Sam Bennett reveals how the fighting started

Montreal

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United States He won Finnish time on Sunday night in Montreal Canada 3-1 and secured his place in the 4 Nations tournament finals.

Canadian scrap attacker Sam Bennett knows his teammate of Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachukin Very well, so he had a bad idea that something fierce may happen on Montreal’s Saturday night.

“I’ve been playing with Matthew for a long time, and I know he likes to organize hassle and wild fans,” Bennett said.

“There is no bigger stage. So I definitely had the idea that something like this would happen at the beginning of the match. ”

Tkachuk fought Canada Brandon Hagelin with immediately at the beginning of the match. Immediately after that, Bennett waved fists Brady tkachukin with.

Political Due to the tensions, an exceptional amount of hockey match between Canada and the US was expected. Before the match, the emotions became more hot as the Canadian audience again booked for the US national anthem.

Matthew Tkachuk already announced after the last match of the US that he would not like it when the audience is buzzing during the national anthem. Nonetheless, the start of the match was a shaking surprise, as the national team games hardly ever fight.

Bennett confirmed that fighting was started at the initiative of the US players. After the first clash of the match, he foresaw that it may soon be his turn to drop his gloves.

“I had such a feeling after that Matthew fight, and then Brady came to me. I could expect it to happen. ”

Outside the trough, Bennett has spent time with Tkachuki in the summer, but the intervals are still in order.

“This doesn’t change anything. My motto has always been that things in the rink will stay in the rink, ”the fist hero said.

In the ninth second of the match, the third fight broke out. In that measures took Canada Colton Parayko Yes USA: N Jt miller.

Canadian captain Sidney Crosbyn There was no idea in the dressing room of maple leaf shirts before the match, so that the fists start to swing as soon as the puck snaps into the ice.

“I didn’t know anything about it. I expected the game to be physical especially from the beginning. But I couldn’t expect this. ”

“It’s been a long time since the best players last played in the national team. The guys were in their spots and wanted to show that they were ready to seek the benefit in every way possible. An emotional start, ”Crosby said.