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Fighting: Just like Chess
Fighting: Just like Chess
by Chris Young - AP about 1 month ago: Toronto Maple Leafs' Colton Orr, right, fights with Montreal Canadiens' Georges Laraque during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. ...
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NHL ELO fighter rankings
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Ranking the NHL's fighters
From The Rink — ... If you haven't been stopping by stats man Gabe Desjardins's pad lately, you'd be well-served to do so. He's banging out some good stuff over there. The latest is a system of ranking fighters, one that comes up with Georges Laraque as the NHL's top heavyweight. Here's the list based on the past three seasons: ...

Nightly Hockey Hits: Burke rejects Kaberle rumours, Alex Ovechkin’s “risk”, Habs continue to look for Markov’s replacement, Wild grow some wild Staches, using chess to evaluate hockey heavyweight fighters.
IllegalCurve.com — ... Behind the Net:  Ranking the NHL’s fighters.  Who would have thought you could use chess to aid in ranking NHL fighters!  Gabe Desjardins apparently.  Check out his site.  Really good hockey information. ...

Wake Up Links: Sabres Ready For Tough Weekend
Die By The Blade — ... Hockey News: Joe DiPenta's Blog: Joe DiPenta’s Blog: Getting used to AHL life We followed Joe Dipenta's Hockey News blog during the off-season and he is continuing to update now from Portland. It is always fun to hear what a player has to say about a situation. NHL Attendance Down After October - SB Nation This is not completely unexpected. With the economy in shambles people have very limited extra money to spend on attending NHL games. Fighting: Just like Chess - Behind The Net Who's the best fighter in the NHL? Behind the ...

Friday Caps Clips: Caps @ Panthers Game Day
Japers' Rink — ... might be getting a lump of coal of sorts in his stocking on Christmas (and yes, I know that Russians celebrate Christmas on January 7). [From The Rink] The Caps' road whites as the fourth-best jerseys of the decade. Too bad the hometown fans never get to see 'em. [Puck Padre] A look back at Brendan Morrison's college career. [NHL.com] Want to see "Brendan Witt" and "chess" in the same blog post? Click through. [Behind The Net] Happy 38th birthday to Sergei Berezin and happy 46th ...

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