Chaos on the Ice

I don't have adequate words to describe this event...I'm going to copy and paste the description from Justin Cohn's blog, "Ice Chips" because I'm too lazy to type it all out myself...

"Timeline of craziness
Here's how it all went down

By Justin A. CohnThe Journal Gazette
The Komets lead the Muskegon Lumberjacks 1-0 after one period, thanks to a Blair Stayzer goal. Ironic, since the Komets' enforcer wasn't on the ice for one of the biggest melees I've ever seen.

I just looked at the video. Here's a timeline:

- Brad MacMillan crashed the Muskegon net, looking for a goal. I didn't see anything wrong with it.
- Muskegon's Tom Galvin comes in and slashes MacMillan's stick harshly, setting off an 11-player melee behind the net, which included goalie Sebastien Centomo for a second or two.
- In the fracas, Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock of Fort Wayne fights a skill player, John DiPace. (**see other video from that evening which I've uploaded**)
- MacMillan celebrates on his way to the penaly box and Centomo mocks him.
- After the goals are sorted out, Muskegon's Robin Big Snake begins having words with Komets star Colin Chaulk. The puck is dropped and Big Snake cross-checks Chaulk from behind, inciting a fight.
- As the players converge, Muskegon's Jason Lawmaster, an enforcer-type, tackles arguably the most gentlemanly player in the IHL, Konstantin Shafranov, and that sets off another melee.
- After that fight ends, MacMillan leaves the penalty box to get at Lawmaster and fight him, throwing a linesman in the process.
- Big Snake pushes another linesman as he doesn't want to go to the penalty box. Eventually, he leaves the box to taunt MacMillan.
- All that came of this were 63 minutes in penalties, including game misconducts for Big Snake, MacMillan and Lawmaster.
- What do I think? MacMillan deserves a 15-to-20 game suspension. Big Snake should get 8-to-11 games. Lawmaster will get targetted by Stayzer when these teams next meet.
- Brad Jones, the IHL's disciplinarian just told me leaving the penalty box carries with it a minimum 10-game suspensions for MacMillan and Big Snake, pending further review, of course.

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• Fort Wayne
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• Komets
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• Brad MacMillan
• Muskegon
• Lumberjacks
• Robin Big Snake