Georges is far tougher than Marchment and it showed in this brief encounter.  Georges grabbed him, landed about 3 or 4 hard quick punches before Marchment bailed and pulled Georges down.  Marchment skated away with a cut lip which is far better than the smashed face he probably would have had if it went any longer.

Marchment deserves a bit of respect for going with Georges, but that is the price you have to pay when you play like that.  Georges also showed how much he has matured.  He knew the points were more important than the fight and, as Craig Simpson pointed out, he handled it very well and was able to avoid the extra penalty.

It started off the faceoff with a good square off.  They came together and traded some lefts both men landing some.  Georges landed the biggest shot early in the fight, a left which cut Belak a little between the eyes.  Then Belak grabbed Georges' jersey and to everyones surprise somebody forgot to tie it down. Belak used that to his advantage throwing 3 or 4 punches while Georges head was covered.  At first it looked like a bigger win than it was, and  Belak did no real damage, but he did control the end of the fight and landed more punches for the decision.

Ironically Belak had a visor on later in the game.  I'm not sure if it was related to the Laraque punch but I'd imagine it was.  This loss moves Georges fight record for the year to 8-1-1.  The biggest thing it does is finally get a good heavywieght rivalry back into the Battle of Alberta.  **I wouldn't like to be Georges next opponent.**

Helenius is a huge man.  These two nearly fought after Helenius took a shot at Pittis and Georges took a shot at Helanius.  A huge skirmish ensued but these two couldn't get their hands on each other.  A couple of minutes after these guys served minor penalties  (and I'm quite sure they planned this one)  Georges got out and went straight at Helenius.  Georges absolutely manhandled him as he got his left going.  He embarassed Helenius in his own building.  Georges landed a number of solid shots but none bigger than the bomb that left Sami's nose leaking badly.  Helenius didn't even land a punch. When it was all said and done Georges had a tired arm and Sami had a sore and bloody face, but at least his hands were OK!!

There is nothing better than when Georges silences a crowd on the road by destroying their tough guy.  You got to give credit to Helenius for showing his teammates he will fight the leagues top pugilist even though I don't think he had much of a choice.  He got Georges mad and he payed the price.

This one lacked the quality square off that all of their previous fights have had.  They looked at each other for a couple of seconds and fired the mitts off.  These guys know how dangerous each other are, and neither took any chances by opening this one up.  It was mostly wrestling and Georges landed the only punches with a couple of weak jabs before both men lost their balance.  Call this one a draw in a pretty bad fight.

A rematch, which would be their 6th fight in less than 3 years, may be in the works when Edmonton hosts L.A. next Tuesday.

Wade is a big strong guy and is a very good technical pugilist, but when it comes to punch power he is in the bottom half of NHL heavies.  He doesn't throw hard enough punches to hurt anybody.  In my opinion his poor punching is all that is holding him back from being a top 5 fighter in the NHL.  After all, he is the only guy in the NHL who can say he is 1-0-2 against Georges.

Fedoruk, unlike Reed Low, Eric Boulton and Dale Purinton, went wide open and toe to toe with Georges.  Georges demonstrated a tremendous strength advantage in this one and was able to land some very good punches.  Fedoruk wasn't able to land much more than a single punch but he didn't bury his head into Georges' stomach like Boulton did.  He stood in there and took some very big punches before going down.  Georges, as usual, could have taken advantage of his opponent falling but he showed his regular class and respect by backing off and not punching a guy while he's on the ground.

Georges didn't have a lot of trouble with the young Fedoruk but it is very nice to see a guy willing to go toe to toe.  Georges showed how effective he can be when a guy is willing to open it up but don't expect to see it too often.  There are not many guys willing go toe to toe with Georges anymore.

Georges threw some punches early, Stu threw some late.  Both guys may have landed a couple punches but none that were very damaging.  I've said it before and I still believe that both guys know how much damage the other can inflict so they are a little more cautious than they would be with a less talented fighter.

This one was nothing more than a draw it was a little better than their last fight but these two haven't really had a good fight since Georges first full season.