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Toronto Maple Leafs Player’s Superman Punch During Fight Went Horribly Wrong for Him

Andy Nesbitt

Toronto's Simon Benoit attempted a Superman punch during his fight with Utah's Michael Kesselring.
Toronto's Simon Benoit attempted a Superman punch during his fight with Utah's Michael Kesselring. / @NHL
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Fighting in a NHL game, as we all know, is not a rare thing. Players over the years have often thrown down their gloves to settle their differences with their fists. But something happened during a fight in Monday night's Toronto Maple Leafs-Utah Hockey Club game that probably has never been seen before—a superman punch was thrown.

That's right, Toronto's Simon Benoit jumped in the air and threw said superman punch at Utah's Michael Kesselring. And while it looked like a wild move, it didn't have the payoff that Benoit was likely hoping for because Kesselring shook it off with ease and then took control of the fight before the refs put a stop to it.

The fight starts at the 41-second mark of this video:

If you're going to throw a superman punch you then can't immediately lose the fight. Just not a good look for Benoit.

Both players served their five-minute major penalties and then returned to the ice like nothing had happened. Because, hockey.

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Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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