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Busy day for NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan

September 22, 2011   HockeyFightVids.com   No comments
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The NHL season has not started yet and the NHL’s rookie disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan is a busy man. Today Shanahan suspended two players for a total of 15 games.

First, Calgary Flames tough guy Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond was suspended for 5 games for checking Canucks Matt Clackson from behind, which then led to them fighting.

Next, Flyers tough guy Jody Shelley was suspended for 10 games for boarding Leafs Darryl Boyce from behind, which also led to a good fight with Shelley getting bloodied.

Click read more to watch videos with Brendan Shanahan’s videos explaining what Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond and Jody Shelley did wrong and why they got suspended. Wait, what? Videos with an explanation? Yes, I know it’s much different from old times, but Shanahan and the NHL put together videos with an explanation for each suspension. Good job Mr. Shanahan with your first time handing out suspensions.

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NHL preseason is here

September 21, 2011   HockeyFightVids.com   No comments

That’s right, the NHL preseason is here and the start of the 2011-12 NHL season is coming soon. So that means preseason games and players fighting for jobs and so there will be fights.

On Monday, in the Senators-Leafs game, Dion Phaneuf laid out a Senators player with one of his big hits and Jared Cowen came over and they dropped the gloves and had a good fight.

Jared Cowen vs Dion Phaneuf, September 19, 2011
 

Remember Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond? Yea the guy that went a little nuts one game with the New Jersey Devils against the Washington Capitals and then he was suspended and sent to the minors. Well now he’s fighting for a job with the Calgary Flames and with Raitis Ivanans likely done with hockey, he’s trying to be the Flames enforcer. On Tuesday he fought Vancouver Canucks Matt Clackson in a good back and forth fight. After the fight Leblond had a cut under his left eye.

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond vs Matt Clackson, September 20, 2011
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Devils Letourneau-LeBlond suspended for 1 game

October 11, 2010   HockeyFightVids.com   No comments

New Jersey Devils tough guy forward Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeBlond has been suspended for one game due to getting an instigator penalty with less than five minutes in Saturday’s game against the Washington Capitals. Devils coach John MacLean will probably get fined as well for this. You can watch the incident below.

The NHL said Sunday that Letourneau-LeBlond automatically misses Monday’s game against Pittsburgh and forfeits $2,822.58 in salary. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Letourneau-LeBlond received an instigator penalty late in the third period of Saturday’s 7-2 loss in Washington.
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I’m not sure what LeBlond was thinking in all of this. Maybe he wanted to join the action with teammates Ilya Kovalchuk and David Clarkson getting into fights previous to his incident? And for all guys to go after, he went after a 20-year old rookie named Marcus Johanssen. That doesn’t look good. Did Johanssen do something to LeBlond or another Devils player during the game to cause this kind of response? It looks like John Erskine was not on the ice during this incident, as he would probably be the only guy left on the Capitals who would match LeBlond’s fighting experience.

Why did MacLean put LeBlond on the ice after the Clarkson-Bradley fight? Maybe he thought or felt the Capitals were trying to run up the score? You know, with the Caps having their first power play unit out on the ice when the score was 6-2 and then 7-2. I personally thought they were trying to run the score up, especially with Ovechkin on the ice during the power plays when the Caps were up big. But that’s just me.

Hey Capitals, where is D.J. King at? You know the enforcer you traded for in the off-season. He didn’t play in the Caps first game or in this game. Maybe now after seeing this you’ll actually dress him.

 

Some comments from LeBlond on Sunday about the incident:

“No, no regrets,” Leblond said today after a brief, 20-minute practice. “What happened, happened. It’s a hockey game. Things happen fast.”
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“It’s tough. It’s not about the decision or anything. It’s the fact we’re not winning. As a team we’re not winning. I don’t think anyone here feels comfortable.”
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Some comments from Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau about the incident:

“We didn’t dress D.J. King tonight,” said Boudreau, referring to his team’s own enforcer. “That was not part of my intentions. We’re not going to pick the fights.”

When asked if any ill feelings could carry over to the next game between the Capitals and Devils, scheduled for November 22 in Newark, Boudreau had only this to say: “I hope not. But this is hockey. You never know what goes on in this game. It’s up to them.”
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Devils vs Flyers preseason fight

September 22, 2010   HockeyFightVids.com   2 Comments

With the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers playing last night as well, you knew something would break out, didn’t you? Well the two heavyweights went at it and had a long bout.

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond vs Jody Shelley

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A look at Atlantic division team’s enforcers for the upcoming season

September 20, 2010   HockeyFightVids.com   1 Comment

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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)

We’re going to take a look at all of the divisions and look to see who the enforcer(s) will be for each team in the upcoming 2010-11 NHL hockey season. We’re fans of NHL tough guys, as you can tell with this site, and we’re glad that the tough guy role is not gone from the game, despite all the rules that have tried to stop fighting. First we’ll take a look at the teams in the Atlantic division. So here we go…

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!

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