Goalie fight????

GOALIE FIGHT!!!! Wait, am I starting to repeat myself? FUGO favorite Brent Johnson was at it again as Islanders enforcer Michael Haley decided to step up for his glass-jawed fallen goaltender and take on "Iron" Brent in a fight-marred blowout victory over the Penguins. It actually makes a little bit of sense. With the trade of backup Dwayne Roloson and the loss Rick "Paper Mache" DiPietro, the Islanders could not afford to sacrifice another goaltender to Johnson's iron fists.



In other news, the Peter Forsberg comeback tour kicked off last night and our hero valiantly allowed the spotlight to shine on Columbus' Rick Nash in a 3-1 loss to the Blue Jackets. Not wanting to give us too much too early, Forsberg held himself to a single shot in just under 18 minutes of ice time. That did not prevent Avalanche coach Joe Sacco from gushing, "He was arguably our best player tonight." Well obviously...

Goalie fight???

GOALIE FIGHT!!!!



Well...kind of. See what happens here is Thomas kind of grabs onto Price with both hands, then they dance around for a bit, then Price goes for a wild, roundhouse right and Thomas falls down. It was not exactly Mike Vernon versus Patrick Roy, but still...Original Six goalie fight!!! Tim Thomas on his big moment via the Boston Globe:

“It was getting into an outnumbered situation,’’ said Thomas, called to duty when Price left his crease to join the jostling. “That’s what I was thinking when I was getting down there. He was more than willing to fight. I had this big old plan. I was going to grab his right, then I was going to throw lefts, because I know he’s bigger and taller than me and has the reach on me. I thought I could do a better job of throwing lefts than him. When we went to grab, he got a good hold of my right arm and I got nothing. So then I was like, ‘Now what do I do?’ He’s got a big right cocked and ready to come.’’

Now that is the definition of standing up, er falling down, for your teammates! He may have let in six goals last night but Thomas showed that with the exception of stopping the puck, he was willing to do whatever it takes to win!

Just call me the prognosticator!

I jokingly reported in a previous post that Rick DiPietro would probably miss some time with a concussion after getting his lunch handed to him by Pittsburgh's Brent Johnson. It turns out I was only wrong on the injury and the length of time DiPietro will miss, although I suppose that remains to be seen. As reported on Islanders.com and read on Deadspin, DiPietro will miss at least a month with facial fractures and knee swelling. The moral of the story is if you are ever going to steal Mike Tyson's tiger make sure you have Brent Johnson on your side because he is a bad motherfucker!

Goalie fight????

GOALIE FIGHT!!!



Ah...so THAT'S why goalies don't fight. Poor DiPietro. He'll probably miss 3 years with a concussion now.

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