“He came up to me and said, ‘Do you want to get it over with?”’ Johnson said. “I said, ‘Sure.”’
The fight never took place as Rob Blake stepped in and played the role of peacemaker, quickly breaking up the fracas. He didn’t want to see his young defenseman get hurt by the fists of Laperriere. Not for what he thought was a clean hit.
“Unfortunately, Ryan got hurt on the play, and nobody wants to see that,” said Blake, a former Avalanche player. “Jack is a young guy and I think we need to let the situation go.”
Smyth scores pair of goals before leaving with injury in 5-2 win over Kings - NHL - Yahoo! Sports
Smyth scores pair of goals before leaving with injury in 5-2 win over Kings (AP) 
