It Wouldn't Be March 5 Without Revisiting Biggest Brawl In NHL History

When I tore off the latest page of myFar Sidedesk calendar, the date "March 5" really stuck out to me.

It wasn't a holiday, it wasn't trash day, it wasn't my anniversary (I think), so then why did it jump out?

Then it dawned on me: it is the date of the biggest brawl inNHLhistory.

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Let's go back in time to 2004….

*Everything gets all wavy,and harp music plays*

President George W. Bush's reelection campaign was well underway, MySpace was still popular, andShrek 2graced movie screens across the nation.

On March 5, that year, theOttawa Senatorstraveled down to the City of Brotherly Love for a game at what was then called the Wachovia Center against thePhiladelphia Flyers.

Looking back, this one was destined to pop off in a big way.

The previous meeting between the two teams on Feb. 26 saw Ottawa's Martin Havlát swing his stick at Flyers forward Mark Recchi's head.

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