At Least Nine Actual Punches Landed In Wild ECHL Goalie Fight

'I swear I'm a nice guy'

On rare occasions, a goalie fight ends in something other than embarrassment for the participants.

But more often than not, netminder dust-ups feature nothing but air-mailed punches, if any are thrown at all.

Well, a Sunday night ECHL game between the Utah Grizzlies and Wheeling Nailers produced a goalie fight that might go down as one of the best of all time.

The fight, which took place with nine seconds left in Wheeling’s 6-1 win over Utah, saw Nailers goalie Francois Brassard land at least seven actual punches. All told, somewhere between eight and 10 punches were exchanged between Brassard and Grizzlies netminder Kevin Carr.

Take a look:

But wait, there’s more.

A fan captured Brassard’s hilarious celebration as he skated off the ice.

https://twitter.com/305godfadder/status/1366197507215220739

Nothing like a hard-earned Discount Double-Check.

If you want to watch the brawl that led up to the Brassard-Carr fight, you can view the highlights in the tweet below:

Now, that was a heck of a lot more entertaining than the goalie feistiness offered by the NHL over the weekend.

In case you missed it, here’s how St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Bennington behaved himself as he exited a game against the San Jose Sharks:

Lame.

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Dakota Randall

Plymouth State/Boston University product from Wolfeboro, NH, who now is based in Rhode Island. Have worked at NESN since 2016, covering the Patriots since 2021. Might chat your ear off about Disney World, Halo 2, and Lord of the Rings.