Matthew Tkachuk, naturally, was the instigator to Saturday's punchfest, but no way was Brandon Hagel, a proud Lightning and prouder Canadian, was backing down. Ahead of Thursday's final, that bad ...

Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel were the first to drop the gloves ... Hagel said that his decision to fight Tkachuk so expeditiously had nothing to do with optics. "What I did last game I ...

Canadian forward Brandon Hagel said the animosity at the start ... Hagel doesn't expect anything different on Saturday night because his fight came from a sense of national pride.

When the puck dropped in Montreal’s Bell Centre on Saturday night, Team Canada’s Brandon Hagel dropped ... reporters on Tuesday, Hagel said that his decision to fight Tkachuk the moment ...

Brandon Hagel opened the floodgates for chaos on Saturday ... The Lightning forward put up a strong fight and showed no fear for one of the toughest customers in the league. He confirmed that ...

Brady Tkachuk, who was involved in the second fight just one second after his ... When speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Brandon Hagel, who fought Matthew, threw a slight jab at the texters ...

As the puck was dropped for the game’s opening faceoff, Team USA’s Matthew Tkachuk and Team Canada’s Brandon Hagel dropped the gloves. They had a spirited fight, with each player landing big ...

Team Canada and Team USA's game tonight began with an electric start, and Canadian forward Brandon Hagel revealed that Matthew Tkachuk initiated their conflict. Matthew Tkachuk has been a longtime ...

Hagel also opened up about his feelings regarding the opening fight and explained that Matthew asked for the tussle. Brandon Hagel gestures to the crowd following his opening faceoff fight Matthew ...