Hurricanes’ Brind’Amour defends Chatfield after takedown vs. McMichael
The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals meet again this week and hopefully, both teams will try to avoid having the rematch get out of hand.
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The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals meet again this week and, hopefully, both teams will try to avoid having the rematch get out of hand.
In their last meeting, there was a seven-minute stretch that saw 120 penalty minutes awarded — 10 two-minute minors, four five-minute fighting majors and eight 10-minute misconducts. That was headlined by a fight between defenceman Jalen Chatfield and forward Connor McMichael which went viral for the way it ended.
The incident happened in the midst of a testy third period when Chatfield grabbed hold of McMichael’s jersey and slammed the helmet-less Capital to the ice.
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Chatfield did not receive any supplemental discipline from the NHL’s department of player safety, but the situation was widely panned by fans and media.
Speaking about the incident on Monday, Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour provided a passionate defence of his player
“The media’s the one that (made drama out of) it, and they’re morons, typically,” Brind’Amour told reporters. “If you’re going to say what happened at the end was anything more than what I’ve seen a thousand times before, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Go look at the game exactly before. The Boston-Detroit game. Two really good heavyweights going at it and watch how that fight ends. It’s a takedown, I’m sorry. Quit making something out of what isn’t, because that’s not a fair characterization of our player and that’s what bothers me on the whole thing. Do your homework.”
The Hurricanes and Capitals face each other next on Thursday and the Metropolitan Division rivals could meet again in the playoffs.
