Trevor Gillies vs Shawn Thornton Dec 9, 2010

[1010Huey]

Atta boy Gillies! I even thought the handlebar 'stache threw a couple of uppercuts.

I bet Chara and Lucic were sitting on the bench with a very high pucker factor thankful they were not out there. Good fight by two solid warriors.

[OwnYou247]

gilles your garbage !!!

[CJames410]

See, this is what I love about Jack Edwards.  When this stuff happens he turns into a fight announcer. These guys just talked about if "it was a good move."

[Valorisblack]

He's pissed because everyone knows he wears Warrior shoulder pads.

[Crazydrummer995]

haha im happy now. i dont remember thronton doing that good in this fight :D

[amuch92]

classic boston fan comment... ummm well thornton is a better player!

[AlienBusDriver]

Thornton lost the fight, but is a much better player... so ya you know

[4JRimmer]

Thornton is by far the most valuable scrapper in the league. Scrapper that can put points on the board. One of the very few - ever!

[Flyers20Fan]

@4JRimmer ever? thats just one of the least edcuated statements i hav heard in awhile, u do realize how the league was less skilled years ago and a lot of the tough guys were actually good players, terry o'reilly for one and he was actually a real good player unlike thornton who is more skilled than almost the rest of the tough guys in the league but he also was a healthy scratch in the playoffs a lot cus hes not that valuable outside of the fighting aspect

[dmh089]

@4JRimmer Todd Bertuzzi?

[Valorisblack]

@dmh089 My thoughts exactly haha

[faded420sdkjsafh]

@4JRimmer except for laraque would destroy thorton..but i see you point in how he can put points on the board..

[TheTheUnabomber]

@4JRimmer I would agree that Thornton is a good guy and a fair scrapper. I wouldn't say the most valuable.

[khav11]

@4JRimmer chris simon probert behn wilson were playing on the 1-2 line.... thorton scored 25 goals in his entire career. probert and simon scored more goals in one season LMAO and they were 10x tougher than shawny.

[yadnom1000]

Draw but thorntn is 20 times tougher

[evanfifield1]

how biased gillies missed most of his punches until the body shots but its new ytork trash announcers jack edwards isnt even that biased

[vikingrich]

@evanfifield1 lay off the crack pipe.

[4o43d]

I like how Thornton can score, it is great that he can fight the best guys in the league when he is smaller than most you have to give him credit for that.

[102111nm]

i think a laraque and gillies never go

[headPSU]

Gillies is animal. He is not a hockey player... I'm a Pens fan, but I love to watch him do what he knows to do.

[egghead62]

YAWN. WATCHING HOCKEY FIGHT'S BORE'S THE SHIT OUT OF ME. WATCHING TWO LIGHTWEIGHT PUSSIES BITCHSLAPPING EACH OTHER IS EVEN WORSE.

[sr016ify]

@egghead62 then why do u watch it????

[egghead62]

@sr016ify - Hmmm, I guess to hear neanderthals like you justify why fighting should be a part of hockey in the first place. ;D

[sr016ify]

@egghead62 Fighting gives the game momentum. Or sometimes it's just cause players get pissed at eachother and they fight.

[mooseman1231]

@egghead62

to bad these guys are 2 of the toughest guys in the nhl to date

[evanfifield1]

look at the pathetic islanders high5 for a fight that the only thing they can cheer for because there a disgrace to the league and sterotypical fans trying to act tough not trying to be mean but new york islanders fan are horrible

[evanfifield1]

too bad gillies can only fight anything else hes shit and takes cheap shots at players because he sucks

[BaronSamediVoodooLoa]

@evanfifield1 He scored two goals. For a goon that's pretty good.

[mooseman1231]

@BaronSamediVoodooLoa

shawn thornton scored 12 or 13 goals this season thats phenominal for an enforcer

[BaronSamediVoodooLoa]

@mooseman1231 Yes but Thornton played 79 games in the regular season. Gillies only played 39.

[MrBarelylethal]

@BaronSamediVoodooLoa Yes and thornton had 20 points and won his second stanley cup! Gillies was suspended for 19 games but I like both these guys and gillies narrowly won this fight.

[BaronSamediVoodooLoa]

@MrBarelylethal Yes but the point I'm making is that Gillies could have scored another goal or 2 if he hadn't been suspended. That's all.

[MrBarelylethal]

@BaronSamediVoodooLoa yeah I don't know about that he's a career minor leaguer and hats off to him for finally making the NHL

[258MPCo]

Gillies....What a goon!!! There is no place in the NHL for players like him.

[JHuntProductions]

props to shawn for fighting a guy with a handlebar mustache

[mixam32]

@1kash123 You're a motherfucker dude....

[TyRoy97]

Solid fight

[ttttcool]

best handlebars in the game

[wegettinarabmoney]

freezing bs

[wpniabbc]

good to see thornton get his ass kicked i cant stand him.

[TheR1Z3]

@wpniabbc Thornton didnt really get his ass kicked, Thornton is a righty, and fought lefty for most of the fight, and when he switched to his right hand the guy just grabbed him and the linesman came in

[mooseman1231]

@wpniabbc

to bad he didnt get his ass kicked you dumass the fight was a draw and thornton is righty and fought lefty almost the whole fight so he held gillies to a draw with his bad hand

[MrTodd52]

Gillies wins indeed. Thorton is all marked up. Yah win some yah lose some.

[mooseman1231]

@MrTodd52

the fight was a draw easy thornton isnt a lefty fighter and he still held his own and answered every punch gillies had to offer

[classicNHLfights]

Gillies wins... first time in awhile that I've seen Thornton lose one.

[JHuntProductions]

@classicNHLfights he always so bruised up i think its hilarious, whether he wins or loses he still looks tough

[mooseman1231]

@classicNHLfights

thornton didnt lose he is not a lefty he fights with his right hand and still was on his feet and answered gillies punches

[marcanar9]

Some land by Gillis. Thornton marked up.

[mcoop221]

Nothing really landed!

[ssjcell]

swing and a miss

[civicturbolive]

Gillies is a tuff dude man!

[detriotrdwings]

Draw 

[MrJuha82]

CLEAR DRAW here, HANDS DOWN FELLAS!!

LOL

Because i am Taurus.man i am right automatically hehe joke..

[jaipaul68]

wow i was supriesd to se thorrnotn to get worked lik tht

[bisp25]

i'll bet jack edwards call of the fight was totally different from isles announcers.

[miafan89]

@bisp25 I was just thinking the same thing lol

[orourke32]

@bisp25 oh it was

[sexy123456789ization]

@bisp25 hes a fucking plug. i hate jack edwards. fuck him!

[bisp25]

@sexy123456789ization nothing better then a bruin getting beat up when asshole edwards is on the call

[detriotrdwings]

Gilles is one intense dude!

[detriotrdwings]

Not bad

[hunkatiel]

A lot of off balanced swinging but not many solid hits. Fight draw, mustache win Gillies.

[Fireupatree]

gillies is a beast, I guess punching heads and helmets wasn't enough so he gave the waterbottle a shot to!

[TheRandombk]

Gillies is a BEAST. Just like clark gillies ;)

[cheesepie72]

Great scrap

[Hiei2k7]

Gillies has an EXCELLENT stache!

[mathsk8te22]

wow, one of the best fight ive seen in a while

[bbestboy14]

atta boy gillies

[seehound619]

@bbestboy14 whatever.... this fight was a draw.