The Edmonton Oilers forward was so deep in the Vancouver Canucks kitchen on Thursday, he could have cooked dinner.
It’s what the Oilers envisioned out of the enforcer when signing him as a free agent this summer and through the first two games of the exhibition season, Hordichuk is delivering.
“I’m just trying to go out there, do my job, finish checks and just show the organization I can do more than just fight and can be affective on the forecheck,” said Hordichuk. “They haven’t gone as far as saying that I have to fight, that’s just part of who I am.”
Hordichuk has fought three times in his first two games as an Oiler.
Against the Canucks, it took all of 52 seconds to drop the mitts against Todd Fedoruk, who is on a tryout with Vancouver.
The two went at it again in the third period.
“After I fought Fedoruk right off the bat, I thought he had an unfair advantage he tied me up before I even knew what happened,” Hordichuk said. “Then (later) he tried to get me at the end of my shift. Anyone that tries to call me out at the end of my shift is going to get a little payback, which is why I went after him in the third.”rdichuk (Edmonton Oilers) on 09/22/2011
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