E-ticket: Men Who Love Goons

By Patrick Hruby
ESPN.com

Thursday, May 15, 2008

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — "F--- me." Cochrane is perplexed. That the Syracuse Crunch and Albany River Rats can play nearly two periods of minor league hockey without somebody punching someone else in the face strikes him as absurd. Seriously, that's Jon "Nasty" Mirasty down there, circling the ice like a suicide gunboat. And what about Trevor Gillies? Dude has a longer fight card than Evander Holyfield. Why won't they just go? Cochrane shakes his head, lips pursed in budding disgust. Mind-blowing, ...

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