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.
3) A UAF player grabs a UNO player in the handshake line and starts pushing. I thought it was UAF32 and UNO40 but I’m not sure and no video shows it. The refs break it up.
4) UAF11 grabs UNO26 from behind and throws a punch. It’s all downhill from there. pic.twitter.com/bwIoMitXZq
— spomer_hky (@spomer_hky) October 23, 2022
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.
Quick breakdown of the post-game scrum between UNO/UAF today.
It all starts back on Friday night. UAF wins in OT and they celebrate in front of UNO’s bench. I’ve got no issue with this. UNO doesn’t react and heads to the locker room. pic.twitter.com/UJIMTMfNbS
— spomer_hky (@spomer_hky) October 23, 2022
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).
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.
