Edmonton Oilers forward Trent Frederic broke the Internet on Saturday night with his wild beat down of Utah forward Jack McBrain in one of the roughest, wildest hockey fight in a few years. Frederic took a few punches but landing even more against big McBain.
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Frederic blasted off McBain’s helmet with one blow and thundered in with a few Jack Reacher-esque uppercuts.
The fight came in retribution for McBain’s nasty crosscheck on Draisaitl on Thursday in Edmonton.
Said Sportsnet’s Kevin Bieksa of Frederic: “He hits him with some bomb uppercuts and because he wins this fight so convincingly, I feel like Edmonton feels satisfied with that revenge.”
Earlier this year, Frederic fought Seattle’s Ryan Lindgren, who had concussed Evan Bouchard at the World Championships with an ugly head blow. “(Frederic) had nothing to do with either play and he fights two guys for his teammates. You don’t think he’s going to be loved in that locker room?” said Bieksa.
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And former NHL enforcer Luke Gazdic added, “You see the bench there. You see McDavid’s big smile on his face. The respect you get from your teammates for something like that is unreal. And good on him for doing that.”
Said Philadelphia hockey writer Christopher Babos, “Don Cherry is smiling somewhere.”
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