Last Night, the New Jersey Devils & New York Rangers played their sixth (& final) game of the season together. They're division rivals & completely hate each other. So when Rangers coach John Tortorella (a real gem himself) saw Devils coach Peter DeBoer's obviously antagonizing lineup, he responded by having a career goon defenseman to take the opening faceoff. The bad blood is there and the shot was fired across the bow. They went fucking all-out:
The results of the brawl; Stu Bickel (NYR) beat Ryan Carter (NJD, nasty cut bro) - Michael Rupp (NYR) defeated Eric Boulton - Brandon Prust (NYR) & Cam Janssen (NJD) fought to a draw. Side note, the Rangers won the game 4-2. This is why hockey is awesome & why so people don't respect it. What other sport can this happen in & be called normal? Do the Ravens & Steelers do this (shit that'd be great!)? Hockey rules, but not to the overwhelming public. Still, this doesn't occur regularly & the ratings are still there. Let's chalk this up to 'boys will be boys', huh?
And people get mad at me when I say hockey is just wrestling on ice...
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