The Flyers lost 6-3 to the Detroit Red Wings the other night, but the big story on Action News is a donnybrook in the stands involving fans of both teams.
Here’s the video:
Looks like Red Wings guy gets in a few whacks, then a few more whacks as people grab the other guy before he himself is restrained.
Crossing Broad’s younger Kyle, Kyle P, tracked down some information on what happened and procured these first-hand accounts of the melee:
It’s a shame we don’t have video of the Red Wings fan toppling over the seats, because that would have been rich. And it sounds like he deserved it, if eyewitness accounts are to be believed. You don’t say “I’m gonna fuck your daughter.” That’s crossing the line, pal.
Anyway, if you were there and saw what happened, email me at kevin@crossingbroad.com and I’ll update the story.
EDIT – can’t believe I missed this the first time, but “bring the fight” is scrolling on the video board while fans are clobbering each other
EDIT 2 – here’s the second half of the video:
EDIT 3: this fan got the entirety of the thing from a close up view –