Montreal Canadiens colossus Arber Xhekaj has revealed that he denounced an Ottawa Senators player’s “bad comments” to the referees during Sunday’s rookie tournament game in Buffalo.
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Xhekaj certainly didn’t make any friends in the Canadian capital. He first sent striker Viktor Lodin to the locker room by giving him a violent shoulder blow. Then he passed the K.-O. to Quebec defender Zachary Massicotte, when the latter deigned to throw the gloves at him.
In a press briefing after the match, the 6’4″ player explained that he had spoken to the referees during the match to denounce the remarks of an opposing player, but he did not reveal more.
“I wanted to talk to them because one of the guys on their side made some bad comments and I wasn’t going to let him,” said the 21-year-old Ontarian. He has no right to say such things. I addressed the situation and made sure they were aware.”
The Canadian won this duel, the last of the rookie tournament, by a score of 7 to 2.