[MUST WATCH] ALL OUT BRAWL To Start The NAHL Season Between St. Cloud And Bismarck

186 combined penalty minutes. Bobcats would go on to win, 7-4.

I would love to know what led to this. You can see St. Cloud go right after Bismarks center by starting off with a cross check to the back, then continuing to punch and pile on top of him. There must have been something to happen prior to this line brawl or it could have just been St. Cloud who was frustrated with the score/beatdown Bismarck was handing them. The type of things you hate to see though are players not able to defend themselves and continuing to get punched while down on the ice. There is a hockey code for a reason and this brawl did not show any signs of player’s respect of each other. Tensions get high and sometimes you just see black and can’t stop, but at some point you need to show some sort of respect towards the players that just want nothing to do with this fight. Any players reading this out there, be better. Never punch a guy when he is down (unless they deserves it).

Bismark also had some guys that jumped off the bench, but were quickly pulled back by coach as they realized how bad of an idea that was. With 186 penalty minutes, these fans got there money’s worth.

Here is a picture of the stat sheet… geeze, you do LOVE to see it.

Love to see a good ole donnybrook in the NAHL to start the season off. Hope the boys had fun and nobody was seriously injured. Hockey is a fast & competitive game and this stuff happens, which is why it is the greatest game on earth and no other sport comes close. Let’s hope we see some good tilts this season across all of Junior Hockey.

Make sure to check out the latest episode of The Junior Hockey Podcast – TJHP EP202 | FULL BLOWN DONNYBROOK IN THE NAHL where the boys break down the brawl and discuss it in more depth. You can also listen to it below!