Gotta respect The Code.
In case you missed it this evening, the New York Islanders absolutely ran over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Long Island, beating them 7-2 in a pretty lopsided game.
Honestly, if I'm a Leafs fan I'm pretty nervous about this team's mental fortitude lately. They looked absolutely disinterested tonight and if it weren't for an ill-informed decision from Noel Acciari to drop the mitts, the Leafs would have produced zero physicality.
Acciari did try to inspire his new teammates though, but he probably picked a bad opponent. Islanders enforcer Matt Martin completely outclassed Acciari in their quick tilt and actually stopped up at the end to, presumably, spare Acciari his life.
Check it out:
Classy move by Martin here. Gotta respect The Code.
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