142 penalty minutes given out within the first 2 seconds of this game.
Hold up. So the Vancouver coach, knowing the Flames' lineup sent in his worst players to just fight at the start, thus ensuring the opponent's best players sat out for penalties?
Hold up. So the Vancouver coach, knowing the Flames' lineup sent in his worst players to just fight at the start, thus ensuring the opponent's best players sat out for penalties?
Originally Posted by DJ_MikeyRevile
To an extent, refs allow two people to get a few swings in. Coaches sometimes even use this to their advantage by having their team fighter (the player who is best at fighting) instigate a fight with another good player from the other team so that they have a temp advantage!
Both those teams blow, and it served no purpose, just some stupid shit to start a game for no purpose and no end. Also, some of the worst fighting I have seen in a while. Had it been worthwhile the benches would have cleared. The only reason so many penalties were given was that the fighting was premeditated.