Reaves And Gabriel Start the period with a big fight, a breakdown
What Happened
Ryan Reaves of the New York Rangers and Barclay Goodrow of the Tampa Bay Lightning line up next to each other at the start of the third period. Goodrow, who plays on the fourth line, skates over to Reaves and challenges him to a fight. Reaves initially tells Goodrow that he is not worth his time, but eventually agrees to the fight when the puck is dropped. The two players drop their gloves and sticks and begin circling each other. Goodrow takes a few jabs at Reaves, who largely laughs them off. Reaves then grabs hold of Goodrow's jersey and lands a couple of solid punches to his visor. Goodrow tries to counter with a move where he uses his right hand to twist Reaves' hand, but his follow-up punch misses the mark. The two players then fall to the ice, but quickly get back up before the referees can intervene. Reaves lands a few more punches, then pauses to put his helmet back on Goodrow's head, taunting him. Goodrow tries his twisting hand maneuver again, but Reaves sees it coming and delivers a thunderous punch directly to Goodrow's cheekbone. "Oh ho ho, I got a little something right there, baby. Let's go!" Reaves exclaims, clearly satisfied with the devastating blow he has landed. Goodrow skates to the bench, having gotten what he asked for in the fight, but regretting the outcome. The fight comes early in a closely contested game, with the Rangers trailing the Lightning by a single goal. Both teams are fierce rivals, making the physical altercation all the more intense. Reaves and Goodrow are known for their physical play and willingness to drop the gloves, so this clash was an anticipated part of the matchup. In the end, Reaves' experience and power proved too much for Goodrow, as the veteran Rangers forward landed the most impactful punch of the fight. It's a moment that will surely be remembered by fans of both teams, as the bad blood between the Rangers and Lightning continues to simmer.
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so gabriel is trying to fight reeves
he's going to him pretty game show he's
like fight me fight me fight me he said
in his post game
conference that reeves told him he
wasn't worth his time eventually start
of the third period they line up next to
each other both on the fourth line
everyone's waiting for the puck to drop
gabriel circles around
skates next to reeves roof says hey okay
you want to go now
all right i'm ready he stares him down
here we go they're just standing around
waiting
all right thank you for thank you for
accepting my challenge reeves
puck gets dropped and so do their sticks
and so do their gloves
and everyone stands around and a little
stretching by gabriel making sure the
shin pads are on good
make sure all the pads are on good and
he comes at him with the left
and reeves kind of just laughs at him
he's like now you got that what you're
going to do
not here they both grab for each other
reeves gets the jersey one punch against
the visor another punch against the
visor
and then they've got to retake their
balance a little jab there by gabriel
now this is his move he takes his right
hand
puts it on reeve's hand throws that to
kind of twist
reeves and then comes with a big punch
misses up top
reeves counters with another miss they
both fall down they get up before the
refs can stop it
and now reeves is gonna throw a big
punch and then two more punches and then
he's gonna put his helmet back on his
head for him
like you're gonna need this dude because
i'm still coming at you comes off again
i think i think gabriel tries to do his
move again yeah there's his move again
look
right hand throws it over tries to spin
him throws a big punch kind of misses
again
and then goes for the jab gets his
helmet out of there and now he tries for
it again
and now he's gonna go for a body shot
and
and that was as big as a mistake because
look he goes for this body shot and it
goes complete puppet on him
just comes up the other end and that
leaves reeves with the chance at his
face and that connects right there
bam right there look look oh
boom right to the cheekbone that's the
best punch that landed that's probably
the best punch that's landed in one of
these hockey breakdown fights that i've
done in a while
and reeves knows he goes oh ho ho i got
a little something right there baby
let's [ __ ] go come on gabriel skates
to the bench got his fight
got punched shouldn't have talked that
[ __ ] [ __ ]
huh don't talk that [ __ ] [ __ ]
gabriel's like oh why are you saying
that it's a friendly fight dude
okay it's a friendly fight i asked if
you'd fight you said we fight we're just
fire
freddy fight no need for the [ __ ]
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