Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators fought it out on Thursday night. Boston’s Adam McQuaid found himself in a tussle with Derek Grant. The fight was Adam McQuaid’s third tussle in the season, and he reminded Derek Grant that he still has some steam left.
Derek Grant felt that he could easily take down Adam McQuaid, but right after he started pushing McQuaid, Grant realized that he had made a huge mistake. McQuaid got into a fight with William Carrier from Buffalo Sabres.
The referees had to interrupt and break the scuffle. While the referees restrained Adam McQuaid and tried to hold on to his arms, Carrier continued to punch McQuaid in the face. McQuaid took things to heart. Fans realized that if referees do not come in to stop McQuaid’s next fight during a hockey match, then the opponent will get it bad.
McQuaid was humiliated when Carrier got the better off him, and he is bound to send out a strong message to his opponents and let them know that he isn’t one to back out first. McQuaid is considered to be one of the strongest players in Boston Bruins, and Grant wasn’t tough enough to think that he could put him down.
Hockey is known for the violent fights between the players. When McQuaid and Grant got into the fight, many talked about how the sport had banned fighting. However, it could be a challenge to stop one of the long-standing traditions in hockey.
After the fight between McQuaid and Grant, it becomes clear that the NHL has not banned fighting in hockey. The referees stopped the match to let the willing participants fight it out. However, once they saw how nasty the fight was getting, they had no option but to intervene and stop it.
Grant should have known better than getting into a tussle with McQuaid. The players had sued the NHL since they felt that the league wasn’t taking the risk of injury seriously. Reports suggested that the NHL will take steps to curb the fights.
However, CBS Local reported that the National Hockey League knows that it can’t stop the players from fighting if they want to. The league knows that their decision is a dangerous one, but they are ready to take the risk, given that most of the fans come to enjoy the fights that erupt during the game.
One of the primary reason for the Thursday night match getting such importance was the fight between McQuaid and Carrier. The referees tried to step in, but they realized how dangerous it was to restrain two strong hockey players when they wanted to fight, and the result was a treat!
For those who love hockey, V7 Entertainment is coming out with Old Time Hockey. The setting of the game was the 1970s when the sport was different from how it is now perceived. The players then were not expected to wear head gears and body suits and when fights were the norms of the game.
The Old Time Hockey game will allow players to enjoy the old-school hockey when the sticks can be used to beat the opponents after scoring points for the team.
Mike Torillo spoke about V7 Entertainment’s decision to work with hockey. He said that the developers wanted to work on a game that was fun to play with friends. Torillo said that they wanted to capture the essence of the sport. Friends head over to watch hockey matches after a couple of drinks, and they wanted to bring in the same nostalgia in the video game.