Is Rod Sterling in the house?

The NHL must've added the Twilight Zone as a sponsor for the weekend because there were some strange goings on. Three guys not known for fighting mixed it up and there was a good bout between Krys Barch and Zack Stortini. All that was missing was Ryan Hollweg not being a punching bag.

Sidney Crosby got the ball rolling with surprise attack on Brett McLean, right off the faceoff. Crosby threw the gloves off and before McLean could say "are you serious?", Crosby grabbed him. McLean's jersey was pulled over his head and Sid got a few punches in and wrestled hm around before they fell to the ice and were separated. This all lasted around 10 seconds. Afterward, Crosby was awarded like 20 minutes in penalties. Now, I'm all for the captain sticking up for his teammates and sending a message to the opposing team but I think this was bad form. I think McLean must've said something to Sid to make him that mad and to let frustration take him over like that. The game was all but lost before this and Talbot's preceding fight, why did it take this long to start getting physical?

Alexander Semin was the next to, uh, fight. It started with an Ovechkin hit on Marc Staal at one end and ended with an, um, interesting display of fighting strategy. Staal and Semin wrestled a bit and Staal pulled Semin's jersey completely off. As they were falling, Semin let off a barrage of, err, fists directed at Staal. Really, it looked like Semin was trying to power-slap Staal in an oh-so-feminine fashion. It really was a unique and hysterical display of someone with no idea what they are doing. All that Semin accomplished was getting his, erm, fight on every sports blooper show until the end of time.

Doug Weight had a good showing against a bigger Christian Ehrhoff in the late game. Weight was sticking up for a teammate who received a glove to the face. I guess Dougie missed the elbow Ehrhoff received from the same guy who Weight stuck up for.


Well, the Pens game just started and it's already 1-0 Rangers. I hope I'm wrong but it may be a long night.