HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- The Halifax Mooseheads and Baie-Comeau Drakkar combined to get 23 players ejected and racked up 485 penalty minutes during a fight-filled Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game Wednesday night.
Halifax won the game 9-2, but there were so many skirmishes that Baie-Comeau had only five skaters left for the final 10:38.
"That's not hockey," Halifax coach Shawn MacKenzie said. "I'm all for tough, in-your-face hockey, but that's not hockey. Anytime the leaders in this league don't show professionalism, it has to be addressed by the people above us."
The Drakkar are known for their rough style of play, but coach Richard Martel was unapologetic, saying, "my players played with frustration, that's all."
The low point came with 9:22 left to play, when every player on the ice was involved in some sort of a brawl.
"It's the first time I hit somebody in my life," Halifax goalie Jonathan Boutin said.