Earlier this month, the Chicago Blackhawks enjoyed a rare road victory at Madison Square Garden over the New York Rangers, but it was one event over the course of the night that was the main storyline.
Rangers captain Jacob Trouba absolutely lit up Blackhawks forward Andreas Athanasiou that led to a meleee on the ice:
Athanasiou had words for Trouba afterward, calling out Trouba for being a dirty player who only tries to hurt people since he can't help his own team. That sounds like sour grapes from a player who couldn't follow one of hockey's cardinal guidelines of keeping his head up when approaching the neutral zone and has been on four teams in two years, but that's another story.
During yesterday's game at Chicago's United Center in the first matchup between the two teams since the fireworks in early December, Trouba blasted home his second goal of the season, and immediately had words for Athanasiou:
In the dressing room following the game, Trouba doubled down on his on-ice comment:
“If he wanted it, he can have it," he said of Athanasiou and the puck.
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