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3 scraps to report one of which was with a couple heavyweights!

First fight of the evening was between Horman of the Chiefs(16 yr old) and Chocha or Chacho of the Birds #22 anyway.  Chacho had asked Horman earlier in the game if he was interested but Barry skated away....but not this time and i think Chacho wishes he would have again as Horman owned the fight landing numerous as well as a couple uppercuts which were the best/most damaging while Chacho may have landed a glancing blow but nothing more.
Decision....Horman NO doubt

Second fight was the one I was hoping to see and shortly after the first scrap it happened....Big Mac vs. Jordan Clarke.  Play was heading up ice toward the Chiefs attack zone near the Seattle bench when near the red line Big Mac got close enough to exchange words with Jordan.   Clarke simply nodded his head as if to say lets do it and Big Mac didn't hesitate....gloves fly but lids stay on with the boys quickly locking up....they then started throwing toe to toe with each guy throwing more than he landed....to be honest neither guy landed anything solid although there were numerous glancing blows by each with Big Mac landing a few more of those.....fight ended with mutual respect as both were too tired to continue and both nodded for the linesman to step in.
Decision....slight and I mean SLIGHT edge to Big Mac only because he threw more than Clarke...but this could easily be called a draw as well depending on your view of it....but I gave Big Mac a slight edge!!

Third fight Black/Sauer started near the end of the game with Black(mr. chippy) running at Sauer(these two had exchanged words most of the night but then again who doesnt Black exchange words with LOL ) from the blueline with Sauer below the dot...Sauer saw him coming absorbed the hit making Black bounce off and immediately it was obvious Kurt had had enough as they both lost the mitts and lids...I was personally disappointed because I really wanted to see Black get thumped lol but when the boys came together for the lockup they were literally chest to chest and never did seperate to be able to throw anything of importance!! Sauer threw a couple lefts but then Sauer ended up getting turned some how and Black made a few attempts at hitting Sauer in the back of the head but nothing landed for either guy
Decision....wasnt really a fight as they were chest to chest so I guess call it a draw.

FM's comment:
    Ain't it funny....A guy sees three scraps in one game and he don't even care who won the game.....My kinda fan.

Nasty and the Beast lined up against each other for the opening face-off.   They were jawing right off the bat and I would assume that Mirasty was telling one of his players as they skated towards the face-off circle that it was gooing to happen.  The puck hadn’t even hit the ice before their gloves and helmets were off. They quickly grabbed a hold of each other and Redlick got in one punch.  They were on the ice right after that and I have to eat my words on this one because as they hit the ice with Mirasty on top he proceeded to try and throw a couple more shots at Redlick, with at least one of them landing.  I first said Redlick won for landing the one and only punch but I’d have to say this one was a draw.  I have watched the tape several times and I can’t tell if Mirasty hit him with one or
two punches while they were on the ice.
If their has to be a winner then I’ll give Nasty the benefit of the doubt and give it to him.

At 4.36 of the first Zanon and Gionet got into it. It was more of a wrestling match than a fight and from where I was sitting I couldn’t tell if either player landed a punch.
No Decision

Things were pretty quiet until the 19:00 minute mark of the second when Orr and Jorde squared off in a great tilt. Both guys were throwing bombs and connecting.  It was even Steven for a while until late in the fight when when Orr gave Jorde a flurry of quick rights. Jorde came back with a couple of his own and Orr returned the favor. The last
part of the scrap was obviously two tired fighters missing more than they were landing but it was a great scrap from start to finish. Jorde did have a welt above his left eye after the scrap.
Decision Orr....no question.

You had to know that Nasty and The Beast round two was a gimme and at 11:15 of the third it happened. Now listen carefully, I’ve watched it a half a dozen times in slo-mo and Mirasty threw a lot of punches and one was a square bomb right to the front of Redlick’s face. It’s without a doubt the best punch of the whole fight, but other than that
Mirasty only landed ONE other punch. He hit Redlick a few times in the shoulder pads and that’s probably because of his lack of reach. Redlick on the other hand managed to land about a half a dozen to Mirasty’s melon. Redlick seemed just as capable with his right as he did with his left as he managed to switch hands mid-stream and tag Mirasty just as well with one as he did with the other. Redlick is looking like he could move up the FM’s rankings pretty quickly next year if he stays busy.
Decision Redlick.....No two ways about it.

Juan's comment:
               New sign at Sport Mart Place...."Please don't try to feed The Beast and he won't feed you".

FM's comment:
                Q.  Juan do you have any idea  what The Beast eats?
                A.  Just about anything he wants to.  How'd ya like to billet this kid.  You could get rid of your pitbull.

Garth Murray vs. Jon Kress

With the whistle blown and a scrum behind the net, these two appeared from the group with gloves tossed aside. Kress's helmet was easily taken off while Murray had his on for the whole fight.  Murray would control the whole fight from the get go leaving Kress to just hang on.  Murray would start with some wild bombs which of one or two appeared to land then they would grapple and hold on until Murray was able to get free and throw a couple more. Kress was easily outmatched in this one as Murray would continue throwing but nothing really hitting the mark but more of the side or to the back as they get twisted around each other.   Finally, Murray would break free again from Kress's grip and land 3 or 4 solid blows to put Kress to the ice.
Decision: Without a doubt, Murray.

David Kaczowka vs. Kyle Bruce

Bruce looked to be a force out there for the first period as he absolutely laid out Ryan Thomas before the first period was over and Thomas wouldn't return to the game.   After that, I think everyone knew that Bruce would have Kaz on his tail.   After a face off at centre ice, Kaz and Bruce were yappin' at each other the whole time but when the puck dropped, Kaz would only two hand Bruce behind the legs.  Bruce was obviously a little hurt and big time irritated so he continued to follow Kaz for a bit around the ice.  Just inside the Raiders blue line with Kaz along the boards, Bruce would come in and give him a bump.  They exchanged words and Bruce gave him a glove shot to let Kaz know that they were gonna go.  As Bruce backed up, they squared off throwing all their gear to the ice.  I think Kaz thought this was going to be a easy bout for him because he came into the fight smiling but would leave surprised.   Bruce would lunge into Kaz twice with both shots missing.  Finally, they get together and Bruce starts off great throwing about 3 shots with 1 of them landing and Kaz countering with a couple of his own.  Bruce would then grab on to Kaz and start throwing a couple with maybe 2 or 3 landing and Kaz would come back with 1 of his own and then pulling Bruce to the ice.  Bruce got right back up and they continued chuckin' the fists back and forth with maybe half landing.  Kaz would then hang on to Bruce's left arm letting Bruce land some short rights which didn't do any damage but were a little effective as Kaz started to swing him around and throw him to the ice.   This was about a 1 minute scrap a good one.
Decision: You could call it a clear cut draw, you could give it to Kaz for throwing Bruce to the ice twice, or you could give it to Bruce for landing more shots. I, personally, would have given it a slight, slight edge to Bruce because he seemed to have landed more.

Tommy's comments:
                        Prince Albert is going to have one hell of a tough team next year, containing two potential league heavyweights. Kyle Bruce is only 17 as is Grant McNeill.  Bruce was a force out there laying out big bodychecks and sending Thomas to the showers while catching him with his head down.   Also, I have to give credit where credit is due. Kaczowka played an amazing game tonight.  He logged a regular shift and even notched an assist.  This was the best I have ever seen him play so far this season.  Now if he played like this all the time, he would be more of an asset to the team.

FM's comment:
                    Great recaps there Tommy but ya' gotta give the decision to Bruce for having the guts to take on Kaz..  The kid's either missing a few bricks or he's tougher than people think.  I kinda tend to go with the latter.
 

Where to start?   A matchup between two possible first round opponents turned ugly last night as the ICE cruised to a 10-2 victory, setting a team record for 6 power play goals.

Johnson/Crampton - T.J is one of those smaller guys with a big heart who is not afraid of anyone.  He decided to go after a much bigger Crampton to answer the Warriors physical play.   He laid the lumber across Cramptons back to get his attention then dropped the gloves and helmet and starts throwin 'em like a madman.   Crampton is initially caught off guard but soon starts returning the favour.  They stood toe to toe - no thought of defense - hammering each other again and again!  The linesman tied them up, but they both got free and started again.  Crampton landed some major uppercuts to end this great bout.
Crampton certainly did more damage and gets the nod, but whatta beauty!

Thompson/Mitchell - Mitchell just looks mean with that shaved head and sparse goatee.  However, Andy Thompson (a future force in this league I.M.O.) worked him over pretty good.  Again, the ICE player was the instigator. Thompson skated right up to Mitchell behind the Kootenay net and pushed him hard (twice) up around the neck area.  Mitchell didn't want to go, so Thompson figured "what the hell" and starts wailing away.  Now these are two big lads and Mitchell had no choice but to defend himself.  Being caught off guard ath the beginning, Mitchell just couldn't get going and was slammed repeatedly against the glass by Thompson.
Decisive decision - Thompson.

Arsene/Mamachev - Arsene was actually trying to get at Knopp.  They had been sticking each other all the way up the ice and tried to get at each other in a goalmouth scrum in front of Blackburn.  However, Mamachev got in the way and ended up trading punches with the ICE captain instead.  Although Arsene is arguably one of the biggest hitters (bodychecking) in the league, he is not a true fighter and they ended up in a wrestling match.
Call it a draw.

 Iannone/Limpwright - That Limpwright is the biggest S**t disturber in the league - ya gotta love him.   After causing various trouble all night, he runs Iannone from behind and they drop the gloves immediately.
Typical lightweight fight - fast, numerous punches - no real damage done to either.

 Bowen/O'Connor - the big event turned out to be a bust.   They lined up opposite each other and started yapping. After the faceoff, they drop the gloves for the big show.  O'Connor reaches down to his boots and unleashes a huge right - only to miss completely and lose his balance.  Bowen tries to retaliate, but misses a crouching O'Connor. Sean then grabs Bowen aroud the legs and completes a nice wrestling move to throw him to the ice.
End result - no punches landed.

Line Brawl - Paetsch drives Svatos half into the Warrior bench where he got a punch in the head from a seated player - couldn't see who did it.  Anyway, Fischer skates in to protect his team mate and is then crushed into the boards in turn by an enraged Bobby Chad Mitchell, who is still smarting from his earlier bout.  Beechey squares off with Anderson, then Arsene and Sutherby make it a complete free for all.   It's sort of like watching a three ring circus - you don't know who to watch.  Fischer is recovering from a wrist injury and can't really fight (lucky for Mitchell, I'm thinkin. A healthy Fischer is a holy terror in a fight!).  Mitchell is working him over pretty good, so the linesman jump in there first.  Mitchell is going crazy as the linesmen separate them - he wants more!  Beechey and Anderson have been sort of waltzing around but then Beechey gets a hand free and starts punching.  Anderson retaliates with some great right hands of his own.  The linesmen are still trying to contain Mitchell so there is no one to stop them.  They eventually get tired and it's over.
Maybe a slight nod to Anderson, but a good scrap all around. The other events quickly degenerate into wrestling matches and it's finally over.

DeeJay's comment:
                    Long recap - sorry about that - it was a long night!  I believe the ICE sent a message tonight!! Next up - Hitmen - can't wait. Go ICE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FM's comment:
                    Great recap DeeJay!  You're turning into a regular Stephen King.

Saturday nights fight card:

Boogaard/Lee - I was sitting right there and here's how it went down.  They lined up opposite each other on Boogey's second shift.   Boogey gave the invite to Lee who nodded acceptance.  Once the puck dropped, they both
leisurely tossed the lids and gloves and started circling.....they closed in a hurry and both guys threw several wild right hands from downtown - neither landed anything.  They then tied up for a while and tried to wrestle each other to the ice.  Late in the fight, Lee got his left hand free and landed 5 or six hard punches to Boogards ear.  They then fell to the ice with Boogey on top.  It was a good heavyweight scrap, but I'd give the nod to Lee for actually landing some punches at the end.  I haven't seen someone use his left hand effectively since Belak roamed the ice.

Stefishen/Bowen - this one started like a carbon copy of the first fight.  They mutually agreed to go during the face off and exploded into action once the puck dropped.  I should actually say Stefishen exploded into action, landing 4 or 5 straight right hands right in the face of Bowen.  They didn't seem to phase Bowen though and he had that big right hand cocked back for delivery.  He finally throws the big haymaker, misses, loses his balance and falls to the ice. Short fight - easy decision to Stefishen.

Stefishen/Sinclair - This one never really materialized and it's too bad because Sinclair can really throw  'em when he gets wound up.   The line of Lee, Bowen and Sinclair had the Cougs penned in their own end for at least a minute and a half.  They just kept cycling down low and P.G. couldn't knock them off the puck.  Stefishen finally had enough and he starts roughing up Sinclair from behind, right along the boards.  Next thing you know, Stef has dropped his gloves and is punching Sinclair's helmet.   Sinclair is trying to turn around but he's sort of squished sideways along the glass.  The linesmen jumped in and its over.  I couldn't believe Sinclair got 5 for fighting or at least Stefishen should have got two for instigating.

DeeJay's comment:
        Still an entertaining night all around. It's been pretty slim pickins this year in Cranbrook for us fight fans!

FM's comment:
       Saturday night is alright for fighting but if Bowen and Lee don't start dropping the mitts more often,  the only way you may see a fight any night is if you go get a belly full of wobbly pops before the game and start your own.

Two scraps, and they were beauties!
Orr vs Jorde:
With less than 2 minutes gone in the 1st period, face-off in the Ams' end to the right of Motz, Jorde and Orr start wishing each other all the best... WRONG! A linesman drops the puck, and Orr and Jorde drop the mitts. The 3 of them must have spent the afternoon rehearsing it was so synchronized. The linesmen and the rest of the players backed up, and Orr and Jorde proceeded to circle. These 2 were wound tighter than a fat lady's underwear. You could almost smell the adrenalin (maybe it was just the guy next me's Ben Gay...whatever!). Finally they grabbed ahold of each other and started flayling away. Same old story, a lot of punches missed. But Orr did manage to tag Jorde with a couple of solid ones, and Jorde returned the favour with one of his own. They wrestled for awhile, both trying to get an arm free. Orr managed to get his right arm outta his jersey and fed Jorde a couple more knuckle sandwiches. Jorde finally got his arm free and hit Orr with a haymaker of his own. Orr, as usual, just took it in stride and gave Jorde a couple more before the linemen stepped in and shuffled them off to the sin bin.
Decision, Orr...no doubt about it!

Brown vs Lucyshyn:
6 minutes into the 2nd, Brown and Lucyshyn treat the fight fans again. I was a little concerned when this one started just because of the difference in size. But you gotta hand it to Brown...he handled the big guy pretty good. As soon as they tied up, Brown landed a couple of good ones. Then Brown proceeded to kill 2 birds (I mean, Ams) with one stone by grabbing ahold of Lucy's jersey just under the chin and feeding him about 6 rapid fire bites of his own jersey. They wrestled for a while until the grey matter settled back into place before trading haymakers again. Brown landed one more bomb to the side of Lucy's melon, then they fell to the ice.
Decision, Brown.

Juan's comment  :
What more could a guy ask for!? Jorde & Orr right in front of me. Brown and Lucyshyn close enough that I had a good view. 2 Blazer goals in the last 2 minutes to tie the game. And the O.T. winner right in front of my face! I'm glad I was sober enough to remember it all.

FM's comment :
Keep on chuggin' that tequila Juan.   I hope for your sake that the guy that sits next to you doesn't read this recap.

The "new look" Pats are amazing on the PP. I can't believe on how much they improved. But anyway...

Gionet vs. Exelby

What a great addition to an already amazing defence.  Lays out the two best hits of the game and one of them gets him into a scrap.  Exelby came flying to the Blazer bench to catch up to one of the blue shirts and just nailed him with a nifty hip check.  Gionet trailing takes exception and proceeds to cross check Exelby to the back of the head. As soon as Exelby gets up, words are exchanged and the gear comes off.  They square off with Gionet pulling quickly getting the upperhand landing about 2 great shots that made Exelby put his head down and then Gionet landed a pretty decent uppercut. Exelby's turn.  Exelby pops up and surprises Gionet with a couple of overhand rights of his own.  Now it's Gionet's turn to put his head down as Exelby lands a couple of uppercuts himself. Gionet raises his head after taking the short uppercuts from Exelby and they both start to throw 2 or 3 bombs with none landing.  Linesmen move in as they both stopped throwing.  Very entertaining with just bombs being thrown by both player's and no rabbit punches. Gionet hurt his hand and went off but later returned to the game.

Decision: Draw.

Orr vs. Kaczowka

This was a great heavyweight tilt between these two.  Orr was skating along the blue line with Kaczowka trailing behind and it seemed like Orr just had a feeling that Kaz was there because as soon as he turned, his gloves were off.   Orr quickly got the upperhand as he surprised the hell out of Kaz landing 4 or 5 rabbit punches and maybe some hit the visor.   Kaz finally gets rid of his gloves and starts throwing punches of his own landing 3 or 4 rabbit punches.  After that, it was all out as both heavy's threw about 15 quick punches with maybe 3/4 of them landing. Finally, after all those punches, someone had to get a little tired and it was Orr while he stopped throwing punches and just went to hang on, Kaz landed a big overhand right that seemed to really hit the mark.  Orr came back with a big right of his own but it missed the mark and they started to spin as Kaz threw him to the ice.  The linesmen move on top of the two to contain them and they are off to the sin bin. Great tilt, maybe one of the best at the Agridome so far this year.  Only one bomb thrown and a lot of short punches so no damage really done.

Decision: Draw or a slight edge to Kaz for the bomb he landed.

Tommy's comment:
First time I got to see Orr scrap and it didn't disappoint me. Kaz and Orr really went all out on this one and probably threw 30 or 35 punches in total together with the majority landing.

FM's comment:
I'm glad something landed,  because from listening to the game I was beginning to wonder if the Blazer 's had even landed.

 Jaffray vs. Bader - 17:10 3rd
Short scrap. Jaffray (to my surprise) started quickly and dropped Bader with an overhand right.  Bader climbed back up and did the same to Jaffray.
Decision: Draw.

Makway vs. Norrie - 18:39 of 3rd
The more I see of Norrie, the more I like.  He fights smart and waits for his opportunities.  To start, Makway was throwin lots of nothin wiyh Norrie tying up his overhand rights very nicely.  Then boom, Norrie throws one himself and lands it flush on Makways face.  Then again.  Makways tastes enough and tries to wrestle Norrie down but Norrie ends up on top.
Decision: Norrie.

Thompson vs. Rypien - 19:04 of 3rd
Lots O' nothin in this one.  Rypien pulls Thompson in close but loses his balance with Thompson hitting him three times on the top of his head as they fall to the ice.  Too bad - I wanted to see if this Rypien kid was for real. Oh well, he'll get another chance tonight with TC in town.
Decision: Thompson.

Dyck vs. Egener - 19:04 of 3rd
This one started during the Thompson-Rypien scrap along the boards in front of the Hitmen bench.  Egener layed a monster beating on the much smaller Dyck.
Decision: Egener.

Bowen vs. Gomez - 19:06 of 3rd
A couple of heavyweights here.  Gomez's 1st scrap in over a month.  Bowen's 1st fight as an Ice.  They lock up and start throwing.  Gomez somehow got Bowen bent over and laced him with about 3 good uppercuts.  He should have finished him while he had the chance.  Bowen got back upright and started throwing some of his own.  Gomez got badly bent-up and got hit with about 3-4 good rights to the top of the head before hitting the ice.
Great game Robin … welcome back!
Decision: Bowen (for the strong finish).

Evans vs. Carli - 19:08 of 3rd
Carli as he usualy does tried to wrestle Evans to the ice.  Carli ended up on bottom and ate about 2-3 shots on the way down.
Decision: Evans.

Taylor vs. Ehrman: - 19:54 of 3rd
Ehrman outsized and overpowered the much smaller Taylor.  Hit him with about 2-3 good shots.
Decision: Ehrman.

Big Buck's comment:
Tri Cities is in town tonight. Oh baby … what a tough team. Gomez, Rypien & Co. will have their hands full tonight. Can't hardly wait. Haven't seen Mirasty fight yet ... here's hopin! I'm guessing Gomez-Jorde III will happen early.

FM's comment:
                        And you guys all thought I was the neandethal.  Big Buck, try cooking your meat before you eat it.

 Parker vs. W. Rypien @ 6:40 of the 1st
A beauty of a scrap and quite a nice surprise all in one for Hitmen fans last night. This is the first chance I've had to see Rypien play as a Hitmen.  They jaw at each other before the face off (in the neutral zone) and drop the gloves, and helmets as soon as the puck hits the ice.  They lock up and start throwing punches.  Good hard punches landed by both combatants in the early going.  At one point  Rypien got in close on Parker and started throwing short rights to Parker's kidneys,  that's the first time I've seen that.  This fight went on forever with both fighters timing quick rights and lefts as they hung on and tried to maintain their balance.  Towards the end  Parker was throwing more of the punches with Rypien doing a great job of missing most of them.  Parker is very sneaky with that right upper cut and may have caught Rypien with a few of them,  though it didn't seem to faze Rypien.  Very well fought and entertaining fight.  Close to call - I'll give the slight edge to Parker in this one. Great job Wes!

P. Cole vs. B. Segal @ 11:54 of the 1st
Started behind the Hurricanes net after a whistle.  Cole bit off a little more than he could chew in this one.  Segal hammered Cole with countless shots to the head (all the way to Hurricanes blue line) until the big man fell.  Segal rarely fights but should do it more often as he is quite capable at it - very strong and throws quick and hard.

Big Buck's comment:
Robin Gomez … WAKE UP!....This kid hasn't fought since their last road trip to Saskatchewan. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) What are you waiting for?  Parker wanted to go last night - nothin!  Sheffelmaier wanted to go before X-Mas - nothin!  I am not sure if he is playing injured or Coach Clark said something to him but he hasn't fought in over a month.

FM's comment:

                        Settle down there Big Buck,  sounds like you're getting a fight fix periodically.  If your syptoms persist....go to the fridge, crack open a cold one, grab the remote, kick the women and children out of the room and see if you can't tune into the WWF......Gomez ain't done yet.
 

Kaczowka and Halldorson were at each other's throats the whole game.  They would talk even on their sides of the bench non-stop.  Finally after getting the on the same shift together, the play was moving down ice into Saskatoon's end.  One of the Saskatoon's d-men would get it into the corner and put it up on to Halldorson's wing but Halldorson had to turn his back towards the boards and get it.  Kaz comes flying cross ice and hits Halldorson against the boards.  Halldorson turns and they start to shove each other then finally at the blue line at the face off dot they decide to go.  Halldorson quickly got Kaz's helmet off and threw about 4 or 5 flush overhand rights.  Then Kaz would get Halldorson's helmet off and start to throw some of his own.  None landed but Halldorson made a big mistake to put his head down because Kaz landed about 3 or 4 big uppercuts that all seemed to land.  Halldorson lifted his head up after that and they both grabbed each other with their lefts and started to throw from downtown with their rights.  Everytime Kaz would throw, Halldorson's head would duck it.  Everytime Halldorson would throw, Kaz would cock his head back so Halldorson fist would fly right by. The linesmen would jump in after they both tired out after throwing about 7 or 8 each of those big bombs ( none of them landed ).
Decision: Draw.

The play was in the neutral zone and Grisdale had it in his feet by the Regina bench just on the other side of the red line.  Coulter would come in and hit Gris from the side while the puck had moved across ice.  Gris turned and shoved Coulter.  He must have said something about his mom while he shoved him because Coulter was pissed.  He backed up about 10 feet and threw his helmet to the ice ( surprised it didn't shatter to pieces ) and Gris did the same.  They came close and Gris lunged throwing an overhand right but completely missed and Coulter took advantage of the half bent over d-man.  Coulter would land about 3 or 4 to the side of the head of Grisdale before Grisdale finally went down. The linesmen jumped on them right aways and it was over.
Decision: Definitely Coulter.

Tommy's comment:
                           Kaczowka must really think he's something. Every time the ref wasn't looking, he would hack and slash at a Saskatoon Blade. I am from Regina and thought it to be great that we might be getting a fighter who could fight at the beginning of the year when they cut Churchie. But to see that kind of crap that he pulls, I'd rather see a guy that loses his fights, sticks up for his team mates, and isn't a dirty hockey player than a guy ( Kaz ) who's out there for himself.

FM's comment:
                        Trust me on this one....You don't want to see a guy who loses all his fights.  I've seen it too many times.  It ain't a pretty sight.  A guy only has two lips and when they keep geting beat off night after night, pretty soon they don't grow back.  Know what I mean, Vern?

Kamloops fans have been waiting for this one for a loooong time...a true heavyweight championship bout.

I don't know how many times they talked it over before it happened, but they chatted at the face-off circle a few times early on, probably just to set a time and place that was convenient to both parties. They decided on the 15 min mark of the 2nd, and the location...centre ice, where else? Even the zebras knew this one was gonna happen because as Grant McNeil and Colton Orr circled to centre ice the linesmen were almost pushing the together, saying "If yer gonna go...go!"

This was a WILD ONE! They dropped the mitts, spun the buckets, tossed the seat belts out the window, and both guys started throwing haymakers. It was a full-scale war, neither guy wanting to lose. Orr fell to the ice pretty much as soon as they locked horns, but was able to get right back up and start chuckin' 'em. Both guys threw one bomb after another, some landing..some missing. The amazing part was that neither guy even batted an eye when they were tagged...hard. The linesmen were smart enough to stay away until the two were tired...which seemed to take forever. Both Orr and McNeil went and took a well deserved 5 min rest, neither of them leaking red or any worse for wear.

I don't know that I've ever seen 2 guys go at it so hard for so long. Orr obviously wanted to put on a good show since it was his first fight in front of the hometown fans...and he did just that!

Who won? ... Who cares? I don't know if there was a winner, or if there were 2 winners. Orr wound up on top, maybe that makes him the winner. I know one thing though, there were 5000+ winners in the stands. We finally got us a good one, and we only used a little bit of bait to catch him.

Juan's comment:
                            Bring on the Boogey Man!!!

FM's comment:
                        Try telling 5000 plus Kamloops fans that fighting isn't part of hockey.  Twelve goals were scored this evening, some pretty, some pretty ugly but none of them received the ovation that Colton Orr and Grant McNeil received when they showed the fans their version of the Macarana.

Joey Degenstein, a big bruiser from St.Albert of the AJHL is currently up for a trial with the ICE.  Joe is here for one reason only and he knows what his roll is.  He was brought in for a tough home stand where we play the Rebs twice, Kamloops and Saskatoon.  Newly acquired Blazer,Colton Orr, was playing on a line with Aulin and Panov to provide them with some much needed protection.  Degenstein had been seeing limited 4th line duty, so when he was sent out with Comrie and DeCecco to line up oppsite Orr, the stage was set.

They started yapping at each other prior to the faceoff and I thought the fun might start right after the puck dropped, but they both skated away.  As the Blazers were clearing their zone, Degenstein gave Aulin a shot from behind.  That was all the invitation Orr needed and he made a beeline right for Big Joe.  He hacked Deg on the back of the leg to get his attention and grabbed his shoulder.  Degenstein turned around with gloves already dropped and landed a solid right to the helmet of Orr.  Orr retaliated with several haymakers, knocking off Deg's helmet and throwing him completely off balance.  It was all poor Degenstein could do to try and hold on while Orr hammered him unmercifully with rights and lefts, switching hands with ease.  Although Joe took some big time punishment, he rebounded at the end of the fight and managed to land a few hard rights of his own.  The fight ended when Joe finally lost his balance completely and fell to the ice with Orr on top.

Overwhelming decision to Orr, but kudos to Degenstein for taking on one of the tougher guys in the league!  You knew he had to be nervous and we'll see how he does next time - he's got Kaczowka and VanDermeer coming up next week.

Deejay's comment:
                            ..............welcome to the big leagues Joe!

FM's comment:
                             ..............welcome to Kamloops, Colton!

This was without a doubt the hightlight of the evening if you were a Chiefs fan.
At the midway mark of the third period, with the game already decided, Chad Schockenmaier (Kamloops) decided to take on (Frank, I think) Perry of the Chiefs.  Schocks is already going to get a roughing minor and decides to make it worthwhile.  He keeps on roughing Perry a little more until it turns into a scrap.   It also turned into Schockenmaier's worst nightmare come true.  He really pissed Perry off and when the scrap started, Schocks tried to get in a couple of fast ones.  He did manage to land a couple of punches, but then Perry took over.   He pounded Schockenmaier a few good ones then Schockenmaier decided he wanted out.   Too bad, the door was already closed.  He got Schocks's jersey part way over his head and kept on feeding him.   Schockenmaier tried to fall to the ice but Perry wasn't having any part of that, he held him up  and pounded him the way grandma pounds dough. Schockenmaier was finally able to get to the ice, but it was waaaay to late, the damage was already done. When Schock's finally did get up off the ice, you couldn't see his face, it just blended in with the red background of the Spokane bench.  The ice looked like someone had shaken a ketchup bottle with the lid loose and Schockenmaier looked like a commercial for Heinz, except he wasn't running quite as slow as Heinz ketchup runs.  There's no doubt about this one folks.

Decision:...Perry.

FM's comment:
             I can't believe it.  The first fight of the month for the Blazers and the guys gotta go and get his cranium weathered  right in front of the opposition bench.  Rumour has it that the Blazers have chipped in to buy Schock's a white cane since he won't be seeing the light of day for a while.

Four fights in total (unfortunately none involving Eric Bowen).

McAslan vs. Demone - Demone had McAslan in a forward headlock and continued to hold on after the whistle so McAslan threw off the gloves to get him to let go. Before Demone let McAslan stand upright, he had his gloves off too. Unfortunately for McAslan, Demone had a good hold of McAslan's jersey, right behind McAslan's neck. It put McAslan in a very awkward, unbalanced position and both fell to the ice after throwing off-balanced punches.
Decision....Demone

Gomez vs. Gaustad - A couple of heavies square off in a very bizarre scrap. As in all Gomez's scraps, both combatants dropped their gloves and helmets. They skate to center ice, push up their sleeves and get a good hold of each other's jerseys. The start throwin' bombs and then all hell breaks loose. Gomez falls almost immediately - not from a punch, but from loss of balance. To his credit, he gets back to his feet and avoids taking any biggies while he is on his knees. Almost as soon as he was on his skates, he starts throwing some lefts but quickly looses his balance and falls again. Again he gets up. Then Gaustad falls down. Gaustad gets up again and then they both fall down. It was hilarious. No KO punches landed.
Decision...Draw.

Norrie vs. Demone - Over in a hurry with no punches landed and Norrie wrestling Demone to the ice.

McAslan vs. Bauer - Nothing worth mentioning here. Must have happened at the same time as the Norrie scrap because I didn't even notice this one take place.
 

Big Buck's comment:
PA's in town Saturday.  Should be fun to watch Mirasty - Gomez will have his hands full again.

FM's comment:
Four fights in one game...I haven't seen four fights all season.  I can count on my left hand how many fights I've seen and I've got two fingers missing on that hand.

The Main Event........Comrie vs. Exelby!!... I kid you not.

The whole thing started when Exelby smashed Jarret Stoll into the boards in the Blades end.   If Potter had called a boarding penalty (which he should have), nothing would have happened.
When Comrie saw no call was forthcoming, he runs Exelby at mid ice, drops the gloves and starts pounding away.  It was quite a sight, let me tell you!!  Exelby is at least 6 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier and it was all Comrie could do to reach his head with his punches.  Exelby was so surprised, he probably caught a good 10 punches before he started returning the favor.  I don't think any of Comries punches hurt him, but he must have been a little embarrassed.  Exelby then connected a few hard rights to Comries ear.  I thought the fight was over, but oh no! Comrie moves in close to avoid Exelbys bombs and connects with a few solid uppercuts.  Exelby got one more solid overhand right in before the linesmen jumped in.

Deejay's comment:
                            Comrie got two minutes for instigating and a standing "O" from the crowd!  Speaking of crowds....over 4,000 on hand tonight!..... Go ICE GO!!!!!

FM's comment:
                        Could the Ice have found the ultimate hockey player.....A scoring machine with a Mike Tyson temperament?

The two scraps with 49 seconds remaining in the 7-3 Broncos win over the Hurricanes was one fans in Speedy Creek will remember for a long time.  A delayed penalty was coming up to the Broncos James Heibert, who charged one of the Canes in front of the Swift Current bench.  After play came to a stop, players gathered near the bench and before you knew it, the Broncos Colton Orr was dropping the gloves with Lethbridge's Mark Forth at center ice.  The two scrappers exchanged plenty of blows to one-another's head, but Orr would connect with a couple serious upper-cuts and then a sharp left hand as the two fell to the ice with the linesmen jumping in.

 Shortly after that fight got underway, Dean Serdachny would duke it out Ryan Jorde. This fight took place along the glass just inside the Broncos blue-line.  For the first 10-15 seconds, both players threw short jabs as they had a good grip of one-another's jerseys.  However, they were able to get free with some powerful left handed bombs. Pretty difficult to stop those bombs with both guys are south-pawin' away!  Both connected on the button numerous times and neither scrapper wanted to let up.  Referee Mark Hulshof eventually tried breaking things up by himself before the linesmen were done with Orr and Forth.  Two good evenly matched bouts with no real decisive winner in either fight.  The exception maybe being Orr with the uppercuts that snapped Forth's head backwards.  Oddly enough, these bouts happened while Matt Sommerfeld was on the ice!  And for what it's worth, Orr and Sommerfeld have performed very well in the scraps they've had so far this season.

Joey's comment:
                            Looking forward to this weekend as Robin Gomez could have his hands full when the Hitmen make their way to the Civic Center on Sunday.

FM's comment:
                        Just wondering if all your wishes come true?  It sounds like it was another good one when Robin Gomez and the Hitmen came to town.

In his return to the Tri-Cities, Ryan Jorde bacame a physical presence in the west.  Five minutes in he tied up with McLachlan, off came the lids and the first contact was a stunning left from Jorde.  He continued throwing lefts and McLachlan was catching.  Then McLachlan tied Jorde up and he landed a succession of large blows.  In the last few seconds Jorde hammered in two more lefts and the linesmen stepped in.  Both of these guys can take punches as good as they throw them.
A big time heavyweight bout with the slight edge to McLachlan.

Second fight of the night was Mike Lee and Keegan McAvoy.  McAvoy has got to be the toughest middleweight SOB in the league.  Lee was all over him and he wasn't  fazed at all.

fan38's comment:
                            Put McAvoy on top of your middleweight rankings out west.  Knock Mike Lee down a couple of pegs, because his fights are more hugging the big guys and puching smaller guys.  McLachlan or Boogey are on top. Replace Feniak with Jorde on those rankings as well.

FM's comment:

Orr's first shift with Gomez real early in the first.  Orr glides up to Gomez ( his shield right in Gomez's ear).   The puck is still in the linesmen's  hand and Orr's yapping at him like crazy. The puck drops and the gloves drop and the lids fly.   Both are circling for a while and the linesmen came in. Now I'm losing it!   Let him go!!!!  They both get delay of game.  What!  I say the games moving just fine when the whole rink is standing.

The next 2 times Orr is on the ice with Gomez he's right in his face .   Gomez looked like he didn't want to square off again from what I see.   Now I'm losing it more.  The game went on and a great game it was.  No fight there for Orr so he starts hitting like he always does.  He hits Brendl open ice and Brendl goes off and doesn't come back. Now I'm  thinking somebodys going looking for Orr.  NOTHING!.

Third period and 3 mins left and Orr and Gomez are on the ice.  They're scrapping for the puck a couple a times and at last their tied up beside the boards and having words.  Gomez drops the gloves and starts punching .  He gets a good one in early and Orrs having trouble getting a good hold because Gomez's jersey and equipment is coming off like a Las Vegas stripper.   Orr still lays 4 or 5 good punchs.   Not my kind of fight and hard to call a decisive winner but I give it to Orr.  Fighting strap not tied or not tied right, we'll never know.  If Orr had something to get a good hold of it would of been a different fight.

Thanks boys for the tilt but lets see it again in a square off and Gomez have that fighting strap on right.
And that's the bottom line 'cause Stonecold* said so!

Stonecold*'s comment:
                        "Watch  for Hackeynut chapter 2 coming out soon!!! "

F.M.'s  comment:

If you're a Blazers fan, you enjoy some fisticuffs, and you're at this game you had as much fun as a kid in a candy store.

 At 7:09 of the 1st period Robin Gomez and Aaron Gionet squared off.   Although Gio has been getting into a few scraps of late, I can't remember him "spinning the bucket".  Both Gomez and Gio got in some good shots before the linesmen stepped in to break it up.
Decision:  Score this one a tie, but chalk one up for Gio for a gutsy effort against a very tough hombre in Robin Gomez.

All was quiet on the western front until 11:32 of the 3rd.  At this point one of the strings holding Chad Schockenmaier's brain in place snapped, and he decided it was time to take on Toni Bader.  Schocks hung in there for a while, until Bader took control pulling his sweater over his head and proceeding to feed him a 3 course meal.  Luckily for Schockenmaier, he was able to tuck his chin into his chest, and Bader was hitting mostly chest more than lips.  No doubt about this one.
Decision:  Bader.

Shortly after that Bubnick and Sloan stepped onto the dance floor.  Before Bubnick had a chance to ask "who's going to lead?", Sloan had fed him about a half dozen rights to the cabbage.  Sloan's right hand looked like a piston on a freight train, and Bubnick was hoping they'd hurry up and reach the end of the line. Bubnick left the ice blowing tiny red snot bubbles to the crowd. Again, no doubt about this one.
Decision:  Sloan.

You had to wait a whole 5 minutes before the next waltz.  Two 16 year olds, Patrick Brandreth and Johnny Boychuk flailed away for a full 2 minutes.  This Brandreth kid doesn't have the word "quit" in his vocabulary.  He may not be the most orthodox scrapper, but he threw so many punches...he had to connect with a few.  Not that Boychuk is a scrapper, but Brandreth looked more at home in this department.  No damage done to either guy.
Decision:  Brandreth on punches thrown and energy expended.

FM's comment:

1) G. McLeod vs. Feniak was by far the best scrap of the night and of the young season.Squared off at center and threw bombs both connecting serious punches causing damage to both players.
Desicion to Mcleod due to the amount of blood Feniak lost compared to his own.

2) Moen vs. Johnson good toe to toe fight, no serious punches landed though.
Give Moen the slight edge.

3) G. McLeod vs. Lee did not shape up as we would of liked, they did not get set up well and fell to the ice while attempting to throw knock out type punches.

4) Cuthbert vs. Cameron was one the more entertaining scraps you'll see. Cameron had real problems with his smaller opponent as Cuthbert landed right after right until they went down with Cuthbert on top still throwin'. Decision Cuthbert unanimous.

5) Moen vs. ? Sorry, can't identify the Americans player, far end of the ice his sweater got all wrapped up and no announcement of that set of majors. Both fighters threw big punches but nothing major landed.
Split decision.

GP's comment:
                        Lids were popped in all fights, gotta love it!

F. M.'s comment:

The highlight of the evening was the one punch scrap between ex-Kelowna tough guy Scott Parker and the NHL's heavyweight Stu Grimson, better known to hockey fans as the Grim Reaper.  Friday night the Pepsi Center was host to a plethora of pro boxers...but nothing would compare with the Saturday night fight.

Parker and Grimson squared off to fight.  They circled each other a few seconds before Grimson lunged at Parker.  Parker reared back, loaded, and let go with ONE punch square in the face and floored the Grim Reaper.

He may have won this one, but Parker was quoted after the game as saying, "I was probably just as surprised as he was.  I don't want to get hit with any of his bombs, because he really hits hard!"

The re-match came in the 3rd period, but was more like a slow waltz compared to the previous CHA CHA BOOM!

FM's comment:
                         "We know Stu Grimson slept well Saturday night, but I wonder how well Scott Parker slept knowing that Grimson not only hits like an elephant he also has a memory like one."