Who wants to waste time playing hockey for charity when you can just brawl for it, instead?
New York’s police (NYPD) and fire (FDNY) departments went to blows during an annual charity hockey game Sunday, riling up the crowd in a scene that resembled something from a National Lampoon film. Each team emptied its bench to flood the playing area, and a massive scrum near the boards at center ice gave way to individual skirmishes further from the core group. Gloves littered the rink, and chants began to fill the air.
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“P-D sucks! P-D sucks!” can be heard on an extended video of the fight, which one can only assume was taken from a pro-NYFD portion of the crowd. The group later started a “Dunkin’ Donuts!” refrain.
Ken Ternlund, a fan who shot separate video of the incident, told CBS New York he’s never seen anything quite like what happened Sunday, and he wasn’t sure what set it off.
“I heard conflicting stories about exactly how it started, but it looked like maybe just one guy reached over the boards, another guy kind of retaliated, I guess one of the other players on the other team saw that, and mayhem just broke out,” he told the station.
The game, which was played at Nassau Coliseum, the home of the NHL’s New York Islanders, ended with an 8-5 victory for the NYPD.
(h/t Deadspin)
