Sidney Crosby's first professional bout was on the minds of most in attendance at Friday's morning skate just hours after the reigning NHL most valuable player dropped the gloves against Boston defenseman Andrew Ference for the first fight of his three-year career. "It was one of those weird things that happen," Crosby said. "You don't really plan it, and that's all I'm going to make out of it. I did all right. ... It's not something I do too often." Crosby sent the former Penguins' defenseman to the locker room bloodied, but his fists may have had less of an impact than the act of dropping the gloves. Typically, players like Ryan Malone, Colby Armstrong and Georges Laraque have done the fighting against players who have antagonized the team's leading scorer. "He played a solid game," Penguins' Coach Michel Therrien said. "He was a true leader; he was a captain; and this is what we're looking for from leaders."