Jania Ashlynn
Hockey is a rough sport. Oftentimes, you’ll see players tossing each other around the ice or hurling one another into the plexiglass at the edge of the rink. As tensions are heightened and adrenaline is pumping, things can get pretty wild.
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It looks like the Dallas Stars have inspired their fans to engage in this not-so-playful horseplay.
To Fisticuffs
Went to my first #Stars game of the season! Saw my first NHL fight 🥊 @MitchellRenz365 @nic_rohloff @PatSiepmanNFL pic.twitter.com/7KRChHDmII
— Jeremy Beadling (@JeremyChuggs) February 9, 2023
Yesterday, a video surfaced on Twitter depicting a Stars fan and another patron coming to blows in the stands. The reason for the fight has yet to be disclosed.
The boy wearing the jersey appears to threaten the man in the dark shirt (who happens to be twice his size) and challenge him to throw the first punch. He rattles off a string of explicatives and also appears to shout a racial slur. Seconds later, the man obliges the boy’s request and sends his fist straight into the jaw of the young instigator.
They continue to pound one another with swinging arms and balled fists, though, the larger man seems hardly fazed by the wild waps coming from the boy. In fact, for a moment in the altercation, it appears as though the man is holding the boy off with one arm.
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As the altercation progresses, a female friend of the boy joins in, taking several swings at the man. He staves her off with a single arm, too.
Eventually, more patrons join in to pin the boy to the ground while he continues to scream and proclaim his innocence, insisting that he has done nothing wrong because the man hit him first.
This goes to show that you should be careful what you wish for because you just might get it; and it may come with a deflated ego, a viral video, and a couple of bruises.
