As Will Smith’s PR team keeps learning the hard way, smacking a peer in front of a few million witnesses sometimes has, ya know, consequences.
But before you hop onto the hockey high horse and wag a tender, reproachful, oh-how-could-you finger at Avalanche star Nathan MacKinnon for throwing down with Minnesota’s Matt Dumba earlier this week, consider:
• Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, that noted bastion of NHL peace and love, has been a part of at least eight in-game fights since 2007.
• Vancouver’s J.T. Miller? At least 10 scraps since 2012.