Did Marc Savard Take A Bite Out Of Dan Carcillo...?

Carcillo thinks so...

In Game One of the series, Marc Savard made a bit of a triumphant return to the ice after taking care of a Grade 2 concussion. In a scrum in the corner, Carcillo made a bit of a run at number 91 and finished the group gathering by reaching for Savard's throat...

A lot of people, the HQ included, thought Carcillo's move wasn't cool and hope it was a work and not a genuine disregard for the Code.

In Game 2, the second period had another scrum where Carcillo ended up paired up with Savard again. Carcillo claims that, in the pile, Savard bit him. Carcillo made a point ot yell at any official that "he (Savard) bit my hand."

James Murphy of NESN caught up with Savard after Game 2:

"He pummeled my face, pulled on my teeth, so I guess that’s biting when a guy tries to pull your teeth out like [he did]," Savard claimed. "I don’t know. I don’t see how that is biting. Yeah, I mean, he embellishes stuff. Obviously, under the pile, you try to pull out my front teeth, so if that’s a bite then I don’t know what to say."

But Savard said more and took a shot at Carcillo’s rather scattered dental situation.
"I don’t know if you want to look like him, but he pulled on them."

Here's Carcillo's take, thanks to mpetraglia1975

Old Time Hockey Starts Early This Season

((HT: Versus/NHL/Hockeyfights.com))

When Philadelphia and Pittsburgh lace it up, it's always fun to watch...
This one was no different...
Three first-period fights in a 16 second span...
Gotta love it... and the Pens won handily 6-1...

Doc Emrick and FOSG Darren Eliot were in attendance...
The Carcillo-Adams middleweight fight is on this rundown of highlights...


Riley Cote and Eric Godard was the second fight of the sequence...


And your lead-off battle was Aaron Asham and Michael Rupp...


Yes, we went in reverse order...
Sue us...

Those of us at the HQ wonder if Peter Laviolette knows what he's gotten himself in to...

Jus' axin...

Flyers Carcillo Gets Four For One Punch

The NHL has suspended Flyers forward Dan Carcillo four games for his fight that earned him 19 penalty minutes and a game misconduct.

Carcillo landed a big punch on Washington's Matt Bradley as he dropped his gloves Saturday night. Bradley fell to the ice and was, pretty much, out on his feet. He had to be helped back to the locker room...

Carcillo was given two minutes for cross-checking, two minutes for instigating, five minutes for fighting, a 10-minute misconduct and a game misconduct in Philadelphia's 8-2 loss.

Actually, if you look at what went down, it's about right...

Here's the fracas, thanks to our friends at CSN...
Joe Beninati on the call...


Four games, though...??? Not so sure...
Those of us at OSG HQ think reputation helped out in that regard...