Gotta See It: Chaotic bench brawl erupts between Flames and Red Wings 

Screw the commercials, thanks for keeping the game on!

it isnt hockey without stuff like this happening every once and a while

Now this is a “Gotta See it” moment! Love this type of hockey!

Jimmy Howard throwing haymakers John Gillies-“I’ll just grab a Swede”

lol at Jagr keeping someone on the bench

Old time hockey

Loved seeing this honestly, No one got hurt and it was entertaining as hell

Dont let this brawl distract you from the fact that the Oilers were gifted the best player in the world and still sit in last place

Hockey at its finest. And people ask why I moved to Canada!! Haha!

The best hockey in the world, we need more of this!!!

Old time hockey! Imagine if Smith was there lol.

what a crazy game, can't wait to see the hockey guys take on it :)

1:46 they look like awkward middle schoolers at a dance 😂

One of the reasons I like hockey is that the refs (and linesmen) aren’t cowards. Right in the middle of the skirmish trying to stop it. Argue on how they handled it, but at least they were trying to stop the fight.

TBH refs won that fight

Mantha has his jersey over his head and was still laying the punches

Finally a gotta see it where you actually gotta see it

Can we all say that the Red Wings vs. Colorado 1997 playoffs fights were amazing.

Don Cherry just watched this and said ‘huh, what brawl?’

1:12 Howard whips his helmet back on, ready for action hahaha

Man, Tkachuk sure is tough whenever there's a ref in between him and a guy.

Love it! Reminds of when my ECHL team and our opponents were ALL in their respective penalty box! Quite a site.......it's a passionate game with both teams and fans feeling strongly!!

Whoever the producer was during this game is the GOAT

That's some good ol time hockey right here boys. I wish we seen more of it these days. Gotta love the old school bench brawls eh

When they all got to the bench I started to laugh my head off😂😂

Jimmy Howard fighting 2-3 guys at once. Always kept it real

I always love a good hockey brawl.

I love how Tkachuck brings the best out of people

Calgary announcers are blind.. Witkowsky ran into the guy and then tried to skate around him.. the calgary player had his hand up at Witkowsky and wanted to fight..... so they did and he got dummied.. simple

Just a regular old Donnybrook in Detroit! Boy oh boy as Mick would say! Love it!

ol' time hockey

Tkatchuk is lucky Zetterberg is the one that ended up having a hold of him

Wow this takes me back to the Avs/wings brawl in the 90's.

Love the fact Howard jumped in.

Jägr is so calm and patience....love that guy character.

That mess is all on the linesman. Instead of making sure Witkowski actually starts walking towards the hallway once he gets on the bench, he turns to the Calgary bench. Dude, there are other officials out there. Let them handle it.

1:55 you can see the adrenaline running through ferland's body, as he stands behind the bench watching.

As the fight ensued, it was like watching a wasp nest erupt into pure armageddon

It's been a long time since I've seen something like this happen on this magnitude. Awesome.

ahhh good old brawl. i miss that hockey

Tkachuck the type of guy you would love on your team but would despise if he was on another team

2:01 buddies look like they’re having a heartfelt convo

I really hope this anger carries over to next season, one of the biggest all-out brawls in the whole year.

This type of play is what makes hockey...love it

Those 4,000 fans were so excited to see that!!

I'm a Toronto fan and I'm going for the red wings in this one

Another example of calgary trying to goon it up, and this time they got their faces pounded in. And Mantha is impressing me more and more. Future captain, you heard it first, not Larkin.

Hell yea! I feel like a kid again when I see these kind of hockey scraps. Reminds me of the late 80s and pretty much all of the 90s.

Where is the „brawl“??? like in the late 70s...?

Are we sure the early 2000s Avalanche aren't in those Flames jerseys Also, Tkachuk didn't need to go after Zetterberg, he's one of the most respected and gentlemenly players of all time, you don't go at those types of guys

I would’ve loved to hear what they say. Thanks for keeping the game on instead of switching to commercials This is hockey ladies and gents

I love all of it, but that very first initial fight behind the play destroyed a beautiful scoring opportunity

See.. no need to use guns bro.

Ferland and Witkowski would be a slugfest. Looking forward to the next game.

This is classic, we dont get enough of this GO WINGS BABY!!!

that linseman's pin move on witkowski after the fight to prevent a second fight is pretty noice.

Still waiting for Johnny Hockey to KO everyone here.

I read the title as “Catholic Bench Brawl”... O.o

This is what Avs and Red Wings were like back in the day that rivalry was amazing

what song is that

Coming back on the ice like an idiot after you've been sent to the room is a 10 game minimum. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the rulebook makes any exceptions if someone lightly taps your skate on your way out.

Wow, those 10 fans really got their money's worth!

Gawd, I miss this. A tear forms.

The rule book states that if any player is given a direct order by an on ice official to leave the ice for the dressing room, they are required to proceed immediately as instructed at all times. There's no excuse for an ejected player to return to the playing surface or bench for any reason (regardless of any unnecessary actions by their opponent).

Hell yeah!, the fans love it!

"Massive bench brawl" lol please.....it was a skirmish !! And quit attempting to compare it to the old days with the Avalanche...there's no comparison !!

Not a brawl. That's the sad state of hockey in 2017. A brawl would be all skaters fighting..a few guys coming off the bench...and the goalies meeting at center ice, masks off,.. going at it. Man I miss Patrick Roy.

Thank the lords they didn't fully go to commercial break, one of the highlights of the season and it's November. Old time hockey, ladies and gentlemen....

LETS GO WINGS. Hamminic got his ass beat by a blind mantha. atta boy. Kulak got what he deserved. he got shoved to the ice because he wouldnt let Witowski go.

IF THIS WAS OLD TIME HOCKEY, THEY'D STILL BE FIGHTING AT THIS VERY MOMENT.

Love how they fight

havent seen a fight like that in forever

For people saying Mantha was being dirty for punching Hamonic on the bench, if you go watch other videos and interviews and stuff, you would know that Hamonic was continuing to throw punches as well, and that Mantha couldn't get up because he had a ref on top of him, so the only choices he had since he couldn't get up was to either just sit there and let Hamonic continue punching him, or punch back. Also, in the fight between Witkowski and Kulak, Witkowski really did nothing different than you would see in just about any other fight. He didn't throw any punches when Kulak was down, he threw one AS Kulak was going down, but that's very normal so don't say it's not. Yes, he lifted him up and shoved him back down once after the fight was over which was unnecessary, but there's much worse than that that goes on in most fights. Plus to add to this all, Tkachuk caused this brawl. There was NO need to hit Witkowski with his stick after he was on the bench. Then, after some shoving, as Witkowski got on the bench for a second time, Tkachuk thought it would be a good idea to continue instigating by reaching over and punching Witkowski in the head, which is what really started the whole thing. It immediately led to several players attacking Ericsson for no reason and so on. Going back to the Hamonic and Mantha fight, all Mantha did, with the help of Zetterberg, was pull Hamonic out of the brawl to get him off of his teammates which is totally normal, but Hamonic is the one that started throwing punches, even though Mantha still had his gloves on. Mantha didn't throw a single punch until after his helmet was ripped off and he had his jersey over his head, which was SEVERAL seconds in to the fight, Clearly Hamonic was the one causing this fight. Let's also not forget that Hamonic and Tkachuk were the ones causing problems throughout the whole game. A couple players on the Flames bench also got involved in the brawl by throwing some punches which is a BIG no no. None of the Wings players on the bench got involved. Booth, from the Red Wings was trying to stop the Flames players on the bench from getting involved, but that's it. I've seen people saying that Athanasiou was hitting Hamonic, and that's not true at all. The only thing Athanasiou did was put his hand up when Hamonic almost fell over the boards into him, that's all.

It’s funny when Tkachuk starts everything but then when people want at him he runs and hides behind all of his teammates

The commentators saying witcowski wasn’t letting it go when multiple Calgary players FOLLOWED him to the bench and kept talking

THANKS STEVE

1:01 is where the NHL suspended Tkachuk for that "spear" what a joke...

Well done American TV....we really wanted the adverts. We finally get a brawl and you dont even get it on live TV. Anyway...BRAWL!!! What brawl...

great stuff! keep it up guys!

Watched this game live. Hell of a game to watch.

Thachuk is such a little weasel. 20 year old who acts like he's 12.

Watch Mathew Tkachuk....dives in swats someone and jumps back out ....repeat. Then goes around the outside of the circle doing cheap shots. What a goof ball. Goes around comes around.

Song during 6:20 ?

This was great!! Thought I was in a different era watching this one!

Is this what we're calling a brawl nowadays? This is not old time hockey folks. This is today's weak, water down version of old time hockey.

Another gutless play from Tkachuk, can't fight a battle face to face.

damn, I hope that more brawls will come this year and some goalie fights too :-) I miss 90's :-)

I was at this game. So much fun to see live.

Tkachuk being a goof like always running away

Detroit's glory days are behind them. Enjoy the cellar bois.

Makes me miss playing. I loved fighting.

I hope for another good season for both teams coming uo

Well Hamonic wanted to act like a tough guy, door open or not, don't act tough if you aren't willing to get a broken nose.

So Detroit games have the same attendance as Florida games now?

Oh wow!

This isn't a line brawl. Please refer to 70s 80s hockey....bruins, or flyers, habs., nordiques...better yet watch the bench clearing fights...now that's brawling

Real Classy by Witkowski trying to slam someones head against the ice.... I hope he gets the 10 games for coming back onto the ice.. he deserves more

could see multiple suspension coming to both teams. It is funny that Tkachuk cant face a battle like a man, oh probably because he is only a kid :)

We need more of this in our league. Ol Time Hockey.

I remember watching this game live. A lot of fun.