Yahoo Sports Bruins Tough Guy & Lightning Defender Have Epic Fight
Boston Bruins forward Mark Kastelic suffered an upper-body injury during the club's Jan. 9 contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning and has not played since. This was after he was cross-checked in the head by Lightning defenseman Emil Lilleberg. Kastelic also dropped the gloves with him following it.
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The Bruins made it clear that they were not happy with Lilleberg's cross-check following that matchup, and that carried over to the Original Six club's Jan. 14 game against the Bolts.
Bruins forward Trent Frederic dropped the gloves with Lilleberg during the second period of the team's contest against the Lightning.
Trent Frederic and Emil Lilleberg chuck 'em in a great tilt 🥊 pic.twitter.com/tzOrgD7MPQ
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 15, 2025
Frederic landed several big punches on Lilleberg in the scrap, much to the excitement of the TD Garden crowd. Lilleberg also landed some punches, but Frederic was the clear winner of the fight.
Frederic undoubtedly pumped his Bruins teammates up from this fight, especially when remembering what happened last game.
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