Back to the Seventies: Flyers and Senators Break The NHL Penalty Record
Saturday March 6, 2004
Reporter: "Did you see this coming?"
Donald Brashear: "I started it."
Reporter: "Why did you start it?"
Brashear: "Why not?"
Why not, indeed. Philadelphia and Ottawa racked up an NHL record 419 penalty minutes last night, most of them in the last two minutes of the game. With the Flyers cruising to a 5-3 win, Philadelphia's Donald Brashear and Ottawa's Rob Ray - two legitimate goons - got the line dancing started. By the time it was over, 21 fighting majors had been handed out and only 13 players remained to play the final minute or so.
Of course, assorted media pedants will mount their ethical hobby horses, blaming one team or the other and issuing pious condemnations of the spectacle. But the fans went wild, many of the players left smiling, and we'll leave the last word to Rob Ray: "I think it's a good thing for the game."
Donald Brashear: "I started it."
Reporter: "Why did you start it?"
Brashear: "Why not?"
Why not, indeed. Philadelphia and Ottawa racked up an NHL record 419 penalty minutes last night, most of them in the last two minutes of the game. With the Flyers cruising to a 5-3 win, Philadelphia's Donald Brashear and Ottawa's Rob Ray - two legitimate goons - got the line dancing started. By the time it was over, 21 fighting majors had been handed out and only 13 players remained to play the final minute or so.
Of course, assorted media pedants will mount their ethical hobby horses, blaming one team or the other and issuing pious condemnations of the spectacle. But the fans went wild, many of the players left smiling, and we'll leave the last word to Rob Ray: "I think it's a good thing for the game."
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