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Cause summers here and the time is right for fighting in the street

So I'm sure a lot of you are pretty angry about how horribly the Hawks played on Saturday.  If I hadn't numbed myself with booze I'd probably still be really upset too.  And there's really only one way to get over your feelings of frustration.. watch two men repeatedly punch each other in face.  They fight so we don't have to - and because we're complete pansies compared to them. 

A few other sites have been doing this so I figured I'd give it a go too.  I've collected the top 15 Blackhawk fights since the lockout based on the ratings of HockeyFights.com.  These are all user generated so there's not really official about it but here they are:

Rank

Date

Fighters

Winner

Rating

Video

1 11.2.05 Jim Vandermeer vs. Aaaron Downey Vandermeer (55.7%) 9.2 Link
2 12.07.06 Jim Vandermeer vs. Josh Gratton Vandermeer (83.2%) 8.7 Link
3 10.07.05 Jim Vandermeer vs. Ryane Clowe Draw (58.6%) 8.4 Link
4 3.23.06 Mark Bell vs. Josh Gratton Bell (83.3% 8.4 Link
5 3.10.07 David Koci vs. Josh Gratton Koci (59.8%) 8.2 Link
6 12.26.07 James Wisniewski vs. Jordan Tootoo Wisniewski (91.3%) 7.9 Link
7 12.26.08 Craig Adams vs. Josh Gratton Draw (48.6%) 7.8 Link
8 10.04.07 David Koci vs. Derek Boogaard Koci (59.4%) 7.8 Link
9 10.25.07 David Koci vs. Zdeno Chara Chara (92.1%) 7.8 Link
10 2.10.08 Adam Burish vs. Byron Ritchie Draw (63.0%) 7.6 Link
11 10.25.05 Martin Lapointe vs. Jamie Allison Lapointe (65.0%) 7.5 Link
12 1.22.06 Jim Vandermeer vs. Derek Boogaard Boogaard (97.6%) 7.5 Link
13 3.23.07 David Koci vs. Raitis Ivanans Koci (43.5%) 7.4 Link
14 10.20.07 David Koci vs. Wade Belak Belak (49.3%) 7.2 Link
15 11.19.06 Jim Vandermeer vs. Taylor Pyatt Pyatt (40.2%) 7.1 Link

What I find most surprising is just how much Josh Gratton seems to like to fight Blackhawks - 4 fights in the top 15 and they're all against different Hawks.  Why does he hate us so much? 

A lot of people (including me) give Koci shit for how much blood he lost in the fight againt Chara and perhaps rightfully so but what I think a lot of people forget is that Koci already had a broken nose from a fight the night before.  He does land one good one punch that buckles Chara's knees though.  He might have been a lousy hockey player and not a great fighter but he does have massive Blagojevich-like balls.

The Burish fight that's up there might be my favorite he's ever been in (even better than when he dropped Nystrom) because you get to see just how much he loved his role of getting the Hawks pumped up before he became the key offensive weapon and penalty killer that he is today. 

Which fight is your favorite? Are there fights you think deserve to be up here?  Or are you one of the few that thinks fighting doesn't belong in the NHL anymore?  Lets hear from you in the comments.

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I have never seen that vandermeer vs downey fight untill now. That might be one of the best hawks fights i have ever seen.

by 60655 on Feb 9, 2009 4:57 PM CST reply actions  

Matt Walker vs. Ed Jovanovski

though I’m not sure that would qualify as a fight…

by mjthor on Feb 9, 2009 5:17 PM CST reply actions  

it should for most.. but Hockey Fights only counts fighting majors for consideration.

by Matthew Dirt on Feb 9, 2009 6:22 PM CST up reply actions  

one of the best hawks fights in recent memory was reid simpson vs marty mcsorley in 98 even though it was before the lockout. check out at the end of the fight when chelios gets one in the jaw.

by 60655 on Feb 9, 2009 5:20 PM CST reply actions  

what happened to wiz in the tootoo fight?

"KenWO
no point in arguing with people who are blinded from reality..."
by Where Triples Go to Die on Nov 29, 2008 6:49 PM

by Illini0509 on Feb 9, 2009 5:50 PM CST reply actions  

He sprained his MCL or some other thing in your knee that’s not meant to be sprained.

by Matthew Dirt on Feb 9, 2009 6:26 PM CST up reply actions  

Burish mentioned the Richie fight on his blog
I’ll give you an example. I’m sure many of you saw a fight I had last year against a guy in Vancouver. The game had not even started yet. The guy from Vancouver and I were about to take the opening face off to start the game. We stood across from each other and he said, “How’s it going tonight Bur?” I said, “Pretty good, you want to get our teams into this game right away, and set the tone?” He said “you bet.”

So I said, “Once the ref drops the puck let’s do it!”

I like the way the ref just tosses the puck down and then backs off fast.

"Carlos Quentin? Where's Hamilton?"
"I ate him."

by HappyHuman on Feb 9, 2009 7:08 PM CST reply actions  

I don't know how you can have a conversation like that with a man

then punch him in the face repeatedly. The only time I can envision myself fighting would be if I felt someone wronged me or a teammate, and I was overcome with rage. Then again, I’m not a hockey player.

by mjthor on Feb 9, 2009 7:20 PM CST up reply actions  

I guess it's like brothers or buddies beating up on each other for fun.

Some people are a bit odd and enjoy stuff like that.

"Carlos Quentin? Where's Hamilton?"
"I ate him."

by HappyHuman on Feb 9, 2009 9:30 PM CST up reply actions  

Wisniewski vs. Tootoo

Is my personal favorite. Wiz beats the hell out of the guy despite having only one leg.

by CT II on Feb 9, 2009 7:17 PM CST reply actions  

Not only that..

but a guy who really had it coming too. Tootoo is a punk.

I was listening to that one on the radio and even then I could tell it was a hell of a fight.

by Matthew Dirt on Feb 9, 2009 7:36 PM CST up reply actions  

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