Late Canucks-Flames brawl produces 132 penalty minutes
A brawl in the closing minutes of the Vancouver Canucks' Game 2 win over the Calgary Flames produced 132 penalty minutes.
With the Canucks comfortably in front of the Flames 4-1, all 10 skaters on the ice squared off with 1:17 remaining in the third period. Among the long list of penalties, the Flames' Deryk Engelland received two fighting majors, both for scraps with the Canucks' Derek Dorsett. While Dorsett also got one game misconduct, Engelland received three game misconducts for his actions during the brawl.
The tone might have been set for the rest of the first-round playoff series.
"It was pretty intense tonight," Canucks rookie Bo Horvat said. "The hard hitting, the stuff at the end, it was like old-time hockey and it was fun to be a part of."
The fisticuffs started with 1:17 left on the clock and were reminiscent of the rumble between the Canucks and Flames off an opening faceoff last season.
"We knew they were going to try something. They've tried it before," Vancouver captain Henrik Sedin said. "I'm sure it's going to happen again. That's part of it. We move onto the next game."
Among the combatants, Vancouver's Brad Richardson took on Calgary's Matt Stajan, while Engelland squared off with Dorsett.
"Intensity's high. It's playoff hockey. You expect things to kind of boil over," Dorsett said. "We stuck up for each other and we took care of things when we had to."
TSN's Bob McKenzie reported that while Engelland won't necessarily face a suspension for his three game misconduct penalties, he could be forced to sit out for receiving an instigator penalty in the last five minutes of a game.
1. @NHLPlayerSafety can uphold the instigator call, uphold auto one-game suspension and $10K fine to Hartley, or...
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 18, 2015
2. @NHLPlayerSafety can rescind the instigator, in which case there's no suspension to Engelland and no $10K fine to Hartley, or...
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 18, 2015
3. @NHLPlayerSafety can uphold instigator call, have it count towards running total for Engelland but choose not to enforce the suspension.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) April 18, 2015
The brawl generated a lot of ink on the official scoresheet.
This is how official game sheet looks . Whew! pic.twitter.com/HJvUzZDixT
— Roger Millions (@RogMillions) April 18, 2015
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
