Bryan Hayes

They'd be like, all right, let's go.

Let's get the city moving here.

They were waiting for us.

Literally, the chief of police is like, we need to open this road up badly.

The city's awake.

That was our pace car.

All right, Pat Maroon in a few moments.

So yesterday, even if you didn't watch it, you've seen the highlights and you're well aware of what happened.

Buffalo-Tampa, what a hockey game.

Lead changes, 8-7, you know, like 15 goals.

80s hockey.

80s hockey but what sticks out is the fights and the animosity and it's what has always separated rivalries in the sport of hockey compared to every other rivalry in every other sport right the the goals are a bonus it was incredible the fact that they're fighting for the top spot the atlantic is incredible they're both going to the playoffs both highly competitive both have legitimate cup aspirations but

But what makes it such a memorable game is there were fights all night and line brawls and the whistle blew at the end and you knew there'd be a dust-up.

That's an ingredient that...

i think is is imperative to to push a rivalry over the top sure like you just you have to have it you have to have an element of legitimate hatred that leads to guys saying i'm dropping the gloves here i'll tell you one thing just watching something's gonna happen that brandon hagel's very fortunate because i don't know if this came to your minds but he grabbed that doll lean skating away and

That's right.

Part of the league wouldn't consider that.

Like, they fined him, but I would have been fine with a suspension.

Like, a one-game suspension to say.

And he was railing on it.