What the hell did we actually just witness?

After Matt Rempe introduced himself to the New Jersey Devils with a nasty hit on Bastian that resulted in a match penalty, he fuelled an NHL rivalry. Not by dropping the gloves with Kurtis MacDermid though. Instead, with another nasty hit on Siegenthaler their very next game that resulted in a suspension. Needless to say, there is bad blood between these two! So, tonight as the New York Rangers hosted the New Jersey Devils, we had ourselves a game for the ages! The opening period alone had 162 penalty minutes handed out!! We had a full line brawl, 6 scraps, 8 players ejected from the game on top of the coaches going at it all before we even played 5 minutes. From start to finish, this was old time hockey and I loved every second of it. I cover it all in todays NHL video!

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[ILoveMisty]

I bought tickets for this game months ago to check off Madison Square Garden in my efforts to go to all the active NHL arenas. Never thought I'd see such a barn-burner.

[de-fault_de-fault]

Lost in all this brawling and bad blood was the simple beauty of the fact this game contained Kaapo Kakko scoring on Kaapo Kahkonen.

[veggivet]

As the old joke goes, "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out."

[luguentzdort]

My favorite thing is that 2 seconds is the SECOND fastest a fight has ever happened at MSG

[annaotto]

1:52 the ref just standing and watching the chaos with his hands on his hips is too funny

[Jilianhyperion]

Igor picking up his teammates’ gear like Randy picking up Ralphie’s glasses 😂😂

[cleanCx]

lavvy takin the gum out then promptly throwing it back in his mouth after shittalking was hilarious

[gorillamaster]

I was watching this live (because I'm a rangers fan) and it was crazy to see everyone drop the gloves 3 seconds in

[thinkingjack]

Narrator: What did we just witness?

Crowd: Rempe’s longest shift so far 😂😂😂😂😂

[ChucklesMcChuckleson]

Old school game for sure. New York and NJ were both on fire about NHL hockey after this one. You don't hear much about the NHL before the playoffs on NY talk radio these days, but this game was at the top of every broadcast. Rangers and Devils don't like each other and that stretches back to the 1994 ECF coming down to Game 7, a game that if the Devils had won, they would probably have 4 cups. The bad blood is now generational.

[GamToGam]

As hockey fans can we all come together and agree that TNT sucks balls?

[dasy]

Im from the UK and never watched hockey, this just came up randomly in my recommended so i randomly clicked it. WTF have i just watched? A sport where before they even start, they have a legal fight? lmao wtf

[shawnyt]

TnT. Brutal. You need people calling the shots who know the sport. HBO knows how to do things

[thefamilymans]

I am SO glad that u mentioned the camera nhl broadcasts have had this problem, not showing what is happening else where when its important. I had to rewind it to see the other fights start....i wasnt able to, because they only kept it on the one fight.

[ll]

I miss the days when goalies would have fought alongside their teammates just for the hell of it. If Patrick Roy, Mike Vernon, Ron Hextall, Dan Cloutier or Chris Osgood were in that game they'd have charged across the ice and started throwing down with whoever was in the other net.

[markastoforoff]

The 1970's called and said hey you're stealing our thunder.

[mortaljorma]

Fights? Yes please. Dirty hits? Big no.

[damtheman]

There’s only one answer to the title.
A classic and throwback Devils vs Rangers rivalry rebirth

[Severance]

Good team bonding for both teams. Love to see teams have one of these every now and then. Now I am going to go cry some Penguins tears knowing none of my team, outside the ones you don't want fighting (Crosby, Letang) actually know how to stick up for each other lol.

[davieuxable]

This is a great format and fantastic delivery. Thanks!