Wild fan sucker-punches Avs fan during crowd fracas (Video)
The Minnesota Wild’s 3-1 win at the Colorado Avalanche was a gloriously contentious affair.
On the ice, you had Cody McLeod running his mouth at Mikko Koivu and pretty much jumping Charlie Coyle at the end of the game, nearly sparking a brawl at the benches as he got a misconduct.
Meanwhile, there was some misconduct in the stands, as was evidenced by this fan-shot video of a fight between Wild fans and Avs fans in the lower bowl (which was also witnessed by Star Tribune beat writer Michael Russo). Watch the video here:
Stacey, an Avs season-ticket holder, shot this video that shows a woman in a brown jacket she claims was a Wild fan popping an Avalanche fan in the back of the head. That started a major disturbance in the crowd, leading to some ejections and some real ugliness.
There was a significant Wild fan presence in the building, as you could hear whenever Devan Dubnyk made a save.
And this is how rivalries get intensified …
