After 'dirty' hit starts fight, Wild's Brandon Baddock clocks ref with errant punch
Minnesota Wild forward Brandon Baddock appeared to accidentally punch a linesman in the face during a preseason game against the Dallas Stars Thursday night.
Baddock found himself in a fight with Jarad Rosburg in the first period after Baddock put a big hit on Dallas winger Roope Hintz, and the final punch Baddock threw caught a linesman in the jaw.
Braddock accidentally punches a linesman in the jaw pic.twitter.com/6mJNjw8QiU
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 30, 2022
Don't tell these guys it's just the preseason!!#MNwild pic.twitter.com/CvR641vp9j
— Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) September 30, 2022
Baddock was given a game misconduct for the punch in addition to being ripped by Stars coach Peter DeBoer, who said his hit on Hintz was unnecessary. You can see a replay of the hit here.
“It’s a dirty play. Liberties taken with a really good player that’s unnecessary," DeBoer said. "That’s the kind of stuff we’re trying to get out of the game.”
Hintz is one of Dallas's top players and scored 37 goals with 35 assists last season.
The Wild acquired Baddock in February when they traded goalie Andrew Hammond to the Montreal Canadiens. The 27-year-old has spent all but one game of his career in the American Hockey League, including 28 games with the Iowa Wild last season. He had one assist and 54 penalty minutes in those games.
Baddock was drafted in the sixth round by the New Jersey Devils in 2014.
Related: Kaprizov fine after being hit by puck in preseason opener
Title: Bring Me The Sports co-owner, editor Email: joe@bringmethenews.com Twitter: @JoeBMTN Education: Southwest Minnesota State University Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Expertise: All things Minnesota sports Nelson has covered Minnesota sports for two decades, starting his media career in sports radio. He worked at small market Minnesota stations in Marshall and St. Cloud before joining one of the nation's highest-rated sports stations, KFAN-FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities. There, he was the producer of the top-rated mid-morning sports show with Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen. His radio experience helped blossom a career as a sports writer, joining Minneapolis-based Bring Me The News in 2011. Nelson and Adam Uren became co-owners of Bring Me The News in 2018 and have since more than tripled the site's traffic and launched Bring Me The Sports in cooperation with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation umbrella. Nelson has covered the Super Bowl and numerous training camps, NFL combines, the MLB All-Star Game and Minnesota playoff games, in addition to the day-to-day happenings on and off the field of play. Nelson also has extensive knowledge of non-sports subjects, including news and weather. He works closely with Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard to produce a bevy of weather and climate information for Minnesota readers. Nelson helped launch and manage the Bring Me The News Radio Network, which provided more than 50 radio stations around Minnesota with daily news, sports and weather reports from 2011-17.