Playoff hockey breeds intensity, and the tempers were flaring early between the Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of their first round series on Monday. During Monday’s game, just 10 minutes into the contest, Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog and Blues forward Brayden Schenn got into a headed fight that got Colorado fans on their feet.
It was a quick bout, with Landeskog getting the decisive victory over Schenn, but the real gem of this fight was the call from the Avalanche broadcast team and play-by-play announcer Marc Moser specifically.
Seriously, you need to hear the call on this one, and see the fight for yourself.
Gabriel Landeskog vs Brayden Schenn. Playoff hockey. pic.twitter.com/UVuL7JrcAX
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) May 18, 2021
Moser calls this fight so quickly that it’s almost hard to keep up with what he was saying, but the intensity and passion in his voice turn what was an already great fight into a stellar one.
Schenn caught the ire of the Avalanche — and Landeskog especially — after the Blues forward collided with Mikko Rantanen in a knee-on-knee hit. Rantanen ended up being okay on the play, and assisted on Colorado’s tally in the first period, but the Avalanche were less than pleased about the incident.
Here's the Schenn hit on Rantanen that led to that Schenn-Landeskog fight. #stlblues https://t.co/AGvaPyKXhx
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) May 18, 2021
What a scrap between Landeskog and Schenn, though, and what an incredible call to match its intensity to boot.
