Best NHL Fights This Week

Thanks to the boys at Punch Drunk Love, we have this epic compilation of this week's (10/7-10/13) top 5 fights in the NHL. I'm not going to embed all the videos (click the link if you want, don't be lazy), but I will put up the best of the top 5, & boy was it the best.

Tanner Glass of the Pittsburgh Penguins squared off on October 8, 2013 with Carolina Hurricane's Jay Harrison. Now Tanner is not much of an enforcer, in fact he isn't at all. He's just a solid 4th liner much like Jay, but boy did they go at it:

 

Great K.O. A lot of good punches thrown & a lot of good movement. But like always, this leads me down the road of, "should fighting still be allowed in hockey?"

The tradition of fighting in hockey is something that should not be tampered with. You cannot compare the fighting in baseball (bench clearing craziness with bats) or football (thugs swinging helmets & stomping cleats) to the subdued, gentlemanly ballet that is a hockey fight. There are an unwritten set of rules in a hockey fight that are not present in sports that don't allow it. With that, it makes the fighting safer & more meaningful when you are trying to swing the feel of the game in your favor.

Whatever, great fight & check out the link up top from Puck Drunk Love or click here!

A Look Back At Last Week: Patrick Roy's Meltdown

Patrick Roy's epic meltdown a week ago was the subject of a lot of criticism & a hefty fine of $10,000 by the NHL. Now that we've had time to let this settle in, we can look at how this isn't surprising in the world of hockey, & also in the world of Patrick Roy. If you haven't taken a chance to watch the clip, here it is:



Now why is it not surprising? Roy's known for his on-ice & off-ice antics as a player. Here's TSN's top 10 Patrick Roy moments:



The natural fight of a hockey player burning inside mixed with an ego the size of Quebec, it's safe to say that this was coming. It will continue to happen, & I hope it does. Hockey's lost a little in the character department. Players have become malicious rather than chirpy. I hope this excites fans & gets some fire under the NHL's wings, allowing it to continue to grow its viewership & love for the sport.

George Parros Taken to Hospital After Slip-&-Fall Accident Opening Night

Tough guy George Parros of the Montreal Canadiens tripped & fell last night during a fight with Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Cotlton Orr:


Parros is a tough guy but he met his match with that shiny sheet of ice (which can be unforgiving from time to time). Those who speculate that this is the reason why fighting should be revised in the NHL are not making a reasonable judgement call. This is hockey, not basketball or soccer. When a bunch of grown men in pads & sticks skate around at 30 mph hitting each other, theres going to be a fight.

It's tradition, and just because George had a "spaz" moment & busted his face on the ice doesn't mean that tradition must be re-made for the sake of safety. Let them play.

Adding to the List: Another Epic Hockey Fight!

So this fight broke out apparently over the weekend & boy is it a doozy. According to Holdout Sports, this tussle occurred in the North American Hockey League & is by far one of the best this year:



Here's the original story: Here's two hockey players fighting...without throwing a single punch (Video)

Ryan Hutchinson Throws Chair After Being Ejected

So it's been a couple days without any recent news due to sicknessbut thanks to Yardbarker & Diehard Sports we have something. Ryan Hutchinson of the Kingston Frontenacs in the OHL (Ontario Hockey League for fair-weathered fans) had a melt-down after a fight the other night that ruined his future soccer career & ultimatley branded some kid as a sissy for the rest of his life. At around the 20 second mark of the video we see a man ON ICE with SKATES trying to kick a helmet (like if I didn't know the end to that story). But it gets better! Around the 35 second mark, Hutchinson scares the spine out of who I like to call now "sissy kid":



Ryan, I know that fight got you angry, but c'mon...No reason to go around making kids look like sissies!

Obscene Gesture at Panthers/Capitals Game Makes Girlfriend Very Upset (Also Obese Man Takes Shirt Off)

Tuesday night at the Florida Panthers home game vs. the Washington Capitals was a thriller. The Cats came up short in the end, & I'm sure this guy did in the bedroom as well after the game:



As you can see his girlfriend/wife/mistress/whatever doesn't seem too happy & starts to jaw at him right when he sits down. She also tells him something in the act but just gives her a look of reassurance as if saying, "Look hun! I'm making them look stupid!" (which totally backfired).

This is not the first fan-oriented craziness this season during a Panthers game. Check out this video from the Panthers & Buffalo Sabres game on February 3rd where an obese Panther fan takes off his jersey & shirt, then gets told settle down by security, & BOOM...fight on the ice!:



I'm a big Florida Panthers fan & this shows I'm not alone in my passion for the club (just the obese man, I don't want to associate myself with that first guy. I mean c'mon). Let's hope some more tasteful Panther fan sightings start occuring though.

Russian Referee Fights Player

This footage is gold, gold I tell you! There seems to be a lot less rules in Russia, or at least a lot more fearless referees. The video below is a match between a referee & a player on ice at a game. It seems like something ruffled the feathers of the play & he gave a stiff cross-check to the referee. But what he didn't know was that in Soviet Russia, referee fights you!:



I love how he didn't even hesitate to take off his helmet & start the fight. The player to me should be in much bigger trouble for initiating the fight and also hitting an on ice official. The ref should get minor retaliation punishment for defending himself. Too funny, Go Russia...