A friendly hockey game between members of the New York City Police Dept and the city’s firefighters turned less than friendly when it became a bloody donnybrook.
The haymakers broke out at the buzzer after the NYPD won their first 3-2 upset victory in more than a decade over the firefighters, according to the Irish Star.
The final round was apparently sparked by an earlier brief scuffle during the game, the site reported. As the buzzer sounded, both benches cleared and the players flooded the ice to seek out an opponent with which to grapple.
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Passions were already running high before the teams even reached the arena. NYPD captain and defenseman George Antzoulis said before that game that his players had been in serious training mode over the last few weeks.
“Guys are missing work, missing overtime, missing things with their family, switching their tours around,” Antzoulis said.
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