Norwegian Andreas Martinsen Freshman Season Going Well

Martinsen has two career fighting majors, both coming immediately after delivering big legal checks. He fought Chris Neil on Nov. 25 after crushing an Ottawa player against the boards. And he fought Arizona’s Steve Downie after laying out one of Downie’s teammates Dec. 27.

He won both fights, based on voting at hockeyfights.com.

“I’m not going out there to fight guys. But obviously, I know if I throw around big hits someone is going to come up and say, ‘That’s not OK.’ I know that,” Martinsen said. “That’s how it is for me. I’m a big guy and I know how to defend myself when that comes up. It’s not like I’m going out there to look for guys to fight. But if it happens, it happens.”