“Tom Wilson owns the entire city of Montreal”: Old-school hockey brawl on the bench while Ryan Leonard and Lane Hutson just hold hands

The most exciting, adrenaline-rush-inducing incident occurred on the ice hockey rink of Game 3 of Round 1 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. A bench brawl ensued between Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Washington Capitals , Tom Wilson , and Canadian professional ice hockey winger for the Montreal Canadiens, Josh Anderson. Some fans thought the Capitals were losing it because they had won Game 1 and Game 2, but couldn’t work their magic for Game 3! While some fans loved revisiting the good old days of Old School Hockey where brawls were regulars.

WE HAVE FIGHTS ON THE BENCH ???? pic.twitter.com/bq9FEKbpqU

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 26, 2025

Peace among chaos - Ryan Leonard of the Washington Capitals and Lane Hutson of the Montreal Canadiens hold hands while watching their teammates engage in a brutal bench brawl

Former Team USA teammates Ryan Leonard and Lane Hutson holding hands while watching the brawl in Montreal is hilarious. pic.twitter.com/aTs2tffdp3

— Jeff Middleton (@jjmid04) April 26, 2025

While Thomas Wilson and Joshua Anderson were busy fighting, two of their teammates were so frightened of their passion that they kept their distance. The two opposite teammates observed them holding each other's hands. We are talking about - an American professional ice hockey right winger for the Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard - and - another American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Montreal Canadiens, Lane Hutson.

Ryan Leonard and Lane Hutson stood away from the bench brawl and pacified each other. On one side, a bench brawl ensued between the two teams, and on the other hand, support and friendship ensued between the same two teams! Two classic moments were captured on the X (formerly Twitter), and we would like to give you the reactions these two incidents received from all over the world!


Fans loved the bench brawl between Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals and Josh Anderson of the Montreal Canadiens but found Ryan Leonard and Lane Hutson's hand-holding funny
“Tom Wilson owns the entire city of Montreal”

“Did Ovi already go to the room? ��”

“That was pretty entertaining, to be fair. Awesome game.”

“i've been on this planet for nearly three decades watching a LOT of hockey but i've NEVER seen a fight on the bench itself”

“Best match up in the nhl right now”

“Shocker. Caps losing so they have to start fighting. Typical”

“Anderson started it, Wilson finished it”

“just holdin hands”

“Leonard an Hutson hahahah”

“Gotta love it. Old time hockey.”

“It was 70’s night”

“Ryan and Lane just 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️”

“Finally good hockey, it's been missing for the past 25 years!”

“Leonard and Hutson just chillin”

“On Washington's bench? How did Anderson get there”

“We got bench clearing brawls in 2025 NHL before GTA6”

“Game Misconduct and 1 Game suspension - each.”

“That's good old fashion brawl.”

“Nothing beats playoff hockey”

“Greatest sport on earth”

“love it, hockey as I remember it”

“Woah emotions! They could surely use a mindfulness coach right about now. 🤣🧘🏻‍♀️ 🫶🏼”

“Isn’t this like a multiple game suspension? lol”

“Throwback rockem sockem hockey”

“I like how the 2 rookies are just away from it all chatting about what's going on with the boys today ��”




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