The Steelers where in town for the Elite League clash and it wasn’t a tame affair.  In fact, it was a classic.  It all kicked off right at the end of the first period, as the hooter went a small scuffle broke out.  Skiehar and Cloutier where coming out of their respective penalty boxes after serving matching minors and the fun began.  The rest, well you can see it all for yourself.

Most of the debate generated however was during the Skiehar - Cloutier fight, it was a close fight with both guys exchanging big punches when suddenly Brett Cloutier gouged at the left eye of Shawn Skiehar (see photo above) and then fish hooked him in the mouth.  The linesmen then came in to separate Cloutier and a stunned and disadvantaged Skiehar, but Cloutier continued throwing shots.  It was then Jason Ruff decided to help out and that snowballed into everyone getting involved.

Giants fans will tell you this is exactly what this team needed and It was a superb team bonding exercise, the fans loved it and the team rallied around each other to go on and win the game without Skiehar, Ruff or goalie Mike Minard who was also tossed from the game for tangling with Steelers nettie Jody Lehman.

No doubt the debate on this will continue to run.
Please can I encourage you to download the video clips and then view them.  I don’t have the bandwith for a huge amounts of downloads.
(right-click on PC, “save target as…”; hold the mouse button down on a Mac and choose “save target as…” or something similar).

For the video clip of the brawl, right click here.
For a quick four-second clip on the controversial gouging, right click here.

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