Brandon Hagel beats the wheels off Matthew Tkachuk while Tkachuk tries to turtle away

UPDATE: It's officially fight night in Florida!

With the Panthers down 4-0 to the Lightning and with Tkachuk having absolutely no impact on the game he decided to stick Nikita Kucherov... and thankfully it ended poorly for ol' Chucky.

Lightning forward Brandon Hagel stepped up to absolutely WAIL on Tkachuk despite the fact that Tkachuk was trying to turtle away from the scrap.

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I've said it before, I'll say it again... Tkachuk is such a coward.

Read below for just another example of him being a gutless punk.

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk is being accused of being a coward.

Go figure...

With tempers flaring between Tkachuk's Panthers and their Florida rival Tampa Bay Lightning, Tkachuk decided to take a cheap shot at Lightning defenseman JJ Moser.

Tkachuk lands a few quick shots before Lightning captain Victor Hedman steps in to bully him and put a stop to things.

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LOL I love how Tkachuk tries to back out and then he suddenly gets tough once again once there's an official between him and Hedman. He's the toughest guy in the NHL when a ref is holding back his opponent...