Mass brawl breaks out TWO seconds into Rangers-Devils game at MSG as tempers flare straight after the puck drop… with eight players ejected following wild 5v5 scrap at Madison Square Garden
A mass brawl between New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils players broke out just two seconds into their game at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
Straight after the puck drop in New York, boisterous Rangers rookie Matt Rempe and Devils defenseman Kurtis MacDermid dropped their gloves and began exchanging fists.
Six other players then got involved in the five-on-five scrap, including Rangers trio Barclay Goodrow, K’Andre Miller and Jacob Trouba and New Jersey’s Kevin Bahl, John Marino and Chris Tierney.
All eight were immediately ejected from the game on misconduct penalties, marking a wild start to proceedings at MSG.
Rempe has already become notorious for brawling with opponents despite only featuring 10 times so far for the Rangers.
Last month the enforcer was suspended for four games after being ejected for a brutal elbow on Devils defender Jonas Siegenthaler, marking the 21-year-old’s first suspension just a few months into his NHL career.
A mass brawl between New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils players broke out just two seconds into their game at Madison Square Garden
