fan will be banned for the venue for life following a scary incident at the arena following Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Thursday.
In video that has circulated on social media, a man can be seen punching a Lightning fan at the conclusion of Tampa's win in a hallway.reports say a 29-year-old man from Staten Island, N.Y., was arrested and charged with two counts of assault, two counts of disorderly conduct and two counts of harassment.
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Awesome!!!
Sport fans from up north aren’t anything more than big mouth yankmes who don’t know any about the world outside their grandmas house!!!
not really a punishment, should be charged with assault
Glorious
In fairness to this guy he's seen Trouba do worse with no repercussions for a couple series.
Ya, okay..they are gonna refuse money, you people are hilarious
How is this possible to enforce? Agree with the stance but do not understand how it can be carried out.
Always wondered how you enforce that lol
This fan should also be banned from UBSArena barclayscenter and PruCenter for life.
Hope the fucker had season tix. Pc of shit
ALL NY area teams should ban the clown.
Good
Good
Good move.
Honestly, ban him from the city. We don't want him.
Great finally justice this person doesn't deserve to be around people
I hope they arrested him for assault too
It should be In Tampa as well?
Good, i hope he lost his job aswell!
Ban the Tampa fan selfdefense
Wuz it werth it
Hope hes not honna beat his family when his fav team lose a hockey game. Guy should be obliged to wear a straitjacket.
And he needs a nice stint in prison.
Good
That was really bad sucker punch. What a coward to hit someone like that.
In the alternative, they could just let the Tampa Bay Lightning beat on him to their heart's content.
Thank goodness! I really thought that the guy that was sucker punched in the neck/jaw died from the punch or hitting his head on the floor. Praise God! Both, the victim & assailant, are lucky. NHL TampaBay TBLvsNYR StanleyCuo
Fantastic great to hear
Should also do time for attempted murder. Disgusting.
He should be banned from every single arena.
It’s a Shithole just like the rest of NYC.
NHL needs to follow up and ban him from all NHL games. At least in the NY-NJ arenas.
Honestly is anyone surprised by Rangers fans anymore, worst in the league
All he needs is a moustache and nobody will know. Excelsior.
NHL should ban him from every facility for life
Consequences = karma
Wherever this guy works the quality of sevice must be extremely low quality. I'm sure he treats women the same way. Gee I hope his boss and his girlfriend aren't reading this.
He could’ve killed the Tampa fan with that sucker punch and subsequent head bang on the floor.
All pro sports should.
The “ban” is just one element. Let’s make sure that the appropriate officials lay charges for battery and assault.
The NHLPlayerSafety has issued him a fine of $1,500
Great 👍
How does that work? Ain’t nobody gonna recognize this dude years from now.
I hope he’s being charged with assault causing bodily harm unprovoked. Book him Dano as McGarret used to say in Hawaii Five O.!!
It's fitting. There was no reason for that.
He should be banned for life from any sporting event where people attend.
How do they enforce this? With thousands of people coming and going, hes not going to be easy for everyone to remember.
He should be banned everywhere
BRUTAL sucker punch. Bring on the lawyers.
He was lucky he didn’t kill the guy
As he should 🤷🏻♂️
He should be charged too. It's just fking hockey folks!!!
Lucky the TB fan wasn't in Boston, they push you down the stairs there.
Wasn’t the guy that got smacked talking shit or something?
Unfortunately this means nothing. You do not have to identify yourself to enter MSG for an event.
Tampa should fly the guy who was assaulted out for game six!
Good for MSG! Everytime I've attended games there some meatheads are always outside looking to start fights. Very odd to see middle aged guys trying to start fights with anyone, even with teenagers.
I hope the victim is ok. Nasty.
Question, how is this enforced in reality?
Never run your mouth on a New Yorker who likes sports
Awesome!! ... They should partner up with Tampa and send those two men to the next game, in Tampa.
That’s a good first step.
I'd like to sue him for emotional distress. He made me feel empathy towards a fan of a Tampa Bay sports team.
Glad he's banned from the garden hopefully UBSArena does the same so he doesn't get in during the Isles rags games
Nice to here they are taken action, I think the other fight also had the same thing
“Madison Square Garden says a man who assaulted a Tampa Bay Lightning fan will be banned for the venue for life following a scary incident at the arena following Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Thursday.” Banned “from” the venue.
I wonder what Saudi Arabia would do to that guy?
Good!
Maybe he will know that the Rangers should tank since the roster isnt even good enough to beat Tampa without Point
Shouldn't he be in like... jail?
As he should be.I don’t care what was said, there is no justification for what he did.
Terrible actions saw the horrible violence on the video good on msg
Such great news that they caught the guy and he is getting charged for his actions and banned from MSG !! 👍👍👍👍👮👮👮👮
Good. He should be banned from all NHL events as well.
Ok. For life is a little much. Granted it was really bad. But how do we not know about the other guy. Did he say anything
Good
This past year has been the absolute worst for this garbage at sporting events that I can remember.
Should be banned from every professional sporting venue in North America.
So they should that was awful
Put his picture / name up on a billboard .. shame , but cost coin not worth it
ice_chip The Rangers should sign him. Number 8A.
Stay classy nhl NYRangers. 🤦♂️👎. Hope the fan is ok. unbelievable. Now, I hope you lose the series. StanleyCup playoffs
James Anastasio from Staten Island.
Banned from ALL Hockey Arenas and forced to burn all his merch. No Violence among Hockey Fans! Never!
Wow! Hope his victim is okay!
Hopefully he gets thrown in jail also.
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