SabreEleven
12-08-2011, 12:40 PM
On Dec. 8, 1991 (http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199112080BUF.html), the Calgary Flames (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/cgy/) visited the Buffalo Sabres (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/buf/) at The Aud in a game many anticipated would be an ill-mannered affair.
Calgary defenseman Jamie Macoun had broken the jaw of Sabres star Pat Lafontaine in a Nov. 16 game. Revenge was in the air. At 17:34 of the first period, the teams engaged in one of the most chaotic and lengthy brawls ever seen in the arena -- which had seen its share of them. It wasn't so much a benches-clearing brawl than it was a brawl on the bench:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Happy-20th-anniversary-Sabres-vs-Flames-bench-?urn=nhl-wp19316
Calgary defenseman Jamie Macoun had broken the jaw of Sabres star Pat Lafontaine in a Nov. 16 game. Revenge was in the air. At 17:34 of the first period, the teams engaged in one of the most chaotic and lengthy brawls ever seen in the arena -- which had seen its share of them. It wasn't so much a benches-clearing brawl than it was a brawl on the bench:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Happy-20th-anniversary-Sabres-vs-Flames-bench-?urn=nhl-wp19316