"Family and hockey will be merging, once again, an almost unavoidable occurrence as long as there are Sutters still around to skate, score, coach and put teams together in the NHL.

Merging and not colliding, Brent Sutter promised.

Brent, the Calgary Flames' coach, was talking about the fascinating Sutter family dynamic Friday at the Saddledome, a few hours before older brother and Kings Coach Darryl Sutter arrived for their first game against each other as coaches, here Saturday night.

They are intense men from an intense hockey family, only a notch or two below older brother Brian Sutter, their acknowledged leader.

"I've never seen Brian go over the glass between benches and grab another coach, so that won't happen with Darryl and I, either," Brent said of Brian.

Glad to sort that out.

This chapter offers a slightly different version of the Sutter vs. Sutter story. Six of the seven Sutter brothers — hailing from tiny Viking in central Alberta — played in the NHL, an unprecedented sports feat. Darryl played against his brothers, coached four of his siblings and coached against Brian and Duane."