Previous to last night Ottawa's Matt Carkner and Toronto's Colton Orr had squared off twice. Each fight ending in a knock out. Their record tied at 1-1. (It's pretty rare that a hockey fight ends in a KO.)
Wouldn't you know it, the third fight ended in a KO as well:
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