I'm pretty sure one of, if not both Tkachuck and Kassian will be getting some minor penalties (deserved or not) in the first period, just so the officials can take the air out of the hostilities and maintain control of the game.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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