Well if you missed last night's game between the Bruins and Canadiens, you missed one hell of a game. It looks like these two teams may meet in the first round of the playoffs and this game sure had playoff intensity. The first period was wild, but not as wild as the second period. In the first period, rivals Milan Lucic and Mike Komisarek had a little scrum after the whistle, with both guys falling down to the ice wrestling around with the linesmen trying to break them up.
The next incident was right after Patrice Bergeron scores a goal, Josh Gorges hits him from behind sending Bergeron into the net. So all the Bruins came in and a little scrum ensued. At the end of the first period Mike Komisarek took some cheap shots at David Krejci so Zdeno Chara came right after Komisarek and they exchanged gloved punches, before Chara dropped his gloves and threw two big uppercuts with Komisarek trying to duck for his life. Watch the replay of that incident, and watch Komisarek's face when Chara is roughing with him, it's hilarious.
Now in the second period things got heated between Shawn Thornton and Ryan 'I score on my own team' O'Byrne as between line changes O'Byrne skates into Thornton and pushes him. Thornton doesn't like it, it looks like Thornton says 'you wanna go?' and then drops the gloves and O'Byrne turtles and goes straight down to the ice. Maybe O'Byrne should stick to taking women's purses instead of playing hockey.
The next scrum was more like a line brawl which started because Byron Bitz hit goalie Carey Price, nothing major but you would expect a reaction to it either team you're on. Everybody got in on this scrum as Lucic was trying to get at Maxim Lapierre because Lapierre did something that I can't remember right now when the scrum started. Shane Hnidy and Josh Gorges paired off as Gorges pulled Hnidy away from everyone but once they got to the boards he wanted nothing to do with Hnidy. Not sure how they got fighting majors as no punches were thrown, just a lot of wrestling and Hnidy trying to get Gorges to actually fight, but Gorges just wanted to hold him.
Next was Komisarek hitting Lucic in the numbers (from behind) near the boards. Thornton came right after Komisarek dropping his gloves ready to fire a punch at Komisarek's face, but of course Komisarek didn't do anything. Lucic, being upset about the dirty hit no doubt, went after Komisarek and tackled him from behind which then a big scrum ensued.
And that was it for the rough stuff as the third period went on with back and forth scoring chances. The game went into overtime, which gave Montreal a point which backed them into the playoffs. In overtime Mark Recchi scored on a nice pass from Bergeron.
Wow what a game that was. It will be interesting if these two teams meet in the playoffs. Last year it was reversed with Montreal as first place and Bruins at eighth place meeting in the playoffs. Get ready for playoff hockey. Some pictures are below from the game. Source: AP
Mark Recchi scoring the game winning goal
Two pictures of the scrum in the second period after Byron Bitz hit goalie Carey Price.
Update on 4/13 @ 1:14 AM
Well I saw this article about the Habs-Bruins game on a Canadien News site and wanted to point out some things that they were wrong about. Go figure a Canadien News site embellishing about a Habs-Bruins game.
One part in the article says:
Umm, did this writer actually watch the game? Mike Komisarek tried to rough up and intimidate David Krejci while Krejci was down on the ice. So Zdeno Chara saw this and came in to protect his teammate and proceeded to rough up Komisarek. Komisarek being the 'man'? he is, hid behind linesmen and wanted nothing to do with Chara, but if it was Krejci I bet he would go right at him. Chara threw two uppercuts at the turtling Komisarek who then went down to the ice to hide.
Next the article says:
Again, did this writer watch the game? Shawn Thornton did not throw punches, he cocked his fist and was ready to pound away but Ryan O'Byrne turtled like the chicken he is. Remember O'Byrne was the one who elbowed Chuck Kobasew in the head at the end of the game, in the last game at Montreal this season. It takes a real man to do that eh? Or real purse stealer to do that?
The next incident was right after Patrice Bergeron scores a goal, Josh Gorges hits him from behind sending Bergeron into the net. So all the Bruins came in and a little scrum ensued. At the end of the first period Mike Komisarek took some cheap shots at David Krejci so Zdeno Chara came right after Komisarek and they exchanged gloved punches, before Chara dropped his gloves and threw two big uppercuts with Komisarek trying to duck for his life. Watch the replay of that incident, and watch Komisarek's face when Chara is roughing with him, it's hilarious.
Now in the second period things got heated between Shawn Thornton and Ryan 'I score on my own team' O'Byrne as between line changes O'Byrne skates into Thornton and pushes him. Thornton doesn't like it, it looks like Thornton says 'you wanna go?' and then drops the gloves and O'Byrne turtles and goes straight down to the ice. Maybe O'Byrne should stick to taking women's purses instead of playing hockey.
The next scrum was more like a line brawl which started because Byron Bitz hit goalie Carey Price, nothing major but you would expect a reaction to it either team you're on. Everybody got in on this scrum as Lucic was trying to get at Maxim Lapierre because Lapierre did something that I can't remember right now when the scrum started. Shane Hnidy and Josh Gorges paired off as Gorges pulled Hnidy away from everyone but once they got to the boards he wanted nothing to do with Hnidy. Not sure how they got fighting majors as no punches were thrown, just a lot of wrestling and Hnidy trying to get Gorges to actually fight, but Gorges just wanted to hold him.
Next was Komisarek hitting Lucic in the numbers (from behind) near the boards. Thornton came right after Komisarek dropping his gloves ready to fire a punch at Komisarek's face, but of course Komisarek didn't do anything. Lucic, being upset about the dirty hit no doubt, went after Komisarek and tackled him from behind which then a big scrum ensued.
And that was it for the rough stuff as the third period went on with back and forth scoring chances. The game went into overtime, which gave Montreal a point which backed them into the playoffs. In overtime Mark Recchi scored on a nice pass from Bergeron.
Wow what a game that was. It will be interesting if these two teams meet in the playoffs. Last year it was reversed with Montreal as first place and Bruins at eighth place meeting in the playoffs. Get ready for playoff hockey. Some pictures are below from the game. Source: AP
Mark Recchi scoring the game winning goal
Two pictures of the scrum in the second period after Byron Bitz hit goalie Carey Price.
Update on 4/13 @ 1:14 AM
Well I saw this article about the Habs-Bruins game on a Canadien News site and wanted to point out some things that they were wrong about. Go figure a Canadien News site embellishing about a Habs-Bruins game.
One part in the article says:
And as the horn blew to end the first, a scrum saw colossus defenceman Zdeno Chara raining blows on a hapless Komisarek - who clearly featured as the top target in the Bruins gameplan.
Though Chara sought out Komisarek, who was exchanging angry words with another Bruin, he received only a double-minor for roughing.
Umm, did this writer actually watch the game? Mike Komisarek tried to rough up and intimidate David Krejci while Krejci was down on the ice. So Zdeno Chara saw this and came in to protect his teammate and proceeded to rough up Komisarek. Komisarek being the 'man'? he is, hid behind linesmen and wanted nothing to do with Chara, but if it was Krejci I bet he would go right at him. Chara threw two uppercuts at the turtling Komisarek who then went down to the ice to hide.
Next the article says:
And on another occasion, Montreal defenceman Ryan O'Byrne took a double-minor and a 10-minute misconduct after bumping Thornton during a stop in play and dropping to the ice to protect himself as the Bruins player dropped his gloves and began punching him. Thornton got two minutes for roughing.
Again, did this writer watch the game? Shawn Thornton did not throw punches, he cocked his fist and was ready to pound away but Ryan O'Byrne turtled like the chicken he is. Remember O'Byrne was the one who elbowed Chuck Kobasew in the head at the end of the game, in the last game at Montreal this season. It takes a real man to do that eh? Or real purse stealer to do that?
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