacIntyre and Boogaard squared off twice, with Boogaard getting the edge in the first one and the second fight was probably more of a draw. You can watch those fights down below.
Later in the third period, the fun started. The game was at 5-2 with the Rangers leading. Avery laid out Colin Fraser with a clean check and Ladislav Smid challenged Avery to fight. Avery declined twice and then decided to drop the gloves and got a quick punch on Smid which sent Smid to the ice. Some are calling it a sucker punch. I’m not sure it was a sucker punch but it is close to being one.
After the Smid-Avery fight they went to a commercial but when they came back the commentators tell us that all hell broke loose. On his way off the ice Avery was going to the runway and Ryan Whitney came over with some words for him and then Theo Peckham went over trying to get at Avery. That’s when everything broke out. Zack Stortini and Brandon Prust got together and had a long fight while Brian Boyle paired off with Peckham. For some reason Fraser was going at it with the Rangers bench, mainly Brandon Dubinsky. As Rangers players tried to get at Fraser from the bench, coach John Tortorella was trying to hold back Dubinsky and other Rangers. You can watch all the mayhem down below. I guess it’s too bad these teams only meet once this year. And this afternoon game was “Kids Day” at MSG, go figure.
Steve MacIntyre vs Derek Boogaard round 1
Steve MacIntyre vs Derek Boogaard round 2
Ladislav Smid vs Sean Avery and then brawl breaks out with Zack Stortini vs Brandon Prust
Derek Boogaard finds dance partners
Lots of people have been saying that New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard may have a hard time finding opponents to drop the gloves with but the past few days he has found two. First he dropped the gloves with Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Colton Orr on Thursday and then last night he dropped the gloves with Boston Bruins enforcer Shawn Thornton.
Derek Boogaard vs Colton Orr (October 21, 2010)
Derek Boogaard vs Shawn Thornton (October 23, 2010)
Derek Boogaard being stupid
A lot of people have wondered what the New York Rangers were thinking when they signed Derek Boogaard, a guy who can only fight and provide cheapshots, to a long and high priced contract for what he provides. Well maybe Rangers fans got a glimpse of what he can provide on Saturday when the Rangers played against the Ottawa Senators, give the other team a power-play.
Yesterday Boogaard used his stick in a painful spot (between the legs) for any man on Chris Neil. You can watch the incident below. Boogaard received a 5-minute major for spearing and a game misconduct. The Senators didn’t score on the power-play though. If Boogaard does stupid stuff like this during the season there’s no doubt Rangers coach John Tortorella is not going to play him.
Was there a reason for Boogaard to do this? Someone said in the YouTube comments that Neil hit Marc Staal in a previous game which could be the reason. Any Rangers or Senators fans out there know? The next thing that will be brought up is if Boogaard should be suspended for this incident. Should he be suspended? He got a major and game misconduct for this incident in the game, so is that enough punishment? If he is suspended, does that even hurt the Rangers at all? My guess is probably not at all, maybe it helps them.
Please no more cheap shots.
A look at Atlantic division team’s enforcers for the upcoming season
Minnesota Wild's Derek Boogaard, right, knocks the helmet off St. Louis Blues' D.J. King during a fight in the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, March 14, 2010 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
The first team we’ll look at are the New Jersey Devils. Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond looks to be the Devils’ enforcer on the team. With the Devils current cap situation someone has to go. Rumors have Brian Rolston and/or Bryce Salvador going. If a forward goes it should definitely give Leblond a chance to keep a spot in the lineup and not be scratched. Last season Leblond played in 27 games and got into 8 fights.
Next up are the New York Islanders. In the off-season they signed forward Zenon Konopka, who last season led the league in fighting majors with 33 in 74 games, as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning. I don’t really consider him a heavyweight but he can handle himself. The Islanders also have Trevor Gillies, who played in 14 games last season and had 5 fights. He’ll be fighting for a spot on the roster. What happened to Joel Rechlicz? Rechlicz played in 6 games and had 3 fights last season for the Islanders.
Next up are the New York Rangers and we all heard what they did this off-season. The Rangers signed Ex-Wild enforcer Derek Boogaard to a wild contract, four-years worth $6.6 million. Last season Boogaard had 9 fights in 57 games. He hasn’t scored a goal in 4 seasons. It will be interesting to see Boogaard against the Eastern conference teams now, considering if he dresses for most of the games. Will anyone fight him? Why would you? I can’t wait to see the first Rangers-Leafs game as there is a possible Boogaard vs Orr matchup. In the minors Orr handled himself pretty good vs the bigger Boogaard (if you search YouTube you can find the two fights I’m referring to). The Boogaard signing by the Rangers may even make Sean Avery braver (which the NHL does not need) and make him feel like he can do his antics and have Boogaard protect him. The Rangers also have Brandon Prust who can throw down with the middleweights. Last season Prust had 25 fights in 69 games (with the Flames and Rangers combined). Prust can actually play though and chip in some goals, as he had 5 goals last season.
Next up are the defending Eastern Conference champions, the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers signed Ex-Ranger Jody Shelley and he’ll be their enforcer this season. Shelley had 13 fights last season in 57 games with the Sharks and Rangers.
Next up are the Pittsburgh Penguins. It looks like Eric Godard will be their enforcer again this season. We just hope he gets to play in more games this season. Last season Godard had 8 fights in 45 games.
The next division we will look at is the Northeast division. Stay tuned for that post!
