Your Average Normal, Every Day Line Brawl

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This time it's Adirondack and Portland


Translation: The game fell apart with Portland winning 2-0 and 20 seconds left...

152 minutes were issued in the first fight at 19:38...
Whoever was left, three seconds later, got another 75 minutes...

Totals...???

54 penalties, 299 minutes issued...

And we await the suspensions... at least the back-up goalies got 22 seconds of ice time themselves after the first-stringers were kicked out at the time of the first fight...

EVERYBODY'S THE THIRD MAN!!! Early Contender: Brawl Of The Year

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The HQ will admit to being a fan of the Danbury Trashers from the UHL and the Danbury Whalers in their current Federal Hockey League. They can add the Danville Dashers to all their fun- and they had their claim to fame against the Watertown Privateers over the weekend...

This happened in the third period...


And local announcers in these situations are awesome, aren't they...???

Here's the breakdown for all the fisticuffs- 30 penalties overall for 170 minutes...

Watertown - Kris McCarthy - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Kris McCarthy - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Jeff Dill - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Jeff Dill - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Dustin Skinner - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Dustin Skinner - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Colby Spooner - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Colby Spooner - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Liam Tully - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Watertown - Liam Tully - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Jamie Zaleski - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Jamie Zaleski - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Dustin Henning - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Dustin Henning - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Ryan Huggett - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Ryan Huggett - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Justin Barr - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Justin Barr - (Fighting) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Nick Niedert - (Fighting) (Major), 5 MIN, 7:08
Danville - Nick Niedert - (Roughing), 2 MIN, 7:08
Danville - James Robbins - (Leaving Players Bench) (Game Misconduct), 10 MIN, 7:08

Danville is still at the bottom of the table- 15 points behind Watertown

Let The "Fighting In Hockey" Debate Continue, USHL Game Suspended After Fight

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The HQ is just going to show you the video first of what went down in the Dubuque-Cedar Rapids game when Dylan Chanter squared off against Corey Petrash...
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Fortunately, Chanter tweeted out this last night...
Wanted to let everyone know I'm awake and okay. Thank you so much for all your thoughts prayers. Nothing compares to the hockey community.

Chanter's seizure lasted for at least two minutes, according to KCRG-TV, and he remained on the ice until paramedics arrived on the scene roughly 15 minutes later.

(That's more troubling than a lot of elements in this story...)

The game was, rightfully, suspended at the point of the injury and will be made up at a later date.

But, the debate continues with the ideas of "The Code," fighting, and helmets all in play all over again with the irony being that USHL players are trying to hook up in college- where fighting doesn't exist...