In the NHL game between the New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals, the fists fly right at the beginning. The reason was an incident two days earlier.
Little one Quiz at the beginning of this text. What process could be meant by these words: “I think it was good. We tried to stand up for our team-mate. It was a good reaction.” Sure, because of the term “teammate” it seems reasonable to assume that this is a team sport. But what about “enter”? Has the team council put in a good word with the coach for a teammate who has fallen out of favor?
We resolve: With these words has Brendan Smith, NHL club ice hockey defender New York Rangers comments that his teammates and the professionals of the Washington Capitals immediately after the start of the game Mass brawl Have been delivered.
Washington’s Wilson pulled New York’s Panarin by the hair
The fact that there were impact hits of the other kind immediately after the face-off had, of course, one thing prehistory: The two teams had already met two days earlier. Capitals professional Tom Wilson – already endowed with below average sympathy ratings – had Artemi Panarin edited by the rangers like a bar racket in such a way that the game was over for them afterwards. A slow motion shows how Wilson Panarin pulls the hair to the ground in order to then work on it on the ice.
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Ryan Strome (r) of the New York Rangers fights with Lars Eller of the Washington Capitals.
Foto: Bruce Bennett/POOL Getty Images via AP/dpa
To the horror of many observers, Wilson was only fined $ 5,000. Although this corresponds to the maximum amount allowed under the collective agreement, it was far too little in the opinion of the Rangers players.
Immediately after the face-off there were three parallel fights
To make this known, the New Yorkers opened the game with three scuffles taking place at the same time. There was also plenty of cheek chuck during the game, especially towards Tom Wilson. After the work was done, the one quoted at the beginning took Brendan Smith and his teammates to their penalties, at times six Rangers players sat in the penalty box. Incidentally, the game ended 2: 4 from the Rangers’ point of view – but that evening was only marginally about.
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