There's old time hockey, and then there's a prison riot. Considering there were more players on the ice than on the benches by the end of the New York Islanders' 9-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, this was as ugly a slugfest as the Montreal/Boston donnybrook earlier this week was gleeful.
According to the official box score, the teams combined for 346 penalty minutes; which was still off from the NHL record set by Ottawa and Philadelphia in March 2004 (419 PIM), but a noble effort nonetheless.
The aggression was a carryover from last week's 3-0 Isles' loss to the Penguins that saw goalie Brent Johnson send Rick DiPietro to injured reserve with a one-punch goalie fight and Max Talbot leave Blake Comeau with a concussion on what was called a blindside hit.
That was quite a night. As John Tavares said: "Hell of a game."
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I remember the league saying this game was a bad look for the sport, but no, this was f**kin awesome. Most entertaining game Ive ever watched.
actually its a very bad look and totally unaccpetable
@@NickyD go watch football then
The modern NHL is play doe soft, fighting and hitting stats are down well over 50% from a decade ago.
I was there, and watch this video every once and a while. Kept me a fan
go watch mma
I guess they don't call it the Colosseum for nothing!
It's amazing they had enough players left to finish the game.
Can we talk about how empty the benches were at the end of the game though?
That's called team & teammates & being one standing up for your team against the bully regardless of which team in this game you love or hate I will give both teams that much. They especially the islanders actually showed for once they were a team & were teammates. Something they rarely do before let alone since this. It drives me nuts though that there's never the whole picture regarding both games that lead up to the first game two weeks early let alone this one. BTW I've always been a Brent Johnson Marc Andre Fleury & a penguins fan since I was born with skates already on & a hockey stick & goalie pads. The only thing I will say is what Gillies does to Tangredi in this game let alone standing in the door taunting Tangredi was wrong & why the gillies is a cowardly bully.
Now THAT is what Fort Neverlose is. Never lose a hockey game and never lose an entire team fight
must've been a fun game to experience in person
It was I was there
I literally just found out today I was at this particular game. I was 7. I've always had a memory of an Isles-Pens game where the Isles scored 9 and there were a lot of fights, but I had no idea it was record breaking for both teams. It was awesome and apparently I was on the jumbotron twice
@@liguy181 But you as a seven year old didn’t know the context coming into this game. This was an all time classic in Islanders history. I was only nine years old at the time of this game.
I had tickets but I sold them.
@@liguy181the reddit pfp says ur capping
i caught this game on tv. best random channel flip... ever.
One of my teachers was at this game. He said he was in awe of what was happening.
I remember watching this when I was like 9 and it was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. Isles score 9 goals and everyone gets tossed. Unreal game.
Same here bro my mind was blown lol
That's the one bad part of all the rule changes since the 80's. Back then, there would have been one huge bench clearer and then it would have settled down.
Bench clearers aren't good the problem is not the fighting the problem is the hypocrisy of the nhl. Brent Johnson didn't cheap shot anyone when he ko'd dipietro while most of the islanders in either or both of the games cheap shotted penguin players. Talbot's hit was high but not dirty unlike Martin's or gillies attempt at cheap shot punches from behind un unsuspecting players. Johnson didn't do anything in either game but the refs let the cowardly islanders at home just run wild. I mean hailey got in to what 3 fights then left one fight & immediately went & tried to start another one with the goalie brent johnson & gillies plows into Tangredi and then is allowed to stand in the door way yelling back at the player he just put head first into the glass almost for behind.
@@craighanson-rc1mdteams had been taking liberties with with isles and for example cooke was taking runs at isles goalies in previous games, the talbot hit and penguins laughing at the dipietro ko probably was the last straw. After this game isles won 4 of their next 5 games and teams weren't suddenly taking as many shots at more skilled players like Tavares or Bailey.
@@trsctr Bailey & martin were bullies but had no real talent just like matt rempe has no talent other then being tall long arm reach & willing to risk his face & teeth more then many. If you notice though Brent Johnson wasn't laughing he did his job & skated over to the bench waiting to be kicked if for no other reason then crossing the blue line. Actually I believe it was because of this that crossing the blue like became an automatic ejection for goalies. Brent Johnson didn't enjoy doing it & while fleury & letang are my three top favorite players even now it wasn't brents fault dipietro went down so fast. Dipietro took liberaty with cooke right or wrong high sticking him and then bit off more then he could handle especially as injury prone as he was. Brent could have just knocked him and let dipietro fall hard but he didn't it could have been much worse & that wouldn't have been on Johnson. If roles were reversed your isle would be laughing just like they tried to do then next game when chaos really was released & the refs even knowing what had happened last meeting let skaters just come & go even after being ejected like hailey & gillies.
@@craighanson-rc1md Bailey a bully with no real talent? Ok lol.
@@trsctr yep just like martin just like gillies & examples of why no still likes the isles. Even the Rangers have more support then the Isles.
Once an Islander,always an Islander. I’m an English fan of the New York Islanders and I will always be proud to show my colours! People say theses are goons,I say they are playing for the jersey and their teammates. I couldn’t give a f**k what others think,I’m an Islander,and I’m proud to be one.
Yeah English islanders too!!….same I don’t give I fuck I love the blue and orange …..it love it it when they fight a specially Ross the boss and Martin ….now we have chara lol 😂
💀
See, I HATE everything about the UK, except that. THAT RIGHT THERE. I wish we had that same spirit. Come On You Irons
the money i would have spent to be there
Was worth the money for me
It would have been amazing to see this live.
Cost like 3 dollars in those days lol but this game was awesome
This was the first hockey game I remember watching live as a kid
Legendary it was my first hockey game
I remember watching this game on tv with my dad. Always exciting to see a fight in any game but this was something to behold.
Same! I was 13 and me and my dad were hooting and hollering what a great game.
I was there that night as 13 year old with my dad, and this game is why I watch every single Islanders game and became a true Isles fan. I was a fan before this night, but this game brought it home for good, and I recently saw Trevor Gillies at the 2019 Alumni Day and spoke to him for five minutes about this game. He said he still hates Goddard
Goddard and Talbot are trash
did you ask him how much of a man he felt attacking an injured player?
how does this make u proud to be an islanders fan. they were dirty the whole game
Get a real team !!!!! Boston Bruins season ticket holder here 23 years and counting..but got to give to them ..they play there asses off
They went to fight and a hockey game broke out !
Brenda Snider sometimes a hockey game broke out
Dang!! Love This! "Everybody Get Down" Good Job Having Each Others Back.When The Goalie Goes Off...Now That's Worth Watchin.
LOVE THE FIGHTING. If NHL bans fighting, NHL will perish.
hmmm barely any fighting now and the NHL is still going
Almost happened yayyyyy
@@crazysoundman not in a good way cupcake
@Sport Highlights everyday108 well thats because Boston a real team .. GO BRUINS !!!!!!!!!#1
6:10 you can tell it's been a good game
Lost my voice for 3 days after this. Best regular season game I’ve been too.(Tavares’ return to the island is no. 2)
Make Hockey Violent Again
Wish hockey was like this in every game
LeftyStegman but this isn’t really hockey
I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out!
@@zad9760 not todays pussy league
Come on guys! Its Hockey! Just about every team has been involved brawls
Wrong! The Habs and Nordiques NEVER brawled! D:
thats wasnt a brawl, that was intentional intent to hurt the pens by the islanders because they were pissed off their moron goalie got himself knocked out the season
I dont remember the thrashers brawling it out or the old atl flames
@@crazysoundman Actually it was Talbot elbowing Comeau in the head and the Penguins laughing at Dipetro after he was hurt. Thank you for your ridiculous one-sided point of view and propaganda. Goebbels would be proud of u.
@@allsystemsgo8678 bruh dipetro got what he got, he wanted to fight and he payed the price, it’s his fault
konopka gillies and haley on the same line, islanders really wanted to send a message lol
Awesome stuff, hockey rules!
goalie from pens had more balls than talbot
Yeah, and he needed to get his ass kicked by Haley. Godard saved him by coming off the bench. That should have resulted in an automatic suspension for him AND the coach. Check the rules and check out what happened to see if that actually occurred. I can save you the time...it didn't.
@@frankiebanali4202 first of all he beat his ass and it is hard for a goaile to fight a player and he did get suspended
Brent Johnson ended DiPietro's pathetic career with one punch. How pitiful. 🤔
To be fair hailey basically jumped tangradi, then got into another fight then was sent to the box but instead went after johnson(who taunted him lol) Goddard then hopped on the ice illegally so you could say everybody was a bit guilty then. And it all happened because dipietro has a glass jaw he should have never fought Johnson anyway.
Can someone tell me the players who stayed on the bench (both teams)?
Great ass kicking by the Isles!!!!
Lets Go Isles
Hey, I guess if you can't win Stanley Cups, winning a fight is a small consolation. 😉
As an islanders fan, this… does put a smile on my face
Man I was thinking the same thing we suck right now
@@tyroneball2501 Not now tho. 😁
Soul Fly I believe song?
Did the Pens not expect this?
Lol. Mario bitched about it the next day meanwhile the pens led the league in fighting majors that year. was pathetic.
Love the Rocky music at the ending part
This is the complete and utter change of the Islanders organization, where a soft organization would make it known our best players will not be thrown about. Got reminded of this due to the Rangers-Caps brawl
You won't get days like these back again...not unless someone is more than willing to stick it to today's league and just go all out, linesmen be damned!
The humorous part was Lemieux and Bylsma and the Penguins crying and complaining after the game, considering they had been posting on social media the entire week before how they were gonna dominate the Isles again, then couldn’t handle the carnage that they invited. Talbot, Tangradi and Letang weren’t the same after this game, because their tough guy reputations were destroyed in this one game.
Props to Bailey, not known for dropping the gloves!
Good video... background music you added is kinda annoying though
give me hockey like this again :-(
This game was awesome
Go Isles . Dominated Pittsburgh
The Pens got an old fashioned beat down.
Not really a beatdown 1 side or the other. Besides, the Pens didn't have both Mike Rupp or Deryk Engelland available for the spicy stuff. Those 2 guys alone can change tides.
No shame in admitting to defeat. Happened a long time ago. No sour grapes necessary.
i think my favorite talbot moment was the time sean avery mocked him...hilarious. pittsburgh fans, check it out. :D
Oh I remember it, lol. Talbot may be a game 7 hero, but good fighter, he was not.
with 4 guys left on the bench... i can confidently say "put me in coach, i can do it!!!" and no body shots? work the liver boy
I guess Disco Dan didn't thoroughly look over the pre game lineup card from the islanders?
Great night, Isles turned a corner that game!
This was all in one game??
Yea
Yup
Crosby and Malkin missed all the fun
10 years ago. Wow.
Wow the punch that led to injuries that ruined dipietro
Make Hockey Great Again
i was at this game. i’ll never forget it
I love the islanders so much but that fighting was crazy and all i kept thinking while watching this is WHY DID MATT MARTIN CUT HIS HAIR
we should of never let him go I'm so pist about that.
• Sayago martin cut his hair because it's a rule on the Leafs. Every team has little rules like that.
HES BACK
Happy 10th year anniversary!
@groundsmanbri Also you would know that they weren't instigated for no reason, It all started over a cheap shot from a prior game. Revenge if you will. Still regardless, there were alot of bench clearing brawls, much more common then, than now.
10 years to the day. They played each other tonight, however Isles pissed it away.
@TheBruinsfan100 Good soundtrack.
what was the reason Crosby didnt skate for this game?
Same reason why pro nfl teams dont play there star players in preseason they dont want them getting hurt🤷♂️ which is dumb but oh well. when the isles had brought up goons just for this game i wouldn't be playin my top guys either
Cause Cindy is a pussy..just like the Shitsburgh turtles
Gabe Good concussion
ah the good old days before linesmen ruined every fight
I want NHL hockey back. Bring back the two line pass and bring back enforcers. Nobody care anymore.
Nightrain76 bro the 2 line pass was the worst
Dalton Bew getting rid of it speeded up the game to where the enforcers couldn't keep up. I'd rather have enforcers than speed.
Michael Hailey !! GUy knows how to fight!
wow this aint no hockey game this a fighting game
Omg look at the benches. 2 people left
This Game...
10:7 players remaining on both sides Isles 10 Pens 7
How the hell was Craig Adams an assistant captain?
John Fischer captaincy isn’t based upon skill. Adams was a veteran that showed loads of leadership. Look at the Florida Panthers current captain as a perfect example
If I remember right , Malkin and Crosby were both injured that season .
So the Penguins had someone who could talk to refs while penalty kill. Plus they had rotating assistant captains
That was a gooder!
haley is a pitbull love having him on the sharks
Godard will forever be a legend for jumping off the bench 😂
This makes me so proud to be an Islander fan!!! Since Bailey and Martin are still playing.....I wonder where Haley and Gillies are now?
When you can't win Stanley Cups, this is the type of stuff that fans of trash organizations get excited for.
They're in rehab
Penguins getting their ass kicked never gets old!
😔 not happy with that comment
The best thing is that it started on February 2nd when Talbot hit comeau and Johnson nocked out dipietro...Which I think was a huge favor done for the Islanders.
It makes me miss the days when the teams played each other 6-7 times a season. The rivalries were so much better.
Konapka, Haley, Martin, and gillies. Sheesh
As a Rangers fan I can't root for the islanders. But God almighty, I hate Talbot & pens. Edit: Gillies looks bad ass with that hairdo. Johnson is a real tough guy with Godard punching Haley, huh?
Considering Johnson knocked out DiPietro and had no hesitation to fight Haley, I'd say he's pretty tough
@@Rynos8771 Rick Dipietro? See, if you were mentioning Dan Cloutier or Mike Vernon, then yeah, I'd considered your argument to be valid. But Rick DiPietro? Johnson is a big goalie & DiPietro is at least 3 inches shorter than him. Also, DiPietro is from NCAA. When did you see last time a goalie fight in NCAA? But I don't like 2 on 1 fights. It's not "tough" to double team the other guy.
Yeah, Gillies looked real tough punching an injured Tangradi, who was already down, then mocking him.
@@MACK0142 I was referring to Gillies' hairdo. I don't give a dang about whoever you named. I'm not islanders fan and I certainly don't care for the pens
@@mikhailkhan6752 I never inclined that you had to care. I was just adding my own thought
The Islanders were angry that the Pens players were laughing at them the last game they played against them, and they did something about it. Charles Wang, the owner, was against fighting, so there was more pent up tension. I doubt they were laughing after this game. Fast forward to us knocking the Pens out of the playoffs last year, and being on the cusp of sweeping the Caps out of the playoffs this year.
I want these penguins back...
+Chipmunkbutt74 they were a fun team to watch... but they weren't good.
agreed the team they have now just won the Stanley cup
they were pussy that got There ass beat everyway
would love to not have 2 cups
They were plenty good, these were just the fatal Fleury years where we were constantly behind in the playoffs because of less than stellar goalie play, including an 8-2 destruction in the first round in this particular year.
The best part was watching the Penguins announcers crying about this game.... the same crew that cried during this was the same crew that laughed about the broken jaw punch.... Go figure that
@big red wah wah
The best 23 dollar spent I EVERR !!!! ahhaha
BRENT JHONSON IS A F*** ROCK !!! KILLING IT !!!
All in 1 game
DiPietro, biggest waste of a long term contract in history. He was always injured and Johnson finished him off.
As a life long Isles fan, I remember this and love it.
Great hockey at its finest !!! But its still not a Bruins brawl ,theres nothing like an intense fight at the garden !! 💪🇺🇸💥👊💥👊💥👍🌟🌟
What’s funny is that like 2 nights before this Boston and Montreal had a fight night
lol two players on the pens bench
Let’s go islanders
Great old time hockey! Love this! Hockey is game for real man's, not for ballet!
the fans got a deal: 2 for 1 - boxing/MMA and hockey
Respect the metallica
I was there was great ! And it was pay back from the pens big mouths ! Cheap shot hits and the islanders won
Glad is isles won something for once. Too bad they took the L on their franchise player
@@PaGrapes you sound mad..dont cry cupcake
@@honkeyKong618 Why would I be mad? The penguins got their ass beat in a fight which doesnt affect Stanley Cup contention. Having a terrible record and trading your best player does.
@@PaGrapes you're mad because the pens had their assets handed to them
@@adammiller9366 lol im not mad, the penguins won 2 in a row
Last watchable NHL game ever-
Josh Done Said no one ever.
@@JakeMMelvin actually, he just said it
Uhhh..... pretty simple. The team in blue literally kicked the ever living shit out of the team in white. That was ever fucking ugly
Who punches a player that is hurt? Apparently the 2010-11 Islanders thought so.
GoalieMan 30 you play fortnite and like the pens you have no say in anything in life
Wap you are a keyboard warrior with no substance to your comment.... He is right, Gillies was very bush league as was Haley.
@@Paul-gw6un a guy plays one of the most popular game in modern gaming history, and supports a team that can win cups, but yet he has no say...ok bud
PaGrapes only 12 year olds play that game that’s why it’s popular and the penguins haven’t been a cup competitor this season or last season
@@Paul-gw6un sure they do, but so do people that are 60. You dont become the most popular game with one demographic. The pens actually made the playoffs last year and we are only 20 games in to this one so that's irrelevant. You're argument is bad and you should feel bad
I despise the islanders but seeing them kick the penguins ass puts a smile on my face. Great ass kicking
Lol seeing the pens win 2 in a row and the rangers below .500 and the islanders lose their franchise player puts an even bigger smile on my face
Seeing you guys waste what could have been an icredible career for Henrik makes me sad
@@PaGrapes seeing whiney Shitsburgh turtle bandwagoneers crying like always ..puts a smile on my face. Oh...how many times Shitsburgh go bankrupt again? Lmao...thats what I thought...keep up the good work
@@honkeyKong618 lol band wagoners is the insult everyone goes to when there are fans of a good team.... you asked a question and then answered it before I could so thats just idiotic. Come up with some good banter or something before you just display rubbish in the comments. I know its hard but use your brain a little. Sorry the Islanders aren't a good team. They will be, but they arent now. Way of the road
One of the greatest games in Islander history! The NHL & the refs, and especially the Penguins showed them no respect for more than just this season. This was their answer, and it bonded the team and rejuvenated the fans.
I loved watching Johnson break ricks face 😂😂
Gillies was tough but Eric Godard was a beast. So, I assume that Maxime Talbot was being his usual punk-self at some earlier meeting?
Nothing about Godard was beast here. If anything for his rep he got embarrassed by trevor gillies. He knew he was about to get clocked once the helmet came off and gave up like the overrated bitch he is. 🤣🤣. And yea. He cheap shotted blake comeau and put him out for rest of the season for no reason. Was all deserved big time.
The Pens got used like drunk prom dates that night.
ThePsycoScout No they didn’t
Get rid of the stupid music in the background
Metallica is stupid lol?
Haleys the best pound for pounder of his generation.
I was there~
Holy crap. So loud in such a small arena. Would have paid $1000 to be there
the old barn is known as the loudest arena. yes, us fans are insane, but the low roof helps
yawn... no one bloodied crysby’s face... lame
Quit saying" After the Johnson/DiPietro fight" that wasn't a fight, that was Johnson taking out RDP with one punch????
Not a fan of either team,but what Gilles did to Tangradi was not hockey