Can't say I've seen many more punches land as cleanly as the one Philadelphia's Riley Cote landed on Andre Roy. Still, Roy apparently was upset that Cote decided to fight for a second time (Roy got the best of him in the first period) when he was at the end of a shift, though Cote insisted after the game he was at the end of his shift too.

Tell you what I thought at the time was that Roy was going to be mad because Cote took a shot at him while Roy was clearing his arm out of the sleeve of his jersey. Thought Roy was clear but was still distracted when Cote threw that left.

Either way it was a hell of a shot.

What will be more interesting is the fallout after Roy, who was benched after the second fight, jawed with Cote from the bench and made the throat slashing move with his hand. Roy was benched for three games in February after fighting and jawing from the bench with Florida's Bransislav Mezei.

I'm sure Torts, who always is on Roy to control his emotions, did not think much of the performance.