{"id":483032,"date":"2026-02-22T02:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/483032\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:21:08","slug":"ex-nhler-milan-lucic-throws-punch-at-his-own-teammate-after-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/483032\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NHLer Milan Lucic Throws Punch At His Own Teammate After Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While skating out to salute his netminder, Lucic threw a jab at teammate Logan Neilson.<\/p>\n<p>PublishedFebruary 21, 2026 7:30 PM EST\u2022UpdatedFebruary 21, 2026 7:30 PM EST<\/p>\n<p>FacebookTwitterEmailCopy Link<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Ex-NHLer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/milan-lucic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Milan Lucic<\/a> threw a punch or two (or several thousand) during his career, but I don&#8217;t know if I can remember him taking a swing at one of his teammates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Especially while still on the ice after a game had gone final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">After trying to make a pro comeback in North America, Lucic signed a deal with the Fife Flyers of the United Kingdom&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/elite-ice-hockey-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elite Ice Hockey League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sweepstakes?cmpid=org=ok::ag=owned::mc=editorial::src=hero_spot::cmp=cbb_sweeps::add=cbb_Sweeps_Promotion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enter To Win The Ultimate &#8220;Money-Can&#8217;t-Buy&#8221; Experience At The NCAA Men&#8217;s Hoops National Championship Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">At the moment, the Scottish club is dead last in the entire league, so it&#8217;s no surprise that there are frustrations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">What is surprising is watching those frustrations boil over to the point that Lucic slugs his own teammate while saying &#8220;good game&#8221; to his netminder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">However, this certainly looks to be what happened on Saturday after the Flyers lost to the Glasgow Clan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">While skating out to salute his netminder, Lucic threw a jab at teammate Logan Neilson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">That didn&#8217;t look like a &#8220;Hey, good game, pal,&#8221; jocular punch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">It looked like a real punch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Lucic could be seen jawing with Neilson before the punch, but it&#8217;s not clear what may have caused it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Although, given Lucic&#8217;s track record, it probably wouldn&#8217;t have taken much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">As for Neilson, he had Fife&#8217;s only goal in the game and was named their &#8220;Man of the Match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Lucic was -1 on the night after 20:38 of ice time. Through 19 games in the EIHL, the 2011 Stanley Cup champion has 11 points (5G, 6A) and 16 PIMs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The 37-year-old&#8217;s last NHL<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/national-hockey-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> <\/a>game was at the start of the 2023-24 season. That year, he had signed to return to the Boston Bruins, the team with which he started his NHL career and won a Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">That homecoming was cut short by off-ice issues, which kept him off the ice for the rest of that season and the next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While skating out to salute his netminder, Lucic threw a jab at teammate Logan Neilson. 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