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Rangers Fan Knocks Out Lightning Fan with Crazy Sucker Punch

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jun 10th, 2022 · 9:11 AM EDT

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OBVIOUSLY, a Philadelphia sports fan dressed up as a New York Rangers fan and knocked out a Tampa fan with an insane cheap shot at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night:

Fight at MSG #NYR #NoQuitInNY #Fights #TampaBay pic.twitter.com/xxL9oD1if1

— Scott Kaplan (@ScottKaplanOn) June 10, 2022

Holy shit.

Okay, first things first –

This was after the Lightning won it late last night to go up 3-2 in the series. Tampa has won three in a row after going down 0-2, so obviously emotions were pretty raw as fans were filing out of MSG. There was even a fight on the ice when the final buzzer went. 

It’s hard to hear the audio, but it looks like the Tampa fan is talking to someone in front of him. It doesn’t APPEAR to be the guy who punched him, because he’s not looking at that guy specifically, but we don’t know for sure because we don’t have video leading up to the haymaker.

Regardless, the guy gets totally knocked out and is down for a long time. Good on the other Rangers fans for stopping to check on him, and it appears as though they identified red shirt guy to security.

This is from a witness on the scene:

“I saw someone in red on the floor getting arrested when I got downstairs … so hopefully that was him.. but there were quite a number of fights tonight.”

And from a local Tampa Bay reporter:

CONFIRMING

Perp James Anastasio, 29 of Staten Island, was ARRESTED and charged with 2 counts of assault, 2 counts of disorderly conduct, and 2 counts of harassment

The victim refused medical attention at the scene, so hopefully that means he is OK!!! https://t.co/QOyhfE2K8R

— Evan Axelbank Fox13 (@EvanAxelbank) June 10, 2022

Only in Philadelphia!