Aside from all the goals flying into the net – which I can’t really talk much about having not been there and having not seen footage of, the games were billed as a chance to find out who is the EIHL’s heavyweight champions when it comes to the fighting side of the game.

Sean McMorrow took on Mike Sgroi in Belfast and won, and then a night later in Sheffield he beat him again which seemed to infuriate Sgroi as he chased McMorrow down after the fight was broken up like a nutcase, continuing the fight and getting beaten further. He then went after McMorrow again after they came out of the box, and yes, you can guess the outcome.

The night of fighting was rounded out when lightweights Tim Cook and Robert Farmer went at it with the Giants completing the clean sweep in the fights over the two games, and a little later on the clean sweep in the results also.

Here is a look at the fight video’s:

Sean McMorrow v Mike Sgroi (Belfast, 19 Feb 2010)

Mike Sgroi v Sean McMorrow (Sheffield, 20 Feb 2010)

The guy who made the video decided to hog the fun and restricted the embedding options, but here is a link to his copy on YouTube.

Mike Sgroi v Sean McMorrow (Sheffield, 20 Feb 2010)

Robert Farmer v Tim Cook (Sheffield, 20 Feb 2010)

Of course, there’s only videos of fights I could fine but if you see any fights without a video link, let me know and I’ll be sure to link it up.

For interests sake, Did you know:

- Sean McMorrow has now had more fights in a single season (20) than any other Giants season.

- The Giants have had more fights this season (35) than in any other season before.

- Paxton Schulte has had more fights than any Giants player in team history with 31. Shawn Skiehar is second on 21 with Jason Bowen and Sean McMorrow on 20.

- There have been 132 fights at home games and 125 on the road with four occasions when there have been four fights in a single game and one occasions when a player has had three fights in a single game (Shawn Skiehar).

- In December 2000 the Giants got into 14 fights in one month.

The homepage of the Giants fighting information can be found here with links to individual seasons.

The Sheriff appeared on BBC Radio Sheffield talking to their hosts about his teams upcoming double header (this past weekend) against Sheffield Steelers (in which each team won one game a piece) while also having an on-air chit-chat with Steelers new enforcer Mike Sgroi. The chat with Sgroi is the interesting point – an insight into what some of these tough guys think about one another. If you’re looking fireworks and trash talking then don’t bother, the respect is clearly there between these two heavies who have been doing the dirty work for their teams for over a decade now but it is worth tuning in to hear how they set up their fight for the first period of the first game between the two teams. (They did indeed go in the first and McMorrow got the edge).

Detractors will crucify this as them ‘arranging the fight’, but in Hockey this is something McMorrow would be expected to do. He is the leagues top enforcer and when someone new comes in to enforce for his team it’s only right that McMorrow gives him his stage, welcomes him to the league and lets him set a tone for his own team. Thankfully when it did happen McMorrow won the scrap and then the teams got on with the Hockey. The Giants won that one and lost the following night were both big boys kept clear of one another.

McMorrow goes on to say how he’d like every team to carry a player like himself and Sgroi on the line-ups and it’s hard to disagree with him. It would be good to see an extra element of entertainment on top of the skillful hockey some teams are producing and it would help add to the rivalries.

The irony in this radio piece though is that this is the same Sheffield team that earlier in the season said they were going down the skill hockey only route and that McMorrow wouldn’t be able to “buy a fight” against Sheffield but after a poor start to the year they have addressed a potential weakness by adding some toughness to the line-up (or if not to change fortunes at least give the fans something to cheer about) to fight, who else, but Sean McMorrow.

It includes some great knockout punches including one in which Mel puts his opponent down for a good 3 minutes in one punch. Also in there is the classic bouts against Darcy Hordichuck that some fans regard as the best ever – Two men standing toe to toe and throwin’ ‘em.

Mel has been fighting ever since he stepped onto the pro-circuit and this DVD goes right back to them early days when Mel was in his prime and a real wild man. Racking up well over 3000 penalty minutes in his career, Mel leads the minor leagues in all time penalty minutes acquired. His hero growing up was NHL fighting legend Bob Probert and Mel got his chance to drop the gloves with this guy in another fantastic scrap at an NHL pre-season game which is also captured on the DVD.

Ex-Giants captain Paul Kruse also features in the DVD in an epic brawl against Mel the Mangler in which both guys, in Mel’s true fighting style, stand toe to toe and just let the fists fly.

Full of some great music to go with the fights along with some commentary blended in along with some interviews with a bloodied Mel at different stages of his career, it all adds to the entertainment of that old time hockey.

Mel Angelstad is regarded as the greatest minor league fighter of all time and leads the minor leagues in all time penalty minutes. With over 400 pro fights to his name it’s no wonder he has the ability to release a DVD, and that’s exactly what he has done.

Round 1 (which means their is a round 2 to follow), is out this weekend with big Mel signing copies after the game on Saturday night. It involves some of his finest fights including the two against Darcy Hordichuk which many regard as the best fights ever. It also includes his epic brawl against his hero – Bob Probert.

To reserve your copy visit Pruckuk and enjoy some superb fights by Belfast Giants very own Mel Angelstad.