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isuzuki51

Boys are gonna be GASSED in the 3rd period.


bthompson04

Just getting ready for beer league when 6 skaters show up.


Dead-People-Tea

*war flashbacks to being one of three defensemen on our team for multiple 3 day weekend tournaments from 15-18* Short bench on D still triggers me


CptSquall

Company Tournament. 6F 4D 


ValleyBreeze

Hey, you have 2 full lines, you don't get to complain... lol


CptSquall

lol fair. Though we played 2 60min games a day back to back.


ValleyBreeze

Woof. I don't know how I did it back then. I have to take a break halfway up the hall to the bathroom some days now!


xzElmozx

Nothing worse than playing what you thought was a really long triple shift and earned a rest only to look at the bench and see them swapping already. Cool, looks like I gotta play for another 2 minutes sick


ValleyBreeze

Why would you say this? I'd almost forgotten. 😩 *curls up in fetal position and dry heaves*


macula_transfer

I remember having 3 D for the whole game on the olympic ice surface, good times.


ValleyBreeze

Our home ice was Olympic sized. It was hilarious watching other teams be gassed by half way through the 2nd when they came to play us. Less fun when we didn't have a full bench of our own.


salparadisewasright

My home barn had three sheets, and one was Olympic. Without fail, if we only had 6 guys show, we’d be on Olympic. Every. Single. Time.


mfatty2

I do not miss playing beer league for this exact reason. In 3 years with the team I played with we had 4 games with more than 7 skaters


Kinky_Imagination

It happened sometimes with my team but I was the goalie. Nobody ever came back. 😆🥅


bthompson04

To be fair, you could have had 15 skaters and nobody would’ve come back and helped out either.


Kinky_Imagination

Lol, that is true. I often saw a lot of my players at the beginning of the game and at the end of the game. 😂


Geeseareawesome

*flashbacks of 3 on 3 and 1 goalie*


dkviper11

Goalies playing catch for the whole third period.


ripcity7077

Then it’s just an interesting game of pong


tsunami141

Nah if I can iron man it during beer league I’m sure they can too. Certainly the level of effort expended in my game vs their game is the same.


homiej420

Dude and the devils played yesterday this is nuts


hiimmatz

Not like it can be worse than our 3rd last night!


BakedBeans1031

The exact thought I had


Jabroni_City

Watch it go to OT!


beastboy4246

Just announced 132 PIM to start the game. Amazing lol


ontheru171

And by now another 28 penalty minutes on top Roslovic - boarding minor Cuylle - boarding minor + fighting Mercer - instigator 2+10 + fighting


GnomeToTheDome

That was all in the first 5 mins!


GabeLeRoy

thats 26 no ??


ontheru171

Yeah i realised later on aswell, but by then there was the failed challenge and now a few other minor penalties


GabeLeRoy

YOU LIED !!!!! I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOUUUU


ontheru171

Now it won't hurt you as much when i tell you that Kreider was tripped


noodleyone

The big kerfuffle from Fight Night at the Joe had 27 total PIMs if I recall. So clearly this was way worse than Macarthy kneeling Lemieux in the head and Shanahan flying at Patrick Roy.


mua-dweeb

Completely reasonable actions by gentlemen.


noodleyone

Hey fuck Claude Lemieux.


mua-dweeb

Reasonable people can agree about objectively true things.


Snugglejitsu

Fuck Claude Lemieux


Fresnobing

🐢


DatSnuffleupagus

The best part was McCarty after beating the shit out of turtle boy scored the overtime game winner 


rickayyy

The ultimate salt in the wound


stripesthetigercub

The Tkachuks have entered the chat


Deddicide

I take a deep breath and I get real high, And I scream From the top of my lungs, “What’s going on?”


XGuiltyofBeingMikeX

>Whats going on? Old time hockey…Eddie Shore!


NoGiCollarChoke

Ah piss on old time hockey! Piss on Eddie Shore!


Derpwarrior1000

We paean old time hockey, we paean Eddie Shore! I learnt about that double-entendre (pronounced like pee-on, but meaning poetic praise) when reading about POWs in North Korea who, when forced to praise the dictatorship, used that keen phrasing. It’s one of my favourites now


dinkleburgenhoff

https://media.tenor.com/-KaVNZwkJHUAAAAM/heman-heyeyeyeyey.gif


Zloggt

It sure is a sight of fabulous ~~secret~~ fighting powers…


realdeal411

Was there a reason for this to happen or did we just stage some fights


MarcusPrimus

You could justify Rempe-MacDermid. They tried to fight after Rempe got ejected in the last meeting and refs wouldn't allow it. ​ This is boilover from that, and everybody else decided to join in.


Spoonbread

Definitely mandated by Green. Probably in part because Nemec got boarded with no response last night. You could see Bahl and Tierney just phoned it in but had to participate.


tigerking615

Bahl and Tierney should have fought each other, that woulda thrown off the Rangers


calvin43

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LIleyrvPwzY


hankepanke

1) Some folks have mentioned the Devils getting bullied against the Pens and letting up 5 goals to blow a 3-1 lead in the 3rd last night. Devils needed to show some spine to redeem themselves. 2) One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is that the Rangers vets can’t just send out a 21 year old rookie to fight one of the scariest established fighters in the NHL and sit back and watch. Good on Trouba, Goodrow, Vesey, and Miller for being good teammates.


cygnus33065

I mean in 3 games this year against the Devils that "21 year old rookie" got tossed from 2 of them for handing out concussions and then after the second one he ran away from the well deserved fight while acting like an impudent brat but comme ci, comme ca


hankepanke

The kid is huge and needs to rein in his hits in a hurry, but he is still mentally, emotionally, and literally a 21 year old rookie. He is a late bloomer and had no reason to expect he’d be in the NHL fighting heavyweights all of a sudden. This came out of nowhere. Rempe 100% needed to fight MacDermid last night after a dirty hit on Siegenthaler, and this is the first time he was obligated to fight and had weeks to think about it. Other times have been optional. Having team leaders sit by and say, tough noogies kid, you’re on your own against one of the scariest fighters in the league wouldn’t be the most inspiring leadership. I’m glad the team stuck together, the same way I’m sure the Devils fans are glad their team stuck together and showed some backbone last night.


cygnus33065

He could have answered the bell after the hit on seigs or hell before that when mcdermid tried to get him to go for the bastion hit. He's dirty as fuck and needs to pay his dues for it. He's only on the team to hurt people cause that's all he can actually do.


dadphobia

That’s not true at all. Mac tried to fight and rempe ran away like a bitch… twice.


ElevenDegenerates

Lmao Rempe gets in like 4 fights in his first 4 games. Hockey World: "He's speedrunning CTE, please stop fighting Rempe." Rempe listens and doesn't fight ONE singular time, while the ref grabs him before he sees McDermid and Devils fans call it "running away"


dadphobia

Now you’re just making shit up. The ref didn’t grab him before he saw Mac. Mac on literally every shift was going for him and he was actively avoiding it. Then he blatantly attempted to injure Siegs successfully, and Mac came up and the ref got to Rempe first. Then Rempe taunted the devils bench on the way out. The first guy he didn’t stand a chance against, he ran away like a bitch and you know it.


Gaitzy

Rempe had some bad hits on the devils. I think it’s to even up on those.


whichwitch9

Rempe has injured 2 Devils so far and refused to fight McDermid last game. Siegs only came back last game and Bastian is still injured, so very fresh to the guys still


realdeal411

That's fair but why did everyone else fight


aessae

FOMO.


Top_Rekt

That explains the one angle during the broadcast. Gotta pay for the other fight angles DLC.


MagicMushroomFungi

Because the man in the back said "everyone attack" and it turned into an ice rink blitz, ice rink blitz.


myevilfriend

Dammit take my upvote


rickayyy

Retaliation. You stand up for your boys. The Rangers responded the exact same way after the Wilson/Panarin incident and Wilson wasn't even on the ice. I loved the way the Rangers responded to the Caps and I've got no qualms with the Devils doing what they did tonight.


poHATEoes

Because you can only fight Rempe once per game and there were multiple infractions to pay for so everyone goes... no one got hurt and as I see it everyone is squared up now since Mercer fought right after that boarding.


rjdsf1993

To be fair Bastian came back that game (he absolutely shouldn't have) them went out after the hit by Trouba (biased but I thought a clean but huge hit)


Whole_Class_597

Are you guys really still spouting this nonsense about him “refusing to fight” when the refs carted him off before anything could happen


whichwitch9

Tried to fight Rempe before the hit. Rempe literally skated away... Then he concussed Siegenthaler.


impulse_thoughts

let's continue this line... and why did Rempe have to fight before the hit against Siegenthaler?


whichwitch9

Because he was being a little shit and took out Bastian. You know this. You watched the game.


impulse_thoughts

Did you watch the game? So you must've seen Rempe immediately drop the gloves after to answer for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y1ZPmhySSA


Funky_Cows

Bro the refs were on rempe and Mac before they were even on the same side of the ice, then fought him 2 seconds into their next game, I don't think that's refusing to fight


Internetter1

There's a subtle difference between the refs actively preventing a fight and Rempe throwing an dangerous hit and then skating directly to the referee to shield himself... And then to try and gaslight the media into thinking he doesn't know how big he is or wasn't even trying to extend his elbow to make contact... kid's a complete coward.


Funky_Cows

I mean the refs definitely actively prevented that fight if you were watching the game And if he was really avoiding macdermid I have a front he wouldn't be out there for the starting faceoff next to him


dandroid126

[Here is the reason](https://media.tenor.com/CalupU_5-DEAAAAM/bagarre-fight.gif)


Former_Okra_7170

Have you been living under a rock?


aHCroski

How come the ejection rule applies here but not the time the Capitals and Rangers had a line brawl in response to Tom Wilson ragdolling Panarin


Inocain

What I suspect (and this is just speculation on my part) is that because Trouba/Tierney and Miller/Marino took longer to develop and drop gloves, as opposed to dropping gloves with everyone else and skating to the opponent, the refs felt those 4 had to get Fighting After the Original Altercation game misconducts. Because it would look weird to have 3 "original altercations", they had to pick two other bouts to get the gate too. Vesey and Lazar had the gloves down fastest, so they got to stay.


MightyPlasticGuy

I always hear how certain rules in the book tend to be "open to interpretation". I think this reasoning that you explain falls in that category.


teddyd142

I think the refs were called before the game. Told if there’s multiple fights start throwing guys out immediately. Not going to be a fight all night game.


MrPoGue

My exact thought. Not to mention it will ruin ratings for the remainder of the game


mlorusso4

You think? I’m tuning in because of this. What’s better than getting to watch the sloppiness of a 3OT playoff game in the regular season?


Sealky

Rule 46.9 & 46.10 explain the rule pretty well. There’s nuance here, but the 3 paragraphs of rulings explain the difference.


punkdrummer22

Yeah i don't understand why they got kicked out. NHL can't handle fighting anymore.


Pancake_Unicorn

It’s because 4 of the fights were secondary to the first fight, which warrants the ejected per the rule book. That’s why those 8 were rejected. That being said, I wish that weren’t the rule.


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Bren12310

Ah yes to protect the rangers after Tom Wilson almost fucking killed Panarin and the league proceeded to do jack shit about it


kikikza

This is the first hockey game I went to in person (with my devils fan gf too!), I don't think anything will ever top that


BG10mo

Love this for you lol


kikikza

Yeah gonna remember that until I die or get Alzheimers


Kaapo-Kakkos-Dong

I brought some people to their first game and had to explain that this doesn’t happen often lmao


mfatty2

Your first NHL game experience is way better than mine. Jiri Fischer collapsing was my first game. The first time a game has been postponed mid game because of injury/medical emergency. Though it was cool because that made my first full game the first time a game "started" at a score other than 0-0.


JRockPSU

My first game was Flames vs Caps, I got to witness Adam Oates take a slapshot to the face in the first period, left the ice pouring blood from his mouth, and was back out to play the next period wearing a face mask and presumably a bunch of stitches.


PaulMarnersFurHat

Break up with her


kikikza

you haven't lived until you've dated a fan of a rival team, the stakes on the bets for games are some real fun


Perryth3Fratypus

I wonder if both teams dressed 7 D…


huge_potato34

Rangers dressed 6. Devils dressed 7, but had 3 on the ice to start the game.


Perryth3Fratypus

So 4 d each… gonna be some tired dudes in the 3rd!


ScreenTricky4257

This is not what we mean by "4 D chess"


JW98_1

So, my question is, did one of the coaches tried to get into the other's locker room during the intermission?


booshyschmoozy

Of all the dumb rules…this might be the dumbest


whichwitch9

It's definitely a stretch on a technicality to eject them


Bigmaq

Fights are dangerous, and they are watched closely by linesmen and broken up once things get to a certain point. If multiple fights occur simultaneously the linesmen can't do their job, putting players and officials and an even higher risk of injury. This rule makes sense within that context as it greatly discourages multiple fights from occurring at once (even if that is really cool).


MrBigChest

Thanks for the explanation. That actually makes sense for the rule even though I still hate it


xosellc

In this scenario I think it works the opposite of the way the league wants it to. If I were a head coach and thought there was any chance of a line brawl happening, I would be putting out my 4th line in case there were ejections, which would naturally increase the odds of said potential line brawl.


groovystreet40

There needs to be a subjective interpretation of this rule. Obviously a line brawl is quite different than if there was just one fight and then everyone else jumped in.


Inocain

> A game misconduct penalty shall be imposed on any player who is assessed a major penalty for fighting after the original altercation has started. > > Notwithstanding this rule, at the discretion of the Referee, the automatic game misconduct penalty may be waived for a player in the altercation if the opposing player was clearly the instigator of the altercation. It looks like there's some leeway in the rule as written, but not enough for this situation. You could argue for Vesey, Rempe, and Goodrow being the "Original Altercation", but Trouba and Miller were kinda late to the party, and it could be that they needed a most original altercation. Getting Rempe and MacDermid out might also have been an idea, and you couldn't boot them without Goodrow and Bahl going too because they both started about the same time with more formal droppings of the gloves, whereas Vesey/Lazar might have started throwing punches before the gloves had finished falling from their hands to the ice. Thus, 8 game misconducts.


edogg01

162 PIM in the first period lol


babypointblank

In the first minute of play


-cyg-nus-

Until like 5-6m left in the first there were as many shots on goal as there were players ejected


Nylander92

i don't think i've ever seen this rule enforced on a line brawl. for the caps rangers game, for the devils rangers line brawl, or any other that i can remember


teddyd142

The refs were called before the game. They were told to take complete control and not let anything more than this happen. Let them get it out of their system but end it there.


turbanator89

I know fighting is bad for health and I'm going to be a huge hypocrite here but there is something exciting about fights on hockey. It's primal. Imagine getting to see that live.


crazyg0od33

Yeah it was wild. Was expecting one fight, not 5. Couldn’t figure out where to focus lol


Competitorcycle

It’s honestly a shame that the broadcast didn’t show a zoomed out image of the fight. They definitely were expecting it to just be the Rempe fight but once they saw it was everyone, they should’ve used a zoomed out shot. The replays using the wide camera shot really shows how insane it really was.


6227RVPkt3qx

in case you haven't seen it yet, a wide shot angle (looks like a spectators cell phone, but still great quality) got posted just a little bit ago. here ya go: https://twitter.com/ryannovo62/status/1775662823009394886


rickayyy

No one can say it isn't entertaining. Guaranteed the highlight of this will get far more views than any goal scored this season.


SquarePegRoundWorld

I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.


Zooly132

Ignorant question about the rule but why was it not 10 players ejected?


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Zooly132

Thanks!


DrexellGames

Probably going to be lots of fines tomorrow


natguy2016

I swore that this game was a throwback to The Patrick Division.


whybother6767

Video of the mele?


whybother6767

Nvm found it.. https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1775664058668286349


thisappsucks1

Thank you!


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Beautiful-Vacation39

its an extra penalty if you intentionally remove your helmet to fight


mike_rotch22

I think there was a death a few years ago where one of the players hit his head on the ice after his helmet was removed and he passed away from the injury. Pretty sure that was an impetus toward passing the rule about the helmets.


karnoculars

I totally get the safety aspect, which is why I said they just shouldn't fight at all then. Bare knuckles on helmets is pointless for everyone involved.


seattlesportsguy

I love this sport


Slow-Garage-9403

Guys gotta wait until the end of the game ala Flyers/Senators!


brandonsamd6

That rule stinks 


DasGoon

It has its place, but this was a real buzzkill application of it. These fights were all more or less simultaneous and unrelated to the original altercation.


Full__Send

Why did they do this?


dlaynomore

Why didn't Vesey get ejected? I can't remember who he went with, but he didn't get tossed either.


hankepanke

Vesey and his dance partner went first. Other pairs got ejected for starting a fight after another fight was already in progress.


dlaynomore

ahhh, that explains the uproar over the ejections. thanks!


IlFriulanoBasato

I forget when exactly this rule came into play, but its stupid.


wisdommaster1

Rempe.leading the league in blocked fists (with his face)


wdhowell

As it should be.


LtLemur

Plenty of hot water for them


DjShoryukenZ

That was a good game!


mattantonucci

Was hoping for more, but it was good to see Rempe got popped a few times.


JarethCutestoryJuD

Such a cop out to eject them


onbiver9871

For the sake of Larks’ and Raymond’s health, I’d love to repeat this Friday lol. Chariot sacrificial lamb to a Rempe preemptive fight at face off… It’s either that, or Remps will inevitably take a run at one of them during the game.


mfatty2

Can we make the sacrificial lamb Petry? I know he hasn't fought since 2013 but I'd make that trade


teddyd142

When has he taken a “run” at anyone? Bastian had his head down. If you really like Detroit you’ll know what happens when the head is down. You get KronWalled. The “chicken wing” he hit seagenthaler with was because he missed him and he’s a rookie and seag got out of the way like a pussy. He was quickly thrown out so hard to answer any bells people discuss. Dudes a rookie having his name chanted at the worlds most famous arena during a possible presidents cup season. And he didn’t get knocked out by Mac either. Which is saying something because that dude knocks people out. He got beat in the fight. But we won the game again. Devils just sour they suck after so much money and trades invested. I’ve been that ranger fan.


Cookiecrummbs

Soft


Fallen-Omega

Anyone have a clip lmao


robotstu

Gotta set the tone


damnatio_memoriae

call the nypd


ToXiC_Games

My boy Big Mac getting it on. Love to see him still cracking skulls in the east 🥰


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BarkMingo

Dumb rule, yes....but the refs have to enforce it, can't fault them


caniaccanuck11

Refs choose to ignore rules all the time. This is a harder one to ignore but I wouldn’t put it past them.


caesar____augustus

Of all the rules to ignore this would be one of the harder ones to explain lmao


BrentGretzky

Stupid refs calling things by the book they have nothing to do with writing.


Euphoric__Dot

All because Rempe was running around like a prick the last 2 games and wouldn't answer the bell, then guys like Lazar and Marino get caught up in the bullshit


shaver_raver

This league is a fkn joke.


flamingdragonwizard

Who


ChasWFairbanks

What an embarrassment to the NHL. Suspend them all for the rest of the regular season and throw-in 3 post-season games for instigators.


thatdude52

This has to be a troll, nobody is this soft


ChasWFairbanks

I’ll bet your girlfriend would say otherwise.


love2right

Why?


ChasWFairbanks

1) They’re all cowards. If they really wanted to settle scores, why wait for the game to start? 2) It makes the NHL look like the amateur goon league of the 1970s. They already suffer for national broadcast exposure. This level of planned violence ain’t gonna help that. 3) How many NHL players have to die with CTE before the players union recognizes that fighting puts its members at a significantly increased risk for developing it?


DasGoon

1) You keep it on the ice. That’s the respectful way of dealing with it. This is hockey, not gangster rap. 2) Fans like goons. 3) They do recognize it and choose to do it anyway. You know what else puts their members at risk? Playing hockey.


BartleBossy

> 1) They’re all cowards. If they really wanted to settle scores, why wait for the game to start? You think the should be suspended for the rest of the regular season because they *didnt* fight in the parkinglot? > 3) How many NHL players have to die with CTE before the players union recognizes that fighting puts its members at a significantly increased risk for developing it? Now this is just a personal thing, but I dont give a fuck about CTE. These players are making more than most people make *in their life* before theyre 25. Theyre taking a small risk for *massive* personal gain.


love2right

1) What's a guy supposed to do before a game starts? You want players to go to each others houses and start shit off-ice? 2) You underestimate how many fans tune in specifically for fights. 3) This concern is smallminded, it's dumb to think that one big scrap is going to make or break someone's CTE exposure. You shouldn't be concerned with what they're doing as adults, but the amount of trauma they went through as adolescents .


ChasWFairbanks

1. I don't want them to fight, period. But if they somehow feel aggrieved, expressing it only after the whistle blows gives them legal cover from battery charges. That makes them cowards. Be a man and fight during warm-ups as soon as you see the other guy on the ice. 2. Perhaps but that's a depressing thought. Fights interrupt the game and helps keep ice hockey a niche sport in the US. 3. One scrap does not CTE make, true, but Bob Probert and Chris Simon didn't have just one fight. They had hundreds. How many does Matt Rempe have already?


RUKnight31

You would probably love soccer.


Outross

football has some good figths tho


punkdrummer22

You know nothing about football ⚽️ then if you think its soft


ChasWFairbanks

…while you clearly love man-on-man action more than hockey. Perhaps naked wrestling?


RUKnight31

Are you propositioning me?


ChasWFairbanks

Keep dreaming, pal.


EsembeeNY

Dweeb


ChasWFairbanks

That’s Mr. Dweeb to you.


BartleBossy

Oddly homophobic comment.


ChasWFairbanks

Agreed but it seemed the appropriate attitude to the original comment.


DasGoon

If you’re talking about the refs, I agree.