Haley Sticks Up for Polak by Fighting Nurse
Sharks’ Haley fills his role after controversial recall
A little more than three minutes into the game everyone found out when Haley and Darnell Nurse dropped the gloves, allowing players on both teams to move on from when Nurse walloped an unsuspecting Roman Polak at Rexall Place on March 8. Haley got the better of Nurse, too, landing a couple right hands.
The Sharks scored the game’s first two goals shortly after the fight but sagged over the final two periods in a 6-3 loss to the Oilers.
Haley indicated that Nurse acknowledged that a bout was going to occur when they lined up across from one another on an early faceoff. He credited the rookie for facing the music after several Sharks players were upset with his actions against Polak, which also earned him a three-game suspension from the NHL.
Good on Nurse for answering the challenge and even more good on Haley for not running from it even though Oilers analyst Drew Remenda thought otherwise about the situation.
