TortorellawasfuriousbecausehebelievedtheFlamesinitiated a linebrawltostartthegameinanattempttoinjureoneoftheCanucksplayers, Flames, coachesandplayerslookedonwhileconductplayersheldhimback.
Andtothisdayyoumaypausefor a secondwhenyouhearthenamePhillipWellmanbutmentionedtheMississippiBravesmanagermeltdownandalmosteverysportsfanwillknowwhatyoumean.
Willmangainedinternationalattentionwhenhewasejectedfrom a gamein 2007 afterhavingcoveredhomeplateindirt, removedallofthebases, crawledacrossthefieldin a pronepositionandtossedtherosinbagatanumpireoverthetop.
Sure, butmemorableallthesame.
Numberfive.
TheBostonBruinsgointoMSGstands.
Thefansarenowgettinginvolved.
Ifyoucameacrossthisclipontelevision, youthinkit's a scenefromSlapshotratherthanfromanactualNHLgame.
Seventieswere a differenttime, however, andfantasybecamerealityonDecember 23rd, 1979 during a gamebetweentheBostonBruinsandtheNewYorkRangers.
Whatstartedas a skirmishbetweentheplayersquicklyescalatedasfansbeganthrowingthingsontheiceandreachingovertheglasstopunchBruinsplayers.
Severalplayersrespondedbygoingintothestands, includingMikeMilbury, whowoundupbeating a fanwith a shoeliketobeatthemtodeathwiththeirownshoes.
Testisinthestandsthistles, perhapsthemostinfamousbrawlinthehistoryofsportsandcertainlytheMBAthingstook a darkturnon 1 Novembernightin 2004 atthePalaceofAuburnHillsduring a gamebetweenIndianaandDetroit.
Withlessthan a minutetogo, a scufflebrokeoutbetweenplayersonthecourt.
ThingsappearedtobesettlingdownuntilPacersplayerRonourtestwashitwith a drinkthrownby a faninthestands.
TheFireERtestthenwentintothecrowdandignited a hugefight.
Followingtheincident, nineplayersweresuspendedfor a totalof 146 games, whilethefanwhothroughtheplasticcupandsubsequentlypunchedourtestwaschargedwithassaultandbattery.