Former Panthers brawler Nick Tarnasky gets into fistfight on golf course in Canada

RED DEER Canada WSVN Former Florida Panthers player Nick Tarnasky was involved in a viral physical altercation on a Canadian golf class over the weekend The former NHL enforcer was golfing at Alberta Springs Golf Program located in Red Deer Alberta when he and another golfer who appeared to be intoxicated got into a fistfight after a heated verbal exchange Tarnasky and his golfing partner appeared to be frustrated with the other man over how slowly they were playing through the syllabus When Tarnasky repeatedly described the man to stop taking so long teeing up things fast became physical He s been sitting there for expletive minutes Tarnasky could be heard yelling at the man Cry about it the man yelled back at him At one point the man appeared to be taunting Tarnasky before charging at him Tarnasky shoved the man to the ground near a pond continuing to shout at him He expletive came at me Tarnasky yelled at the man s golfing partner After the man got back up he went back toward Tarnasky who started swinging several punches at the man yelling bang between each strike and shoving him to the ground a second time A known fighter on the ice Tarnasky was first drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in and played games in the NHL spending minutes of those games in the penalty box Canadian officials disclosed the matter has been closed and Tarnasky will not be put behind bars but the Red Deer minor league hockey club he coaches for has explained they are looking into the occurrence