Son of a... Roy! Goalie attacks unwilling combatant

Jonathan Roy, Son of Patrick Roy showed he can hang with the Goalie tough-guys like Ron Hextall, Ray Emery and Dan Cloutier after a Saturday night QMJHL game.

Regardless, everyone loves a good goalie fight.

A scrum immediately ensued and gloves quickly flew, with all 10 skaters on the ice eventually pairing off. As they fought, Jonathan Roy skated to centre ice and appeared to challenge Chicoutimi goalie Bobby Nadeau to a fight.

Officials prevented him from skating down but they eventually left him to deal with other fights, freeing Roy to skate to the other end of the ice and jump Nadeau, rip his mask off and begin pounding him.

Nadeau fell to the ice and curled up to protect himself as Roy kept punching him.

Once he was done beating on his opponent, Roy scowled at the crowd as he skated away and flipped the Centre Georges-Vezina crowd a couple of middle-finger gestures. Chicoutimi defenceman Sebastien Rioux then jumped Roy and another fight ensued.

Roy was assessed two fighting majors, a minor and two game misconducts while Nadeau was unpenalized. The teams combined for 120 minutes in penalties in all.

I caught wind of this off Mirtle's blog. Here's the video, pardon the french:



UPDATE:

The suspensions got handed down. Jonathan Roy got 7 games and his dad Patrick got 5 more.

Some say they should be suspended longer.

and here's more on the relationship between the rival team's owner, Montreal Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau and Patrick Roy.

The real question is would this even be a big deal if the Roy's weren't involved?

Jim Hughson working overtime... and Willie Mitchell Look-a-like Contest

Jimmy sure had some extra work to do this weekend...

On March 22, 2008, Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson will call the NHL game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Colorado Avalanche at 1 p.m. MDT. Hughson and Simpson will then board a chartered plane to Calgary where the pair will then announce the third game of the Hockey Night in Canada triple-header between the Calgary Flames and the Minnesota Wild at 8 p.m. MDT. This is believed to be a first in National Hockey League.

He's a pro and one of the best play by play men in the game. He also actually pronounces names properly unlike his Eastern counterpart. It's nice to have a broadcaster not mispronounce "Bieksa" and "Sedin".

He had a very memorable analogy during the Minnesota/Vancouver game on Friday referring to the amount of traffic in front of the goal tenders.

"Both nets are like the Peace Arch Border Crossing this Easter Weekend"

Good Call Jim. Glad I wasn't stuck in that traffic. Congratulations on your contract extension. Glad to see the future of Hockey Night in Canada will be called by you.

P.S. My buddy the Willie Mitchell look-a-like contest winner, Paul was furious over the suspect and inconsistent officiating during the Friday Canucks game... he's told me to mention it.

But anyway he really does look like Willie. See for yourself:

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