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Tyler Bertuzzi tried to break Nick Cousins’ hockey stick as petty revenge for being shoved during Bruins-Panthers

The petty levels were OFF THE CHARTS between Tyler Bertuzzi and Nick Cousins during Bruins-Panthers.

Boston Bruins forward Tyler Bertuzzi didn’t hide his frustration during an encounter with Florida Panthers center Nick Cousins during Monday night’s kickoff to the 2023 NHL playoffs.

As Cousins got a little shove on Bertuzzi during the contest as the latter was heading to the bench, Bertuzzi stole Cousins’ hockey stick and tried to break it once he got off the ice.

Cousins got another shove on Bertuzzi after he took the stick, which prompted the attempted petty destruction of hockey property.

To be fair to Bertuzzi, both he and Cousins look silly for the shoving-and-stealing squabble, and they’re lucky they didn’t send their teams to a 4-on-4 situation by dual penalties.

It’s hard to declare a winner here, as Cousins got his stick snatched away from him for shoving someone and Bertuzzi failed to actually break said stick in retaliation to the shoving.

There is clearly no love lost between these two teams in what’s sure to be a physical playoff series between the Eastern Conference contenders.

It’d be Bertuzzi who’d get the last laugh, as Boston topped Florida 3-1 to open the series.

Devils’ Mason Geertsen seemingly tells Tyler Bertuzzi to ‘go get vaccinated’ in on-ice chirp

Mason Geertsen let Tyler Bertuzzi have it here.

Mason Geertsen saw his opportunity here and took it.

In the third period of Saturday’s game between the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings, Geertsen and Tyler Bertuzzi got involved with one another after the whistle. As the pair were being broken up by the officials, Geertsen skated away and seemingly told Bertuzzi to “go get vaccinated” at least twice.

Obviously, this chirp is in reference to Bertuzzi’s lack of vaccination status as the NHL’s lone unvaccinated player currently playing. Bertuzzi also spent time on the NHL’s COVID protocol list in early December, missing five games, the final three of which the Red Wings lost by a combined score of 18-7.

Here’s how the moment between the two went down on the ice.

Given the mass of postponements and shut downs across the NHL — and the sports world overall — it’s no surprise Bertuzzi’s vaccination status is being used as a chirp against him. Not only that, Bertuzzi has doubled down on staying unvaccinated after coming back from COVID protocol, stating that “obviously it sucks missing games, but it is what it is.”

In the games Bertuzzi has played, he’s been an incredibly effective player, posting 21 points (12 goals) in 23 games played. Bertuzzi even got the last laugh in Saturday’s game, posting two goals en route to the team’s 5-2 win over the Devils.

Still, you have to expect other NHLers won’t hold back on chirping Bertuzzi in much the same matter as Geertsen did, if they haven’t done so already.

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