Bergeron On Fan Fight: 'It Was Actually Pretty Bad'
BOSTON (CBS) – While the Boston Bruins were on their way to a 1-0 win over the Canadiens in Montreal, players couldn't help but notice a fight that broke out in the stands.
"It was actually pretty bad. It was one guy getting beat up by five or six guys," Patrice Bergeron recalled on 98.5 The Sports Hub's Gresh and Zolak Tuesday morning. "I watched the whole thing, I couldn't believe it."
Watch the video of the fight.
The fight broke out during a timeout with just over a minute remaining in the game. It lasted over a minute, with a group ending up ganging up on the one fan. It took a group of security guards to break it up.
While the Bruins were sitting on the bench, they couldn't help but notice the events transpiring in the stands.
"No one had to say anything because everyone was watching it," recalled Bergeron. "Everyone in the stands stood up and started looking in that direction."
Sports Hub Bruins insider Joe Haggerty was also north of the border for the game, and saw the fight break out.
"I remember looking over because it was happening to our right over in the corner during the third period, and you just saw haymakers being thrown by a bunch of different guys," Haggerty told Toucher & Rich Tuesday morning. "It looked like two or three were working on one guy and tuning him up and kicking and punching him and everything else."
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