Yesterday, in the Oval Office, Team Orange went full Broad Street Bullies 1973. The Orange King was playing the tough guy, but....no wait, I don't recall any of those Flyers ever skipping big games because of bone spurs. Maybe JD was the muscle? Trying to be as tough as Dave the Hammer, but looking like …
Category: Scraps
1978
Last night's flashback game on CBC was a Habs-Bruin match from the 1978 play-offs. I happened to turn the game on at the exact point where Jonathan and Bouchard went at it. Man, what a fighter Jonathan was. Did he ever make a mess of Bouchard. Here's a link to the vid …
A Fight By Any Other Name…
Like any good sport, hockey has it's share of jargon. Over the years, the colour guys have come up with some wonderful ways to refer to a fight. Some that come to mind are donnybrook, set-to, altercation, rhubarb, fisticuff, bench-clear (obviously, a fairly large fight), brawl, brouhaha and scrap. I'm sure I don't have 'em …
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