{"id":43286,"date":"2019-03-11T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=43286"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:02:52","slug":"boston-bruins-david-backes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/03\/11\/boston-bruins-david-backes\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins David Backes: Fighting For His Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston Bruins<\/a> David Backes<\/a><\/strong> had participated in 52 games this season for the Bruins and had only 15 minutes of penalties. Then, in three of his last five games, he has had five-minute fighting infractions. What’s gotten into him?<\/p>\n

Boston Bruins\u00a0David Backes Fighting?<\/h1>\n

Let’s See What’s Going on<\/h2>\n

When David Backes first faced his former St. Louis Blues<\/a> team after signing as a free agent with the Bruins, he dropped the gloves with former teammate Joel Edmundson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>back on Jan. 10, 2017.<\/p>\n

Backes fought in retaliation for a hit on Bruins’ teammate David Krejci<\/a><\/strong> by Jori Lehtera<\/a><\/strong> and received an instigator and a 10-minute misconduct in addition to his fighting penalty.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like they were trying<\/a> to get the game back by trying to intimidate us and hitting us all over the place and I don\u2019t think it really matters how it happens,\u201d<\/em> Backes said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of, we\u2019ve got to put an end to this, so I tried to put an end to it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Then, recently on Feb. 26th and 28th Backes got into it again fighting Adam Erne<\/a><\/strong> (Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>) and Micheal Haley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(San Jose Sharks<\/a>). He then followed that up on March 5th with more fisticuffs. This time involving\u00a0Micheal Ferland<\/a><\/strong> against the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of the three fights, this one featuring Backes and Erne seemed to be the most entertaining.<\/p>\n