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ECHL game between Toledo and Kansas City features two line brawls and a goalie fight

By Ian Oland (@ianoland) on February 11, 2018 | 0 Comment

In ECHL action Saturday night, the Toledo Walleye took on the Kansas City Mavericks and an MMA tournament brokeout.

After Toledo’s Connor Crisp scored a hat trick midway through the third period, Kansas City forward Garrett Klotz punched Walleye forward AJ Jenks after play had stopped. Klotz then repeatedly cross-checked Jenks as he lay defenseless on the ice.

There was only one mature way to solve such complex issues: a line brawl!

Line brawl 1 + goalie fight

As all the chippy players converged along the boards and began punching each other, Mavericks goaltender Mason McDonald joined the fray and began cross-checking any opposing players he could.

Toledo goalie Matej Machovsky didn’t appreciate that gesture too much so he skated full throttle down the ice. Then the two keepers fought.

Here’s what sparked the fracas.

Line brawl 2

With under a minute to go, the two teams had one last line brawl to properly punch-uate (get it?) the evening. All 10 players converged near the penalty box and began trying to punch whoever they could.

“Their coaching staff should be embarrassed. Their organization should be embarrassed,” Walleye coach Dan Watson said to The Toledo Blade’s Mark Monroe. “Klotz should be suspended for the rest of the year. I think he should be done. It’s unacceptable. Our league is trying to get rid of the image from the 1980s and 1990s. If this is going to continue… we’ll continue to get a bad rap.”

24 penalties and 110 PIMs were doled out to both teams during the game, including 79 during the first line brawl.

Read the Toledo Blade’s full recap of the game.

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