We knew that there was going to be problems before the game when Mike, the AHL Official that runs the scoreboard, walked up the aisle and said "this is going to be ugly." By the first intermission, we all knew. In the first period, there were 90 minutes of penalties! Look at this:
First Period---None. Penalties---Jancevski, Utah (double minor-roughing), 0:29; Gosselin, Utah (misconduct), 0:29; Morgan, Utah (roughing), 0:29; Simon, Chicago (double minor-roughing), 0:29; DiPenta, Chicago (misconduct), 0:29; MacKenzie, Chicago (roughing), 0:29; Sim, Utah (roughing, misconduct), 0:54; Eakins, Chicago (interference, misconduct), 0:54; MacMillan, Utah (interference), 2:11; Ott, Utah (fighting, misconduct), 14:01; Sellars, Chicago (fighting, misconduct), 14:01; Eakins, Chicago (delay of game), 15:55.
There was something that happened that no one had ever seen before: at one point there were
six Utah players in the penalty box at the same time as
five Wolves players!
Eleven players in the penalty box! Things eventually settled-down.
Yuri Butsayev had three goals for the Wolves' first hat-trick of the season. When I was taking pictures of the penalties, I was surprised to see that that the Wolves are still wearing the "DC" stickers on their helmets in memory of
NBC5 Sportscaster Darrian Chapman.
2008
2006- 240/150
2005- Slept the day away
2004- Boboli & Friends
2003- Blog-A-Turkey 2003