Will This Go Down As The Lamest Fight Of This NHL Season?

by Matt Rudnitsky | 11:07 am, February 13th, 2013

The Montreal Canadiens played the Tampa Bay Lightning last night, and though the Lightning trailed 3-1 with 1:44 left, they somehow quickly scored twice before eventually succumbing in a thrilling shootout loss. But that’s not why we’re here. We’re here because there was a brouhaha, one in which the dueling players circled and circled and circled and never landed a single good shot. As Busted Coverage points out, this was expected from noted Canadien pacifist Travis Moen, but more was expected from Tampa Bay’s B.J. Crombeen. Still, the ~~game of Ring Around the Rosie~~ “fight” is oddly mesmerizing, even in the absence of a climax.