The Leafs held onto their early lead to win 5-4 against the Senators at home on Wednesday The third win in a row, which left the ACC in a good mood. This win makes the leafs the third in their division and fifth in the conference.
However in the first period the nearly 20,000 fans were left speechless as they were shown the dark side of the NHL. Toronto's Frazer Mclaren and Ottawa's Dave Dziurzynski were seen talking before the puck dropped. According to Mclaren, Dziurzynski originally declined the fight but as soon as the puck dropped so did the gloves. The fight should have been a even matchup with both weighing 200 plus and only 2 inches separating them. However if you watched the fight you can see that it was not. The fight lasted 6 seconds from the point where the first punch was thrown until Dziurzynski was on the ice, unconscious.
In my opinion while this is most defiantly the dark side of Hockey, if you look past the violence and the injury there is an air of sportsmanship in the fighting which you have to respect. Fights are, usually, not mean't to simply injure the other player but to either motivate the team or to defend a teammate. Fights are rarely unmatched, a 6,3 player will not fight a 5,11 player unless it was instigated by the smaller guy. So this is not just a gladiator brawl on the ice, but the end result looks the same.
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