While scouring YouTube for something fairly original to post, we came across this gem from a few years ago. It's Georges Laraque talking to ESPN (we believe) about fighting (literally) his way to the NHL.

WARNING: Racist language is used at 1:56 of the video.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT MONDAY NIGHT

Evgeni Malkin running over Michal Rozsival:

And Georges Laraque running over Ryan Hollweg:

EMPTY NETTER ASSISTS

Penguins

-Tyler Kennedy and Kris Letang were selected to the YoungStars game.

-Alexander Ovechkin got paid. Will Evgeni Malkin?

-Despite 42 saves by Curtis Darling, the Wheeling Nailers were shutout, 2-0, by Trenton.

-Apparently ESPN still covers hockey. Two saves by Ty Conklin are among their plays of the week from last week:

And you can vote on which play was the best. Conklin's saves are 1-2 so far.

(Kudos to EN reader Rick Reigler of Akron, Ohio for the find.)

Northeast Division

-Tomas Plekanec scored two goals for the Canadiens in a 3-1 road win against the Islanders.

-Ian White had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs in a 5-4 win against the Hurricanes. The win snapped a five-game losing streak for Toronto.

Southeast Division

-Kari Lehtonen made 46 saves and Marian Hossa recorded a hat trick as the Thrashers pulled off a 5-1 upset at Detroit.

-Alexander Semin had two goals and an assist for the Capitals in a 4-2 win against the Senators. The Capitals swept their season series with Ottawa, 4-0.

-Capitals center Michael Nylander will miss the rest of the season due to a shoulder injury.

-James Mirtle talks about the rebirth of Thrashers forward Mark Recchi.

Central Division

-Nikolai Zherdev had a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets who edged the Canucks, 3-2.

-Chris Mason made 22 saves and led the Predators to a 3-0 shutout of the Flames.

Northwest Division

-Jose Theodore made 32 saves for the Avalanche in a 3-0 shutout of the Lighting. It was Theodore's first shutout since 2004.

-Former Devils forward Jeff Friesen signed with the Lake Erie Monsters. Lake Erie is the AHL affiliate for the Colorado Avalanche.

-Oilers forward Ethan Moreau made Kings defenseman Jack Johnson eat some Cap'n Crunch last night:

(Hey, it was the announcer's call, not our's.)

Pacific Division

-Scott Niedermayer had a goal and two assist for the Ducks in a 4-2 defeat of the Stars. The Ducks are 10-2-2 since Niedermayer came out of "retirement."

-Check out the tic-tac-toe play Niedermayer scored his goal on:

-Stars forward Krys Barch and Ducks forward Brad May had the fight of the night last night:

-The best part of that was how Barch pointed out the glove to May so he wouldn't trip at 0:18 of the video.

-Ed Jovanovski had a goal and three assists while Shane Doan scored two goals and an assist as the Coyotes beat the Sharks, 5-3.

-Patrick O'Sullivan had a goal and an assist for the Kings in a 3-1 win at Edmonton.

Adams Division

-The NHL has a TiVo or something.

-And because there's not really much of anything else to post, here's last week's Coach's Corner:

First Published: January 16, 2008, 7:15 p.m.