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The junior leagues kicked off Thursday so we have officially seen the start of hockey in North America. The western league opened with one game which happened to feature the following fight.



Not much of anything other than two guys coming out of the box from an apparent earlier disagreement.  However, Keegan Lowe did something I just posted about and did it in the first game.  Lowe tallied the rare defenseman Gordie Howe hat trick.  The dude ain't much of a scorer either.  In 212 junior games prior to opening night he had 7 goals.  He is physical though.

As the son of longtime Edmonton player, coach, general manager and current president of hockey operations Kevin Lowe, the Edmonton native and Edmonton Oil King assistant captain could fit in nicely with Carolina some day.  The team that last beat Edmonton the last time they were in the finals.  Kevin passed on his son four times before he was picked directly before the Oilers 5th pick.


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Malkin, Gonchar, Ovechkin and Voracek all had points in their first games in the KHL.  The fun has begun.