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Originally Posted by Fan in Exile
Go to the 5:20 mark of the video of the brawl. Lemieux not engaged with anyone. McCarty tears away from linesman, takes a flying leap at an unprepared Lemieux and sucker punches him and then tears off his helmet and feeds him while he's turtled. So this is heroic now? Was Bertuzzi heroic for pounding Steve Moore? I get the idea that maybe Lemieux "had it coming" but it's the same mentality. It's as proud moment for the game as Bobby Clarke turning the Summit Series around by breaking Kharlamov's leg.
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The Lemieux hit was extremely dirty, punishment/beating deserved.
The Moore hit was arguably a clean hit on a player with his head down.