The Winnipeg Jets were plenty happy with their 8-1 win over the Bruins on Tuesday, but were still mad about the third period after the game.
The Jets didn’t like Bruins forward Trent Frederic fighting David Gustafsson in the third period.
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They reacted to it during the game and were still talking about it afterward. Frederic is a veteran of 38 career bouts, but Gustafsson, a 24-year-old Swede doesn’t appear to have fought at any level.
Frederic won the fight with one punch, but it spawned two other fights.
Jets captain Adam Lowry told the Winnipeg Free Press that Frederic violated an unwritten rule.
“I think for guys that fight, we generally know who on the other team fights. Gussie, real proud of him not backing down,” he said. “But, I think that’s a situation that he shouldn’t be put in the first place.”
Mark Scheifele liked that Lowry (Nikitia Zadorov) and Logan Stanley (Mark Kastelic) stood up for Gustafsson in separate fights. He told the Free Press:
“That’s what good teams do: we stick together. Good on Stan and Lows to get in there,” he said. “We stick up for each other, we take care of each other. That’s what makes us a good team.”
Jets coach Scott Arniel conceded that he’d put his first power play back in the game out of anger at the Bruins even with his team up 6-1.
“Certainly you read that right,” he said when asked if that was his motivation. “But at the end of the day, I’m not going to sit and talk about what happened in the last 10 minutes of the hockey game. That’s detrimental for the game we played.”
