A giant hockey brawl broke out on Sunday between the Omaha Mavericks and the Alaska Nanooks of NCAA, and footage of the fight has gone viral.
The Mavericks defeated the Nanooks 3-2 in overtime. The brawl actually started when the teams shook hands post-game. Twitter user @spomer_hky shared footage of the handshake line and the brawl that ensued.
The two teams also faced off on Friday night, with Alaska winning 3-2 in overtime. According to @spomer_hky, the beef started on Friday when Nanooks players celebrated in front of the Mavericks’ bench.
Tyler Weiss of Omaha scored the game-winner on Sunday night to help his team to victory and even the mini two-game series.
According to the game’s box score, misconducts were handed out to Anton Rubstov (Alaska), Brayden Nicholetts (Alaska), Arvils Bergmanis (Alaska), Weiss, Michael Abgrall (Omaha and Jack Randl (Omaha).
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Brady Risk and Connor Mylymok of Alaska were handed match penalties. Brock Bremer and Kaden Bohlsen of the Mavericks were also given match penalties.
Omaha is 2-3-1 on the season, and they’ll next play consecutive road games against the Long Island University Sharks on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29. They will then come back to Nebraska for a short two-game homestand against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Nov. 4 and 5).
Sunday’s loss to Omaha dropped the Nanooks to 3-4-1. They’ll try to get back on track when they visit Northern Michigan University for a two-game slate on the 28th and 29th.
