1. NOBODY WAS MORE SURPRISED... than Nikolaj Ehlers’ teammates when he dropped the gloves — just his right glove, to be factual — and fought Colorado’s Tyson Barrie Saturday night. Ehlers, who looks so young you’d swear he belongs on a junior varsity volleyball team, offered the following on his first pro scrap:
"I saw Wheels (Blake Wheeler) was pushing with two other guys there. I was just trying to help him out... you know, a big guy like me. No... two against one, I’m not a big fan of that. I just wanted to go in and push him away.