Arizona Coyotes 2015-2016 Season Fights Part 1

Brad Richardson can throw down when he wants, and Opening Night in Anaheim was one of those days.

With less than 3 minutes remaining in the first period of the first game in a very long 82 game season, one of the last things you’d expect would be a fight. It’s early, save your energy for later in the season.

Then again, when you take a cheap shot on a divisional rival, it’s almost inviting a yard sale. And that’s what happened.

At 17:26 in the first against Anaheim in the season opener, Brad Richardson beat the snot out of somebody, and that someone was Cam Fowler.

Now Fowler didn’t leave bleeding or unconscious, but he didn’t land a shot or even find solid footing. Richardson whipped him around, took a few shots to Fowler’s beak and tossed him to the ice.

That’s the price you pay when you stand up for a teammate, so props to Cam Fowler. Maybe just leave Brad Richardson alone next time?

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