Adam Mair Shows Courage In Fighting Milan Lucic
Adam Mair has had the finger pointed at him for not playing the style of hockey he's meant to for the Buffalo Sabres. Yesterday, he threw a check on Milan Lucic in the third period with a 2-2 scoreline. Unpleased with the hit, Lucic dropped his gloves and Mair accepted. This alone takes bravery as the powerful Boston forward has left his opponents a bloody mess in the past.
Although he gave up some size, Mair came out strong landing a few hard left hands on Lucic who responded toward the end of the bout. What's more impressive is that Mair had broken his nose a few days earlier in Columbus and I don't many athletes who would have willingly exchanged punches with someone as dangerous as Lucic in such a condition.
"He broke his nose in Columbus, so you’ve got to give him a lot of credit. I thought he had Lucic on the ropes there for a couple, but it doesn’t take much when you’ve got a broken nose to get that bleeding again. For him to get in there and get after it, I thought it was great." —Lindy Ruff
Energy, grit and puck possession; the Sabres had it all against the Bruins but Tuukka Rask took matters into his own hands stopping 43 shots in a shoot-out win. After the jump, have a look at the fight if you missed it and vote for your winner in the poll.
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I was shocked to see Mair drop them with Lucic. And he held his own pretty well. I was proud of the way he stepped up. I wasnt sure why they went at first because that check was a the bottom of the screen and kind of got cut out, live. But on the replay it was obvious Mair drilled him. Might have been a tad bit late, but they policed themselves and went at it.
Ray seemed very impressed with Mair last night too. He completmented his style of going after him quick and get the first few shots in. Mairs punches landed and shocked Lucic for sure. But that should be Mairs role, especially with Kaletas badassness out of the lineup.
Im going to vote for a draw, but if I HAD to pick a winner, Mair would be it.
"Hey ey ey ey"
I wasn't shocked...
…especially after Lucic was the third-man in trying to defend Captain Gutless when he tangled with Gaustad. It is really pathetic when the biggest man in the NHL has to have Lucic do his dirty work for him.
"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England
To be fair
Chara has a dislocated pinky finger and if he were to fight it is an automatic ejection and suspension because he has tape on his hands. With that being said there should have been at least even penalties on the play. The Bruins getting a power play was bordering on ridiculous.
D.O.
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by David Oleksy on Feb 11, 2010 9:57 AM EST up reply actions

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