Video: Ritchie & Lemieux Fight to End Bruins/Rangers Game

This season we have seen way more fights than we thought we would as fighting it up roughly 20% across the NHL from last season. It may have something to do with the fact teams are playing each other more often than usual and bad blood is carrying over from previous games. 

This was the case as the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers met once again on Sunday. While the Bruins ended up winning the game 4-1, it was once the buzzer sounded that has our attention here.

Bruins forward Nick Ritchie and Rangers forward Brendan Lemieux dropped their mitts at the end of the game. This was in response to Ritchie's elbow on Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin roughly three weeks ago as Lemieux felt it was the perfect time to respond:

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