For those unlucky not to have got to the game last night there’s a few clips up on Youtube.  Take a look:

Carlyle Lewis vs Brett Cloutier (Look for Carlyle’s great right hook at the 39 second mark).

Mark Morrison vs Luke Stauffacher (Rock ‘em Sock ‘em, stand back and Throw ‘em fighting here).

Sitting looking at the box score of Wednesday nights game it suddenly occured to me why Dutes dropped the gloves and went after the Vipers.  It wasn’t a reaction to something someone said . . . He was on for the Gordie Howe Hat Trick after earlier scoring a goal and getting an assist.  Dutes picks up the first Gordie Howe of the season!

P.S.  For those unaware, a Gordie Howe hat trick is a Goal, an assist and a fight in a game.  Usually pretty rare.

The third period of last nights game was like a throw back to the Giants games of old.  Sure the crowd wasn’t big but they were as noisy as they have been in a while, especially watching a third period that brought goals and fights.  It’s been a long time since we seen a scrap in the Odyssey never mind a number of them in one game.   The Giants were in control of the game throughout most of the night and only gave up their only goal against late on with the Vipers netminder pulled.  How close Lyle came to the shutout will naturally frustrate him but he and his team-mates can take pride in extending the franshise record to 11-straight wins after beating the Vipers 3-1.  Read More»

Man, does Pope ever like to just tie up his opponent and hang on for dear life!!!

Round 1:

Round 2:

The gloves finally came off after 4:57 of the third period.  Lewis had been trying to goad Shmyr into a fight all night and finally Shmyr was willing to dance.  Shmyr however didn’t seem interested in getting physical, opting to tie up Lewis for most of the fight leaving Lewis only a handful of chances to get punches in.  In the end nobody really won but Lewis did throw all the few punches that there were.