Friday Night Fights: Adam McQuaid vs. Raffi Torres

by Dave Carignan on Dec 30, 2011 1:00 PM EST in Friday Night Fights

GLENDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 28: Raffi Torres #37 of the Phoenix Coyotes skates off the ice after a fight with Adam McQuaid (not pictured) of the Boston Bruins during the first period of the NHL game at Jobing.com Arena on December 28, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Tale of the Tape:

Adam McQuaid: 6'4" 197 lbs 21 career fighting majors

Raffi Torres: 6'"0 208 lbs 24 career fighting majors

This fight may only be a few days old, but most of the league if not even his own teammates dislike Raffi Torres. It could have been anyone's grill that Adam McQuaid was rearranging, but the cherry on top was Torres taking the beaten. In McQuaid's short career for the most part he gets the better of his opponent. This fight may have been the most lopsided of his career as of yet.

The origin of the fight begins when Torres takes a run at Andrew Ference head with an elbow. McQuaid takes exception to that and decides its time to cut up his knuckles on somebody's face a bit. The two tie up as Torres gets in the first couple shots, but his edge in the fight is gone instantly when McQuaid begins dropping bombs. McQuaid begins connecting with right after right, throwing Torres around as if he is half his size. McQuaid is landing punches with absolute rage when connects with a couple of uppercuts that split open the top of Torres' left eye. The fight end with McQuaid earning the unanimous victory. While Torres took a cheap at Ference, the two fighters had a little history going back to last years Stanley Cup Finals so McQuaid may have been chomping at the bit for his opportunity to ruin Torres' night.

Adam McQuaid vs Raffi Torres Dec 28, 2011 (via hockeyfightsdotcom)

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Video doesn’t have slow mo of the beatdown, please replace with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLOjQcyA8uc

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 30, 2011 1:03 PM EST reply actions

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by Arenacale on Dec 30, 2011 1:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Torres threw what, 3 punches the whole fight?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Dec 30, 2011 1:13 PM EST reply actions

Torres goes away after the fight with the “what just happened??” face going.

Johnny Boychuk - The infamous bottle of $100,000 champagne, I thought it was meh.

by PeterMacKellar on Dec 30, 2011 1:36 PM EST reply actions

He totally does! Or “Fuck! I forgot who we were playing, I should not have done that against a team who literally has someone on the ice at all times who can and will beat my cheap shotting ass and embarrass me on home ice.”

Lol.

by neelyforpres on Dec 31, 2011 10:11 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions

It really is a great feeling for the team and fans to know that more than half of the team will drop the gloves without hesitation. Besides goaltending this is the reason the team is the best in the league. The bruins just have a formula that can’t be topped, barring injuries of course.

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by Dave Carignan on Dec 31, 2011 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

wow

I never would have guessed mcquaid to be under 180 lbs!

by negaduck on Dec 30, 2011 11:23 PM EST reply actions

Twas a typo. Thanks for pointing that out. He is 197. Would have made Torres look even worse if a 179 lbs scrawny guy beat him to pulp.

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by Dave Carignan on Dec 31, 2011 9:29 AM EST up reply actions

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What great reaction by Quaider. Ever since the Savard incident, this team has been as close knit as blood relatives. You can hear it in mcquaids comments too " it’s about defending a person you care about" (paraphrasing). Also notice how Buffalo has followed suit since the Lucic miller hit. It’s the bruin way and it’s contagious.

by neelyforpres on Dec 31, 2011 10:08 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions