‘Sabres fans have waited nearly 20 years to loathe a villain like this. In the final moments of their 16th consecutive sellout, groups in the 300 level chanted, “We want Hagel!” Hagel, who was not available due to injury, got ejected and fined $5,000 for punching Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin in the back of the head on March 8. There were five fights, 102 penalty minutes and 15 goals scored as Buffalo won its most memorable regular-season game in decades, 8-7. It’s a game you’ll be talking about years from now while sitting around a dinner table or on a bar stool. It won’t be the last chapter of this rivalry, either.’
Lance Lysowski: Jon Cooper gave Sabres fans more reasons to despise Tampa Bay
Source: Buffalo News
