Avalanche rookie A.J. Greer emerged from the trainer's room Thursday night with a bloody right hand, which was protected by a surgical glove. He said the wound was from a previous fight - not the one he had just been in with Dallas' Greg Pateryn.
Pateryn got the better of Greer in that fight midway through the third period, but Greer, 20, wasn't deterred from his game. After serving his five-minute major for fighting, Greer and the Stars' Julius Honka drew roughing minors from an incident in front of the Dallas net.
Greer, 6-foot-3 and 204 pounds, is trying to break into the NHL as a power forward with an edge.