lucic took on orr tonight and took some heavy shots, from where we are sitting it looks like Luch may have broken his nose again. he left the ice and didnt return. lets see if he is back for thd second.
** Update **
There is a discussion going on over at the 98.5 Sports Hub … Cherry says Lucic quit and hid behind the linesman.. Interesting observation. When I saw it live it looked like Lucic broke his nose and backed off to protect himself and thats when the refs stepped in.. Watch the video for yourself..
Lucic Vs. Orr
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It was a team effort last night. The Bruins came to play and the Canadiens didn’t. A few things worth mentioning from the game. First, Timmy Thomas with an assist. Secondly Patrice Bergeron takes on Josh Gorges (both 6′ 1 and 190lbs). Patrice won that one hands down. I don’t think I have ever seen Patrice with that level of anger and passion. Third point is that Lucic lost his cool last night and took a bad high sticking call. Because of that he was penalized with a game misconduct with an attempt to injure. Reports that I have seen on the net state that Lucic may be suspened until review by the NHL. Lets hope that gets squared away early Monday and he is available to play Monday night.
Video of Bergeron vs Gorges here
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Lucic is dominating the Habs here.
Bonus points to Thornton for his taunting of O’Byrne the Turtle. “I’ll [expletive] kill you, I swear to God. I’ll [expletive] choke you.” That’s blue collar!
Hnidy is dominating someone here in the second. Lucic was going with two guys at once!
Komisarek just hit Luch from behind. Thornton tried to come Lucic’s defense, but Luch took him down from behind to take care of business himself. At this point there won’t be any one left on the B’s bench and poor Bitz is going to be standing up in the penalty box the whole time. Lucic gets a 10 minute game misconduct.
In other news, Bergeron leaves the ice favoring one leg. Must have been shock, he’s O.K.
As entertaining as this is, you gotta wonder if the Habs are doing this to goad the B’s into this type of reaction? Milbury mentioned how it looks like the Habs have been told not to fight since they are all turtling.
While everyone wants the B’s to win – let’s face it. The B’s aren’t playing for much, and this is their chance to beat the Habs up. We’ll see in the third period…
Boo yeah! Bergeron lays down a HUGE hit in OT to get the puck. Recchi beats Price and there you have it. Bergeron had a hell of a game – I don’t think we’ve seen him have that many hits in one game ever.
Baseball season started? Who cares!
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Chara celebrates Gordie Howe’s 81st birthday with what else a Gordie!
A goal an assist and a fight. Way to go Z, and Happy Birthday Gordie!
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That was a brutal fight in the first period. Both guys throwing lots of hard punches. The fight only stopped when the sweater went over Luch’s head. It seems that his helmet comes off too easy and he can never get the other guy’s off! Luch went down the tunnel “for repairs” as Jack Edwards said. It’s tough to say who really won the fight. Maybe bonus points for Luch for throwing and landing a blind punch or two with the sweater over his head?
Props for Axie for giving it to Ruutu a little bit. Honorable mention for Ryder’s HUGE hit on whoever he hit in the first as well.
Highly unlikely this game will get more polite before it’s over.
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Only the second period so far but what a display of total team play. Hunwick is taking care of business on both ends of the ice, Thomas is looking like the All Star he is (with his saves AND his assist!).
Thornton responds early in the second and has a go with Parros. Thort held is own, taking a few shots and ultimately got the take down. Parros looks like he’d play on the antagonist’s team in a movie.
Luch absolutely pounded Brown. Definitely not your normal bout. That was a personal battle being fought. He was certainly fired up afterwards.
We learned that Savy can only be pushed so far. Not much of a fight due to what looked like a loss of balance.
Of course, thrown in between all this fighting is four B’s goals with two of them scored by Kobasew.
Great fire and great team chemistry happening tonight.
John Bishop wrote it best…
“That is a fired up Bruins team going to the locker room. Anaheim poked the bear and the bear woke up.”
This should be an exciting third period!
Not too much excitement so far, but Bitz shines again. Good effort, good show of strength as he scores his fourth goal of the season.
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Wow, first off, what the hell are they thinking with those jerseys. Those have to be the single most horrific uniforms in history. Secondly, the Canadiens can bring any thug they want (HENRY) and they will be dispatched right quick. Thornton continues to shine with Bitz, could he be the next 7th player?
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I still don’t like him. Good for Bitz for standing up and going at it. The fight started out slow, and Brashear got what looked like a few good shots in at the end.
Bitz is fighting, Thornton is scoring. Who’d have thunk it?
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Ok, I’ll give the victory to Mark Stuart on effort and number of punches thrown. However Chipchura should reconsider fighting anyone above the age of I don’t know 6 years old. Kyle looked silly and if you wear a shield and want to go…take it off. You can see the fight here
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I finally got back to the Garden on 1/10 for the Carolina game. The game was a good display of what has made this Bruins team so successful all season. Great hitting, lots of offense, and a pretty stingy defense.
With Luch out of the line up, the B’s called up Byron Bitz who certainly made his presense known. Bitz collected four hits and his first NHL point in his first game up. In a side note, I saw him walk by as I waited for the players to leave. Unfortunately I wasn’t 100% sure it was him (with his parents), so I didn’t approach him. Sorry Bitz! Great game nonetheless.
The title of this post comes from the highlight of the game: Hunwick’s first NHL fight. From the ferocious mid ice hit to defending himself amongst a pack of ‘Canes, it was nice to see Matt come to life. You could tell in the stands that he was fired up during the fight, and the last haymaker he threw was something else! After the fight, Metallica’s “Seek and Destroy” played in the Garden and the whole place was electric. That moment ranks up there with Game 6 last year and the Stars game this year. Awesome fight not just because he won, but because he stood his ground.
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