ANAHEIM, Calif — In his six seasons as the Avalanche coach, Jared Bednar hasn’t seen a comparable fight to the mini-marathon heavyweight bout between Anaheim forward Nicolas Deslauriers and Colorado defenseman Kurtis MacDermid here Wednesday night.
The two tough guys traded punches for more than a minute in the first period of the Avs’ 2-0 victory. It was deemed a draw, and afterward, they chatted and smiled from the penalty boxes while serving their fighting majors, only separated by the scorer’s table and plexiglass.
MacDermid had bloodied and bruised knuckles on both hands.
It was the sixth NHL fight between Deslauriers (6-foot-1, 220 pounds) and MacDermid (6-5, 233), according to hockeyfights.