The Minnesota Wild and the Vancouver Canucks have a long, hate filled history, mostly because of Matt Cooke, who is a no-good visor-wearing hoser. Well, Cooke is gone and the animosity still remains. With a little less than 10 minutes to go in the third period, Alexander Burrows of the Canucks took it upon himself to spear the prematurely balding Pierre-Marc Bouchard. Sounds cruel. Bouchard was ready when Burrows circled back to cross check Bouchard, and in the end, this lead to a 5-5 all line fight. 9 penalties were assessed all told, which, frankly, is a lot.
The first question that popped up into my mind is why this hasn’t received more publicity. Well, two reasons. First, the goalies didn’t get involved. Second, the NCAA basketball tournament superseded any news of this rumble. The second question asked, if the Wild were able to continue, would Brent Burns have maimed Nathan McIver? Last but not least, where does this fight rank?
I say just ahead of Jaguar vs Anaconda
But after Grizzly vs Grizzly. Look at the bead do the slew foot and then get the takedown! Technical savvy! See it here, because embedding is disabled. Also, this video answers a long asked question. In fact, the bear poops in a muddy field in the midst of battle, not the woods, as had been rumored.
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