New York. Complete chaos broke out in St. Louis last night.
Notorious Blues point guard Jordan Pennington conceded a penalty when he slashed celebrating Minnesota forward Ryan Hartman with his club glove in the face — and then got into a brawl with Marc-Andre Fleury.
– I was hoping to see that fight. If we want high viewership numbers, it has to be allowed, says Brayden Sheen, a colleague of Bennington’s.
Jordan Pennington has a long history of controversial performances on the ice in the NHL, and the fact that Coach Craig Berube recently expressed great displeasure with the way he behaved obviously didn’t help, because in tonight’s home game against Minnesota, it was a time. other.
Early in the middle of the second half he was, characteristically, up front and barking into the opponent’s box and when Ryan Hartman scored a few minutes later and accidentally shoved the temperamental keeper while he was celebrating, a fuse went off.
I completely lost my temper
Bennington dove into the mound of cheering Wild players and slapped Hartman directly in the face with his bat glove.
– It’s a tough team to play against and when the goals started falling I got frustrated, he explains with little interest afterwards.
– But Hartmann also knows exactly what he’s doing, we know what kind of player he is. I don’t have a problem with that, I respect him and now it turned out like it did.
But what didn’t happen was the goalkeeper’s fight. But it was close. Marc-Andre Fleury left his bag on the other side of the rink, dropped his gloves and mask and was ready – but to the disappointment of many, the linesmen stepped in and ruled out the encounter.
“It was really a shame, I would have loved to see that fight,” says Blues powerhouse center Brayden Sheen.
The match was shown on TNT and we want to get high viewership numbers and get people talking about the league. Then the fight between Binnington and Marc-Andre Fleury should really be allowed.
A penalty kick was awarded in the match
Flory was a little disappointed, too.
– Yes, when he jumped on my comrades, I felt that I wanted to take care of him, – says the veteran with a smile.
He himself was given a two-minute suspension for leaving his box – while Bennington received a match penalty.