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There wasn't a fight in the 2012 NHL Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia; and even though there were over 45,000 New York and Philadelphia sports fans crammed into the stadium for a rivalry game, there were no significant incidents in the stands, either.
But at 7:15 p.m. at the iconic Geno's Steaks located at 1200 South 9th St., violence broke out between hockey fans. Three unknown males wearing Philadelphia Flyers jerseys paid a homeless man to spray two New York Rangers fans with some kind of cleaning substance, according to MyFoxPhilly.com. After an altercation, they then began sucker-punching them and pummeling them as they lay on the ground.
According to NBC's New York affiliate, one of the injured Rangers fans was an off-duty New Jersey police officer and former Marine who was awarded a Purple Heart in Iraq.
Neal Auricchio, 30, has worn the uniforms of the Marine Corps and the Woodbridge Police Department, but it appeared to be his Rangers hockey jersey that made him a target of the attack earlier this week.
"He got banged up pretty badly," his father Neal Auricchio Sr., told NBC New York Wednesday. "Stitches in the one eye, and the other eye is pretty puffed up. He went for a CAT scan today, and we're waiting for the results on that."
After that post, a Philadelphia man named Edward Neary posted on the Broad Street Hockey Facebook page that "it was me and my friends … do somethin' about it u fagits (sic)." After a back-and-forth with readers, he backtracked from his initial boast.
Spurred on by the blog's coverage and the ensuing outrage online, police posted the video on YouTube and asked citizens for specific information on the assailants.
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There are shitty fans in any city for any sport team. |
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I live in Philly and I'm ashamed of the fans here. In their minds, if you wear a jersey from an opposing team you must be looking for a fight. And it won't be a fair one!
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This is true, but more often than not it seems that Philly is in the news more often for shit like this. Who knows what provoked the fight but violence is unnecessary. I wonder if these guys were drunk. Alcohol should be banned from sporting events but this will never happen since the owners make so much money off the sale of alcohol.
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said by sailor:But at 7:15 p.m. at the iconic Geno's Steaks located at 1200 South 9th St., violence broke out between hockey fans. Three unknown males wearing Philadelphia Flyers jerseys paid a homeless man to spray two New York Rangers fans with some kind of cleaning substance, according to MyFoxPhilly.com.
These seems more like a "stupid people getting violent" topic than a sports topic. Lots of people wear sports jerseys (and business suits, and slinky black dresses, etc.) and do bad stuff.
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