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Brett McLean on Sidney Crosby: 'The Kid' Says the Darndest Things
miamiherald.typepad.com - 1/5/2009
Brett McLean on Sidney Crosby: 'The Kid' Says the Darndest Things
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MONTREAL -- When Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby was asked to explain why he jumped Florida's Brett McLean in the face-off circle during the second period of Saturday's game, he said he thought McLean was ready to fight. It sure didn't look...
Fight Video: Sidney Crosby really earns his instigator penalty
sports.yahoo.com - 1/4/2009
Fight Video: Sidney Crosby really earns his instigator penalty
— sports.yahoo.com — Frustration, thy name is the Pittsburgh Penguins . Unless you consider a Sidney Crosby fight off the... faceoff and his 21 minutes in penalties to be harbingers of sunshine for the Pens in their 6-1 humiliation to the visiting Florida Panthers today:  ... (more) Fight Video: Sidney Crosby really earns his instigator ...

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Florida's McLean claims Sidney Crosby is lying about their fight
sports.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
Florida's McLean claims Sidney Crosby is lying about their fight
— sports.yahoo.com — After his "fight" with Brett McLean of the Florida Panthers yesterday, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby claimed... that he and McLean had agreed to drop gloves following the faceoff: "We were talking early in the first period ... I ... (more) Florida's McLean claims Sidney Crosby is lying about ...

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Litter Box Cats:  Canadiens hang on in up-and-down match, slam Cats in shoot-out

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Empty Netter Assists - Eastern Conference - 1-5-09
Empty Netters — Penguins -Florida forward Brett McLean claims he never heard Sidney Crosby challenge him. -PensBurgh says the Crosby-McLean fight has been blown out of proportion. -Ray Shero cares not for your trade requests. -Sergei Gonchar has too many women in his house. -Um... Don't hold your breath for that Crosby trade. -Consol Energy, which just paid a good deal of money for naming rights to the Penguins' new arena, could lay off up to 260 mine workers. -EN contributor Eric ...

Canadiens hang on in up-and-down match, slam Cats in shoot-out
Litter Box Cats — ... Miami Herald: Cats lose in shootout, blog: more McLean/Crosby Sun-Sentinel: Andy stays course Montreal Gazette: Halak breakdown Le Journal de ...

The Morning Skate: Winning and Losing on Hockey's Big Stages
Slap Shot — ... And finally, here are two wonderful pugilistic moments from Saturday. First, the comical Alexander Semin-vs.-Marc Staal bout in D.C., in which Caps announcer Joe Beninati correctly says it looks like Semin is playing the bongos on the falling Staal. And then there’s everyone’s second favorite hockey hero/villain Sidney Crosby (after the Unsavory Avery), who decided to tossed the Panthers Brett McLean around like dog with a rag doll. As reported in various places, including in the Miami Herald blog of George Richards , Sid Vicious maintains McLean said he wanted to go. McLean ...

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You Know Its Ugly When......
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com 1/3/2009 — I apologize for the following....may hockey forgive me for my sin....but here goes.... Crosby mauls McLean. This was not even a fair fight folks. Crosby does not even let him drop the gloves...he just jumps him! Back to the regularly scheduled hockey viewing! Officiating poor..maybe but still ouch!
Brett McLean vs Sidney Crosby Jan 3, 2009
hockeyfights.com 1/3/2009 — Brett McLean vs Sidney Crosby from the Florida Panthers at Pittsburgh Penguins game on Jan 3, 2009 ( fight , game )
The Sidney Crosby and Brett McLean 'fight' blown out of proportion
pensburgh.com 1/4/2009 —     Everyone is having a field day with this, so I figured it's only right to say my part as well.  As always, I'd love to hear what you guys have to say about it. In this video you'll notice an altercation between ...
Aftermath of Sidney Crosby's 'Fight' With Florida's Brett McLean
nhl.fanhouse.com 1/4/2009 — by Adam Gretz Hopefully by now you've seen the video of Sidney Crosby and his attempt to light a fire under his teammates by mugging Brett McLean during Saturday's game in Pittsburgh. Actually, it looked like he may have been trying to steal ...
Schadenfreude Sunday: Pens in 9th in the East, Crosby Wanted by Interpol, Various War Crimes Tribunals
onfrozenblog.com 1/4/2009 — Last night at Verizon Center I was implored by my press box colleagues to eyeball the video of Sidney Crosby's ambush of Florida's Brett McLean earlier in the day. Suspecting an incendiary motive among them, I waited until I arrived home from the game. By puck-drop between the Caps and Rags last nig
"Captain" Crosby loses his skull: the aftermath of a bizarre decision
litterboxcats.com 1/4/2009 —    Poor Brett McLean. The offensively-struggling Panthers' forward was simply lining up for a standard faceoff when opposing center and league emperor Sidney Crosby jumped him in a viscious attack at the puck drop in what was ...
A Tale of Two Fights
peerlessprognosticator.blogspot.com 1/4/2009 — There were ten fights recorded in the NHL on Saturday. However, only two of them will get a lot of attention this morning and, perhaps, for the next few days. In one, Sidney Crosby – allegedly the poster boy of the National Hockey League – was engaged ...
Sidney Crosby's Fighting Style: Dirty as I Wanna Be, Part 2
nhl.fanhouse.com 1/3/2009 — by Adam Gretz A couple of weeks ago Eric McErlain passed along the video of Penguins center Sidney Crosby punching an unsuspecting Atlanta Thrashers player in the goods. It didn't exactly go over well with hockey fans because, well, a lot of ...
While Sidney Crosby claims that his ambush on Brett McLean was after a previous agreement to fight, McLean says Crosby is lying. Verdict: Crosby is still a punk. — FanIQ Blog
McLean denied that he had previously agreed to fight Crosby. Source:
Sidney Crosby Takes on Brett McLean! — Hockey Beat
Wow!!!  You don’t often seen Pittsburgh Penguins captain, Sidney Crosby , get into a fight but the Kid threw down with Brett McLean on Saturday night and earned a fighting major (19 minutes – five for fighting, two for unsportsmanlike conduct, two for instigating and a 10 minute ...
McLean denies pre-determined scrum — Litter Box Cats
McLean denies pre-determined scrum ''We had not, at any point, (spoken about fighting.) It was as surprising to me as it was to you guys.'' - Panthers fourth-line center Brett McLean, commenting on his altercation with Pens' forward Sidney Crosby, who claimed the "fight" was ...
Florida's McLean claims Sidney Crosby is lying about their fight — Puck Daddy
After his "fight" with Brett McLean of the Florida Panthers yesterday, Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby claimed that he and McLean had agreed to drop gloves following the faceoff: "We were talking early in the first period ... I asked him to go, he said 'yes'. Usually yes ...
When goal scorer’s drop the gloves… Some do better than others [You Tube Treasures] — We Eat Children
With all the hubbub of Sid the Kid taking out his frustration on Florida Panther Brett McLean, I thought we’d take a look back at Crosby’s first fight against Andrew Ference of the Boston Bruins. Considering… Crosby held his own pretty good in that one, slightly better than ...
Sidney Crosby's Fight: What Was it and What Could it Mean for his Image? — Movable Type System Activity
Everybody's seen it already. With about three minutes left in the second period Sidney Crosby jumped Brett McLean off of the faceoff. It's been called everything from courageous to cowardly, from motivational to a cheap shot. So what was it? Was it a team captain standing up for ...
Sidney Crosby vs Brett McLean, Hockey Fight Video, 1/3/09 — NESW Sports, Sports Videos
Sidney Crosby vs Brett McLean, Hockey Fight, 1/3/09 . The Penguins center and captain Sidney Crosby wails away on Florida’s Brett McLean right after the puck drops during the second period. He drops his gloves and pulls McLean’s jersey over his head. He did not have a chance, and I ...
Crosby fights McLean — Waiting For Stanley
I'm not usually a fan of Sid the Kid. But when he tunes on a guy like he did tonight to Florida's Brett McLean I can appreciate that. This where a goon would come in handy, and the instigator rule... Follow title link to original article
Hockey Fight of the Day: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins vs Brett McLean, Florida Panthers — FanIQ Blog
Sidney Crosby won this fight, without a doubt. But nothing about it makes him a winner. I have no idea what he's trying to do here, other than make a name for himself as the most pathetic wuss in the NHL. First, there was his cheap shot on Boris Valabik, and now this. I'm all for a ...
Panthers Talk Crosby — KK Hockey
from George Richards of On Frozen Pond, Here’s what happened: Moments after Campbell and Maxime Talbot fought a good fight, Crosby and McLean lined up in the faceoff circle. The puck was dropped, Crosby grabbed McLean and took him down, shaking and pulling him around the ice ...
Sidney Crosby Keeps Picking Ugly, Unfair Fights — SPORTSbyBROOKS
Sidney Crosby is a punk? Don’t scoff, he’s really acting like it over the past couple of weeks. With the Penguins mired in a catastrophic losing skid, Crosby picked his second fight against an unsuspecting victim in two weeks, and his moves this time around were just as lowbrow as ...
Pussy Sydney Crosby strikes again — NHL Hockey Fights
Well if you missed it Saturday you missed some more cheap shit by NHL super star Sydney Crosby. Crosby jumps Brett McLean off a faceoff and pulls his sweater over McLean's head and continues throwing punches while McLean can't see. That's pretty classless for a guy who is suppose to be the super ...
Loose Pucks - Crosby Ignores “The Code” — Canes Country
As we take a quick look around the hockey world, there were a couple of interesting hockey “fights” this weekend. First of all, Sid Crosby picked up an instigator penalty as well as an unsportsmanlike conduct and a 10 minute major misconduct for mixing it up with Brett McLean during ...
The Perils of Sidney — Kuklas Korner
Since Saturday night, Sidney Crosby’s been called every name in the book – either positive (“What a leader!”) or negative (“What a dirty player!”), depending on your view of his bout with Florida’s Brett McLean. I’m guilty of it too, as I joked ...
Brett McLean vs Sidney Crosby — Flyers Fan Central
Brett McLean vs Sidney Crosby from the Florida Panthers at Pittsburgh Penguins game on Jan 3, 2009. Along with the 5 minutes for fighting cindy received 2 minutes for instigating, 2 minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct and 10 minutes for misconduct. The unsportsmanlike penalty called ...
Sidney Crosby Throws A Temper Tantrum — Bleacher Report - NHL
Sidney Crosby let his superstar hormones get the best of him tonight. Instead of worrying about putting the puck in the net to try and lead his team out of their slump like a good captain should, he threw a temper tantrum and jumped Brett Mclean . ...
Battle of the Bizarre Fights — Capitals Insider
Alexander Semin engaged in his first career fight tonight with Rangers defenseman Marc Staal, who had two small scratches under his left eye after the encounter. And for those of you who weren't watching the game, check out the first video. ...