Two Labatts, $10.
An Oilers pennant, $7.
Watching a bench clearing brawl in the midst of an Edmonton win, priceless:
Edmonton Oilers goalie Ty Conklin looked over and saw teammate Mike Bishai trading punches with Serge Aubin from the Atlanta Thrashers' bench.He wanted to watch, but with Thrashers netminder Pasi Nurminen ready to go, Conklin had his own business to take care of.
Conklin and Nurminen brawled at center ice to cap a wild brawl late in Edmonton's 5-1 victory the Thrashers on Wednesday night.
The melee resulted in 12 fighting majors, 10 game misconducts and two minors for 164 penalty minutes.
"It looked like a pretty normal game going into the third period, and then a number of bizarre circumstances created what ended up being great entertainment," Oilers coach Craig MacTavish said.
You can't make up quotes like that. But we should give the last word to the Oilers' Georges Laraque, who actually avoided getting involved in this melee:
"They were very frustrated and they just showed it on the ice," said Laraque. "It's nice to see that nobody shied away from the rough stuff and everybody on the ice did their thing."Everybody leaves the building happy."
Indeed they did. Here endeth the lesson.
UPDATE: Oilers fan Colby Cosh loved what he saw.
I’m beginning to wonder whether we’ll win another game.
Don’t fret–at least you’re not a Penguin fan.