San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks Square Off in Line Brawl

Oh boy, in the world of hockey fights, this was a pretty big one.

While you still often see fights in the NHL, you don't often see them involve just about everyone on the ice when one starts.

Yet that is exactly what happened Sunday night during the San Jose Sharks vs. Anaheim Ducks game in Anaheim Sunday night.

It began with John Scott flying off the bench and attacking Tim Jackman. While the refs were ushering those two off the ice, pretty much everyone else began piling on and swinging in a scrum on the other side of the ice.

Boom...

In all,  160 minutes of penalties, mostly due to the multiple fights (the line brawl wasn't the only one) were handed out during the game, which by the way, was won by San Jose 4-1...

Your Line Brawl courtesy SomeHockeyVideos:

Line Brawl Finishes WHL Series

((HT: TSN BarDown/WHL/Shaw))

The lower the level of ice hockey, seemingly, the uglier the line brawl can get...

Last night in the WHL playoffs, the last game of the Portland-Victoria series ended this way
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It will be interesting to see if there's any additional punishment as the Winter Hawks go forward and the Royals go home.

Hodges, Turgeon, and Pouliot will be the names we pay attention to as it goes forward...

Carey Price Is Not Afraid Of Anyone

((HT: Sportsnet/TSN))

Much less the Buffalo Sabres...

Actually, there aren't a whole lot of folks afraid of the Sabres...

Carey Price got the shut out tonight against them and things got out of hand in front of his own net...
And he wasn't having any of it...

Here's An Ending For You In The NHL- Pick A Partner

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Shane Hnidy has a great point in this ending...

Wanna create rivalries...??? Have something like this happen at the end of the Jets-Blues game Monday night...


It will be interesting to see if there are any additional penalties handed out by the league office after this one...

The HQ would say "No" off the top of our head, but anything is possible...

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...

Cawlidge Hawkey Brawl Involves Everyone...

((HT: TheScore))

Including the coaches...

Last night, Union and RPI were going for the Mayor's Cup...

And it ended thusly...


RPI won 2-1, but the brawl above was good enough for 125 minutes in penalties and four DQ's...

Here's highlights and post from our friends at WNYT-TV in Albany, NY


And this was only the 2nd Annual...???

DEVELOPING: Torts Gets 15 Days Without Pay, Hartley Fined

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For this...among other things...


From the league itself:

"Mr. Tortorella's actions in attempting to enter the Calgary Flames locker room after the first period were both dangerous and an embarrassment to the League," said NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell. "Coaches in the NHL bear the responsibility of providing leadership, even when emotions run high, and Mr. Tortorella failed in his responsibility to the game."

Mr. Tortorella's suspension is effective retroactive to January 19 and runs through Sunday, Feb. 2. He will miss six games. He is not permitted to have any interaction with his club prior to, during or after games.

And Calgary Flames head coach Bob Hartley got fined $25,000 for this...
Among other things...
((HT: CBC/Hockey Night In Canada))


From the league again:

The fine was issued in accordance with By-Law 17.3 (a) for conduct prejudicial to or against the welfare of the League.

In issuing the suspension, NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell stated: "We are holding Mr. Hartley responsible for the actions of Flames' right wing Kevin Westgarth, who took the game's opening face-off and attempted to instigate a premeditated fight with an unwilling opponent -- the Canucks' Kevin Bieksa."

Will this fix things...???

Nope...

Fun to watch...but not solving anything...

Canucks-Flames Line Dance: The After...

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Well, conventional wisdom is that Canucks coach John Tortorella is going to get some kind of suspension for the outbursts last night...

Here's what he said about why he did what he did...
((HT: Canucks TV))


And from inside his locker room...
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And from Calgary head coach Bob Hartley...
((HT: Flames TV))


There actually was a game played...
Vancouver won in a shootout, 3-2...
Now, all we need to know is how long the suspensions will be for this classic...

Let's Dance! Flames-Canucks Go With Line Brawl Off The Top... (UPDATED W/Tortorella Nutty)

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It has been a long couple of days for John Tortorella and the Vancouver Canucks...

But "Hockey Day In Canada" wrapped with a first period line dance among heavyweights...

The amount of figuring out the do-se-do gets a little long, but the desired effect was a real piece of work...


And the HQ loves how Bob 'artley didn't engage Torts at all...

132 minutes in penalties were doled out by the time they were done...
And here's a longer version...


There were 178 penalty minutes total in the first...

And, in the intermission, Torts charged the tunnel and still wanted a piece of the Flames...
((HT: Some Hockey Videos/TSN))