Last night was one of the best moments in all of sports: Goalie fight!


Ottawa vs buffalo, a late hit led to a brawl, and the star of the evening was the Ottawa goalie, Ray Emery.

Here's a video of the whole melee. Before it was over, he and Buffalo’s top fighter went at it, and Emery held his own. He was even laughing during the fight. How often is it that a team’s best fighter is their goalie? Great stuff.

“But wait” you say. “I thought that it was protocol for the 2 goalies to find each other during a brawl.” That is correct. Seems that Emery did find Martin Biron, the Buffalo goalie- - and quickly dispatched him, before heading back into the pile. Where he met Peters. Emery, by the way, is a huge boxing fan, and once wore a mask with an image of Mike Tyson painted on it.

Outstanding. Still not the best goalie fight we’ve ever seen –that title’s shared by the 1997 fight between Mike Vernon and Patrick Roy and the fight between Roy and Chris Osgood in ‘98.

Need more? Sports Illustrated has a GREAT gallery of the best goalie fights, with photos and videos.