Last night the Flyers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. More importantly, however, Riley Cote beat the tar out of the much larger Andre Roy, who lost his composure. Here are the videos, courtesy of the the 700 level.
Adding to the ambience was that this occurred on MS Awareness Night. Cote's sister has MS, and he was instrumental in getting the Flyers to host this event. His sister was at the game last night, and loves it when Cote fights.
After a first period scuffle ended in a probable split decision for Roy, the two combatants squared off again in the second period. Cote proceeded to throw a left from last Tuesday that caught Roy square, and Roy crumpled to the ice.
Roy spent much of the third period attempting to instigate with Cote, but Cote chose not to fight for fear of getting a penalty late in the game with the Flyers leading by one goal. Wuss.
As a bonus, Cote's listed in three of Newsday's top 10 fights of this year. However, he didn't decisively win any of them (we'll be homers and call his record 0-2-1).
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