Cates scraps with Harkins after hard hit on Brink
Just a few minutes into the Flyers' game Tuesday night against the Ducks, things got chippy after a hard hit on Bobby Brink.
Cates scraps with Harkins after hard hit on Brink originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
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This beginning will develop into a three-on-two for the Flyers.
The pass to Gabbe-Kitt, into the middle, Brink.
Oh!
He's bodied by a flyby hit.
Brink's not getting up.
Very slowly now, and now the gloves are off.
Noah Cates jumps to his defense as he goes.
After Jansen Harkins, who threw that hit.
Flyers will stick up for one another.
There's no doubt about that.
Brink's back on his skates, but does look a little woozy.
We'll see if he is okay.
Good job by Noah Cates to stick up for his teammate.
This was a hit that caught Brink where he didn't see Harkins coming across.
The question is, does he make contact with the head or not?
Hard to tell at real speed.
Here comes Harkins, And it looks like the follow-through, maybe the elbow comes up and catches him on the, on the chin.
I think the initial contact is on the shoulder, But the follow-through with that right arm, the elbow does come up.
