RED DEER – Lots of coaches probably wish they could they could give the opposing bench boss a facewash every now and then.
Few have actually done it.
But two coaches at the 2016 Memorial Cup have traded punches, elbows, whacks and hacks on countless occasions.
Red Deer Rebels owner/GM/head coach Brent Sutter and London Knights counterpart Dale Hunter are no strangers to each other, dating back to their clashes in the old Patrick Division.
Hunter, whose club kicks off the tournament against the host Rebels on Friday night (6 p.m. at the Centrium, Sportsnet West, 106.