Tons of fights - Canes win!

Canes won 3-1 last night against the Rangers.

Wow, the first period was incredible. 66 penalty minutes. Scott Walker and Sean Avery got put in the box for roughing before the game even started! Brookbank and Orr fought, then Walker and Avery fought (with Gleason as third man - game misconduct for him), then Brookbank and Orr fought again. It was great.

As for the hockey part, the first period was crappy by both teams, although the Rangers scored the first goal.

In the second period, the Canes picked up their play, scoring two goals. The third was well-played as well, and Cam looked absolutely spectacular for the last 20 seconds when the Rangers had a 6-on-3.

Next game for the Canes is against the Maple Leafs tomorrow.

Oh yeah, Sean Avery - you're still a punk.

Chad LaRose stats: 1 assist
On the season: 7 goals, 10 assists

Cullen hurt; Canes lose

Canes lost 4-2 to the Rangers last night.

Matt Cullen got viciously hit by Colton Orr (who came all the way across the ice to hit Cullen - Orr was called for interference, but the puck was there so it should have been something else), probably has a broken nose and a possible concussion.

I watched some of the second on FSN, then switched over to Chuck K on the radio, so I didn't see the Rangers score 3 goals in the third (and I honestly wasn't paying too much attention to it, trying to get the new computer to recognize that, yes, it is connected to the internet - speaking of which, my blog looks really weird on a widescreen monitor...) and I didn't see Sean Avery be a punk and throw punches at Ladd when the linesman was in the way.

I was lucky enough to see the first shorthanded goal of the season by Scott Walker. That's pretty pathetic, into December and scoring only one shorthanded.

Next game is tomorrow against Boston. Will have to see if Cullen is out for that one - if so, injuries are certainly starting to take their toll...