Sean Avery In First Fight Since Rejoining New York Rangers In NHL

Sean Avery got into his first scrap since rejoining the New York Rangers when he dropped his gloves with Cal Clutterbuck of the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.

It was Avery's eighth game playing for New York this year.

Clutterbuck leads the NHL in hits.

In 70 games with the Wild more than two years, Clutterbuck has eight goals, five assists, and 13 points, is -6, and has 68 penalty minutes. He is what is known as an “enforcer.”

Avery and Clutterbuck had words behind the Wild’s net and then dropped their gloves…their helmets, too…following the old code of the NHL and not the new trend recommended by the OHL.

At the London Hockey Concussion Summit 2009, an impressive panel of hockey players and medical experts made a recommendation that resulted in a new OHL rule designed to cut down on concussions: OHL players no longer take their helmets off for fights.

The London Concussion Summmit's experts included Eric Lindros, Jeff Beukeboom, Alyn McCauley, Marcus Moore, Jennifer Botterill and nine world-renowned experts on concussions.

Lindors, Beukeboom, McCauley, and Moore all played in the NHL and experienced concussions.

The London Summit suggested fighting should be eliminated from hockey at all levels of the game as it is one of the known causes of concussions, which have resulted in long-term concussions, even death.

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