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S32 FIGHT NIGHT: WEEK 4</div>

Holy shit, do we have a week for you! 5 new faces enter the arena, will any of them exit with a non-deformed face?! Let's get right into the brunt force of it all in the SHL's 4th week fo fist fury!

<div align="center">Game 112: @ </div>
At this point in someone's career, you're just looking to be the great defender. Or at least, that's what Big Manious keeps telling himself at the beginning of each match. Yeah, sure, he did fight earlier in the season, but is there really a fight anyone can turn down, especially someone looking to secure the naming rights to the Turd Ferguson? Nah, the defensive defenseman was just looking to do ok in Hamilton.

So it comes as no surprise that, down by 2 with less than 10 minutes to go, the Steelhawks management saw the veteran line out there and brought out his scrappiest enforcers to the forward and defense. Danny Foster had been looking to finally secure his place as a solid rotation person, but that also meant keeping up the fights to keep his floor high and his ceiling higher.

With Ieuan given a slate of wimps for forwards, it was up to Foster to make the fight happen. As you can see here in a sec, the taunt was a bit laborious. "C'mon, old timer, you only won 1 cup. Don't you want your name on the Turd? Or are you ready for me to engrave my name on there?" Foster kept gesturing and even went so far as to bow, taking gloves off in the process, to finally garner Big's attention to the fight. Like true boxers, they closed in.

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Well, now that the two were entangled, and Big knew he was off the ice for 5 minutes, might as well taunt the taunter a bit. Manious grabbed Danny's jersey and kept fair length between the two, and as Foster went bananas on the right swings, Big just kept playing paddleball with Danny's face and Big's fist. Little jabs kept the fight in reach, and it was getting to Foster.

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Finally, the two just plain gave up. Foster wasn't landing his big punches, and Big was laughing so hard he doubled over with Danny. The vet patted the young gun on the back, leaving the winning teams' representative with a final goodbye. "They already got my name on something: the Challenge Cup. I'm ok."
RESULT: Draw

<div align="center">Game 121: :admirals: @ </div>
Not much can help when your team is down, and the Portland Admirals were down. Kelly Rivet was only able to remember the last 40 minutes as opposed to the first 20 of this particular game, as the Steelhawks were overbearing as a home field presence later on. The Admirals were buckling with not much in the ways of depth, and the team without a top line needed a top shelf performance to keep the record straight in the final minute.

Meanwhile, the Steelhawks were just laughing in their corner. Throughout the rest of the season, what has now been referred to as the Thug Line was the main source of Steelhawk offense against a bad team. Danny Foster and Ieuan Llewellyn had combined for 5 points, and with the last minute of the game ticking away, the coaches can't lose having a defensive lineup out there that can score on their hottest night of the season.

Rivet, obviously mad that he had not been a part of any offense whatsoever that night, grabbed the first enforcer he could find. Since Foster had been carrying the brunt of the fighting load, Ieuan was looking to get his fighting itch, and the two figured it would be mutually beneficial to fight. After all, as Rivet so eloquently put it, "You need a fight to finish off the Howe hatty, and I don't think you can beat me, you second-rate enforcer!"

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Yeah, Rivet was wrong about that. Most folks want to fight Danny Foster apparently because he's the scrub of the pair. The Welsh Welter took on the boasting Rivet and just dominated the fight. Undercut, rib shot, anything that Ieuan had, Kelly took hard. This was no Ryan King fight, no siree. A true fighter had graced the ice, and Rivet was on the short side of the altercation.

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Rivet hobbled down the tunnel at a few boos, but the resounding applause of Ieuan completing his enforcer hatty with a win resulted in more than a few Steelhawks hats flying down on the ice. Kelly learned his lesson, holding a bag of ice on his face listening to the shit talking from his downtrodden teammates. New management was already off to a bad start with Rivet, while Hamilton loved the Smash Bros of Ieuan and Danny.
RESULT: Llewellyn by KO

<div align="center">Game 123: @ </div>
Early in a game like the one unfolding in Buffalo, a team can see when they're mismatched. Everything was going wrong for the Stampede, as there were multiple players straight icing the puck within the first few minutes. To go along with an offsides call, the final icing on the shit sandwich that was Buffalo's play was Brynjar Tusk's penalty. Literally 2 minutes in and the Stampede were at an even harder disadvantage.

As the penalty kill effort began, Maximillian Wachter began by helping turn up the defense. His changing quickly with Eduard Selich kept him a bit sharp, but the play was not that great. Calgary's offense was up tempo, and Buffalo's young team couldn't keep up besides many frantic clearing attempts. Every dump and change gave the Dragons bench something more to wait and take advantage of.

Jaime Hill saw the opportunity to take the ice once the penalty was killed, and Wachter found his opening. Defense surging, ready to take on a role as the defensive leader of the team, Max smashed into vet Chris Johnson, sending him down and back up again. "Hey, hot stuff, come pick on someone your own size!" Hill barked, ready to make things physical. Wachter obliged, ready to fight the old dog to get the crowd distracted from the bad home start.

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Jaime, having learned the fighting techniques of one Steven Jalopski, knew instantly how to turn this into another L in the short game the Stampede were playing, and came back with more than a few right shots to the noggin. Wachter was alone at center ice, being made the fool.

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The boos coming from the Buffalo critics would only continue, as Wachter went away for the instigator and was ne'er to return to see Selich fuck up his first line ice time. The Stampede were the ones trampled by the Dragons thanks to Wachter's screw-up and Jaime was King of the Hill, as it should be.
RESULT: Hill by KO

<div align="center">Game 125: @ :admirals: </div>
Yeah, I'd have something to fight about too if a team rang up 5 goals on me in the first 10 minutes. The whole crowd in Portland (or what was left of it after such an awful intro) was in tears, jeering every which way about the crappy product on the ice that night. Again, the one person on the team this affected more than anyone? Rivet, who even scored a goal, but was told to "go sit on the bench where you belong, we needed defense before you dope."

Chester Cunningham fed off the boos, and with reason: he was a Star on the North Stars. Chester's ability to make the ice sing had him at a goal and an assist by the end of the 5 goal spree earlier, and, making his way through the 3rd period, he had another assist to add to the total package. Gleefully skating past Portland and the bench, Cunningham gave the tap to Damien Wert before sitting down to the Admiral kyrptonite of home boos.

A minute later, the two were on the ice at the same time. Cunningham wins the faceoff, goes for the screen and moves Kelly away from the net long enough to get a deflection that results in a save, but Rivet was not going to be pushed about any longer. He connected with Chester a few seconds later, falling down in the process, but got back up and started shedding clothing. Kelly's instigation gave Cunningham no reason not to fight, and the bout began.

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The two non-fighters were not really in any position to fight, however. Rivet was giving his all to try and land a haymaker, but Cunningham was too much the agile man to let a hit go. Chester couldn't counter, and the match wound down based on pure endurance.

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As each landed to the ice in a tired heap, the refs separated the two "scrappers" to their sin bins of choice. Rivet looked to see the fans at least peak up a tiny bit, as his effort came across well amongst the paying customers. Cunningham knew that he made money for his folks back home too, knowing more would come to home games if there was a chance Chester chased down a skater to a duel.
RESULT: Draw

<div align="center">Game 126: @ </div>
So the game of hockey can be a bit fast-paced. There are plenty of talented skaters in the SHL ranks, and with teams as explosive as the Manhattan Rage and the Edmonton Blizzard, there are bound to be speed battles and shots taken inside the goalie nest. This would be one of those stories as tensions flare early in the 1st period. Both sides are feeling each other out, and the Rage are looking to score early to get the advantage on the road.

Suddenly, it's a Nucky Toohoots faceoff win and the VLAD McZehrl show gets underway. David Webb takes it to the fleet foot German and McZ rushes to the goal. Passing to Franklin Trey, Trey doesn't have the same skill as McZ and crashes into an unsuspecting Brett Broadway. Nucky comes over, trying to keep the play alive in Edmonton territory, and there's mass hysteria in front.

"Hey, get off the goalie, he's down!" warned Evgeni Karpotsov, trying to keep a cool head but carry the gravitas of his pedigree. Nucky wouldn't have it, and put the puck in the net long after the whistle. "You wanna go, you dipshit? Toohoots isn't even a real name!" Nucky took to that offensive remark more than anything, and with the commotion surrounding the puck and the smashing of goalies, there was a brawl on hand.

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Only Evgeni and Nucky were really in this for a true one on one battle, and the battle itself wasn't really that meaningful. Neither fighter really got out of the grip of the other, and while the refs took them down, it wasn't really out of necessity. Neither center was ready to throw the cuffs.

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The rest of the ice was fired up as a result of the collision, and with so much time on the advantage being given out, Edmonton got good on the powerplay, resulting ultimately in a home win for the Blizzard. Nucky wasn't able to give much outside the draw and faceoff draws, and the fight was really a stunner: maybe the Austrian didn't have the fight gene.
RESULT: Draw

<div align="center">Game 136: @ </div>
Danny Foster had been having a good game. 1 assist in the first 10 minutes of a game is not something to shake your nose at, especially as an enforcer. Danny was trying to keep that ceiling that is his play high, and the only way to really do that is to produce. Hamilton was looking for production from anyone and everyone, since the team was filled with currently no one. Foster desperately wanted to be that someone.

Unfortunately, a team with no one loses to a team with everyone, and that was beginning to look like the case in Hamilton. West Kendall was working over the Steelhawks, and it'd be Adam Falk's goal in the 2nd that put up the travelers by 2 with less than 5 minutes in the 2nd. As Slappy and company made their way to the bench for congratulations, Foster was grabbed. "Find someone on WKP, and just crush them. Do that, make us proud!"

Foster had hsi chance to show off the physical game, and after the faceoff, he found the assist man McDoodle and gave the tough guy what for. Slappy was slapped against the ice, and it didn't take long for a surrogate to stand up for Cap'n Slappy. That surrogate was, fittingly, Ty Justice, and Foster cringed as Ty said, "I'm here as a Justice, to defend Justice, and to dish out some Justice!"

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Foster grappled with Justice, and kind of had this look of bewilderment. Am I really fighting a 1st overall pick? This guy, the cheesy commentator of the year? As reality set in, the two were held at a distance by Ty Justice the Avenger, who really just wanted to put Foster in a hold to prevent further damage. Foster didn't want to fight Justice, he wanted Slappy! But that couldn't be arranged, and both ended up awkwardly walking away from the fight.

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As Foster left the boards, Slappy shouted out, "Good hit, bud, gimme a chance to stand up next time and we can go!" Not that they'd get another chance in the game, as West Kendall took the break to rest and score a goal just a minute later to give them 4 goals to the Steelhawks eventual 2. Justice was given the "Be Justice the name, not Justice the word" speech by his coaches, hopefully never to fight again.
RESULT: Draw

CURRENT POWER RANKINGS
1. - Lord Vader, 2-0-0 (20 pts)
2. - Danny Foster, 0-0-4 (19 pts)
3. :admirals: - Kelly Rivet, 0-1-3 (16 pts)
4. - Chernika Banananov, 1-2-0 (15 pts)
5. - Alex Mack, 0-0-2 (11 pts)
5. - Wyatt Wollker, 0-0-2 (11 pts)
5. - Big Manious, 0-0-2 (11 pts)
8. - Steven Stamkos Jr., 1-0-0 (10 pts)
8. - Jaime Hill, 1-0-0 (10 pts)
7. - Ieuan Llewellyn, 1-0-0 (10 pts)
7. - Patrik Å atan, 1-0-0 (10 pts)
12. - Ryan King, 0-0-2 (8 pts)
12. - Mia Landvik, 0-0-2 (8 pts)
12. - Andris Bukss, 0-0-2 (8 pts)
15. - Pal Vikinsgtod, 0-0-1 (7 pts)
16. - Chester Cunningham, 0-1-1 (5 pts)
17. - Maximillian Wachter, 0-1-0 (4 pts)
17. - Evgeni Karpotsov, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Nucky Toohoots, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Tim Buckner, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Brandon Pomery, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Patrick Brumm, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Geoffrey Allen, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Cody Black, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Kjell Eide, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Sim Browski, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Ty Justice, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
17. - Mikko Linna, 0-0-1 (4 pts)
28. - Michael Boychuk, 0-1-0 (1 pt)
28. :admirals: - Mattias Wahlstrom, 0-1-0 (1 pt)
28. - Pietra Volkova, 0-1-0 (1 pt)

Give half to <a href='index.php?showuser=1974' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-59'>hockeyis66</a> again. Nyeh.

What a great article series.

SIG LOADING


Apollo Seaborne #16 || D || Maine Timber
Position: D
Country: Canada
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SMJHL Career Statistics:
S79-S?? | GP: 77 | G: 06 | A: 29 | P: 35 | +/-: +10 | BS: 86 | H: 149
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SHL Career Statistics:
S?? | GP: 00 | G: 00 | A: 00 | P: 00 | +/-: 00 | S: 00 | H:00
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Career Playoff Statistics:
SHL | GP: 00 | G: 00 | A: 00 | P: 00 | +/-: 00 | S: 000
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Career IIHF Statistics:
CAN | GP: 00 | G: 00 | A: 00 | P:00 | +/-: 0 | S: 000
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Awards / Accomplishments:
Drafted 29th OA to Maine Timber (S80)
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LARGEST PUNISHMENT IN SHL HISTORY

Originally posted by NJBadApple@Dec 22 2016, 03:33 PM
What a great article series.

Couldn't agree more. Giving some story to these fights (and to sentences in the sim) is really neat.

Rob Wright

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McDoodle cant wait to knock out Bananas Foster first chance he gets. :lol:

That bum Manius is pretty high on his list too.

Meanwhile Ty Justice will continue the fight for truth, Justice and the West Kendall Platoon way!

The real question we should be asking ourselves, is Foster's lack of a testicle inhibiting his ability to finish :-?

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All hail Vader '

Originally posted by Slappydoodle+Dec 22 2016, 04:28 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1' id='QUOTE-WRAP'><tr><td>QUOTE (Slappydoodle @ Dec 22 2016, 04:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->McDoodle cant wait to knock out Bananas Foster first chance he gets.&nbsp; :lol: [/b]

) We'll see about that

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The real question we should be asking ourselves, is Foster's lack of a testicle inhibiting his ability to finish :-?[/quote]

One must question the testicular fortitude of my opponents, seeing as none of them have bested me either

Originally posted by GCool@Dec 22 2016, 05:53 PM


) We'll see about that



One must question the testicular fortitude of my opponents, seeing as none of them have bested me either

Ah, the age old question. Are two testes better than one?

:-?

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Originally posted by Allen@Dec 22 2016, 06:36 PM

Ah, the age old question. Are two testes better than one?

:-?

I'm assuming <a href='index.php?showuser=1974' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-59'>hockeyis66</a> hasn't lost a testicle yet, so default answer is yes?

Quality work c

=D>

Sigs by @FlappyGiraffe,  @Steelhead77,  @ToeDragon84, @slothfacekilla, @Wasty and other dude I need to find your name

Lil' Manius

Lil’ Manius | W | New Orleans| Retired 
Name: Lil' Manius
Height: 5’ 6”
Weight: 182
Number: 77
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Personal Awards and Records
S44 Challenge Cup Champion
S42 World Junior Championship Winner United States
S45 IIHF Silver Medal Winner United States
S48 IIHF Silver Medal Winner United States
S50 IIHF Gold Medal Winner United States
S51 IIHF Gold Medal Winner United States
S52 IIHF Bronze Medal Winner United States
S53 IIHF Gold Medal Winner United States
S48 1st All-Star Team
S52 Jeff Dar Trophy Nominee
S53 Jeff Dar Trophy Winner
S53 FHM MVP According to FHM or so they tell me
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Big Manius

Big Manius| D | Winnipeg | Retired
Name: Big Manius
Height: 6’ 9”
Weight: 265
Number: 7
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Personal Awards and Records
SHL Hall of Fame Player
Member of the Triple Gold Club
S37 Challenge Cup Champion
S25 Challenge Cup Champion
S42 IIHF Bronze Medal Winner Norway
S38 IIHF Silver Medal Winner Norway
S36 IIHF Silver Medal Winner Norway
S35 IIHF Gold Medal Winner Norway
S34 IIHF Bronze Medal Winner Norway
S33 IIHF Silver Medal Winner Norway
S31 IIHF Bronze Medal Winner Norway
S29 IIHF Silver Medal Winner Norway
S27 IIHF Top Defenseman
S33 2nd All-Star Team
S30 Turd Ferguson Award Winner
S30 League leader Fights Won
S26 Aidan Richen Trophy winner
S26 Scott Stevens Nominee
S26 2nd All-Star Team
S26 Tied for first in PP Goals
S23 Four Star Cup Champion
Falcons Modern Era: PIMS Leader - 96
Falcons Modern Era Leader: Power play Goals in a Season - 13
Falcons All Time Leaders: Defenseman Goals in a Season - 20
SMJHL S 22: Lead league in PIMs - 96
SMJHL S 23: Lead league in shot % - 22.73%
SMJHL S 22 Playoffs: Lead league in PIMs
SMJHL S 22 Playoffs:  Lead league in fights won
SMJHL S 23 Playoffs:  Lead league in fights won
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