Canucks vs Rangers: FIGHT!

Here is some footage from the hockey game between the Vancouver Canucks and the New York Rangers which was played the other night:



The fight broke out during a line change which meant that the Rangers (wearing white) had 10 players on the ice, compared to the Canucks who had 8 players involved (normally there are 5 skaters and the goalie on the ice for each team).

Scuffles often break out during hockey games, but bench spillovers are rare. Even more rare are scuffles from players who are STILL on the bench, like when Vancouver's Shane O'brien was poking New York's Sean Avery from the Canucks bench.

At one point there were 4 or so players fighting with Canucks skater Ryan Kesler. 5 players (3 for Vancouver, 2 for New York) were sent to the changerooms for 10 minute Game Misconduct penalties & Shane O'brien later received a 1 match suspension for his stick work on Avery.

Strangely enough there weren't any penalties dished out for "Too many men on the ice". The Canucks went on to win 4-1. GO CANUCKS!