It’s just a few games into the 2010-11 season and already we are seeing a lot of senseless fights taking place—fights that the NHL would be wise to punish more severely, fights that prove nothing.
Thursday night, the Edmonton Oilers come out flying in their home opener, clobbering the Calgary Flames by a final score of 4-0.
For the Oilers, it was a great start to the season, for the Flames, an embarrassing effort.
With the Flames getting beat where it counts—on the scoreboard—the Calgary Flames felt it was necessary to “send the Oilers a message,” a message in the form of a good old fashioned butt-kicking.
With the Oilers firmly ahead on the scoreboard the Flames tried to settle the score at 17:40 of the third period by sending out Raitis Ivanans to fight Steve MacIntyre.
There was no big hit prior to the fight, no real reason to engage—just an ill advised fight that did nothing to influence the scoresheet and will do nothing to discourage the Oilers from laying a beating on the Flames in the form of a multiple-goal win the next time these two teams meet.
Fast forward to Saturday night.
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NHL Fighting: Senseless Fighting Needs To Be Addressed
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