Jesperi Kotkaniemi fights Alexei Toropchenko after a dirty hit on Derek Stepan

After Alexei Toropchenko delivered a very questionable hit to the back of Derek Stepan in the second period of last nights game, a strange name came to the defence of Stepan, Jesperi Kotkaniemi.

Watch this former 3rd overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens pound on the young Russian Alexei Toropchenko in defence of Stepan who left the game after the hit.

Alexei Toropchenko gets in his first NHL scrap.
Stream: https://t.co/mFpf6GBBWt #stlblues pic.twitter.com/D4YE6b3giT— Bally Sports Midwest (@BallySportsMW) March 27, 2022

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27 MARS \| 85 ANSWERS Jesperi Kotkaniemi fights Alexei Toropchenko after a dirty hit on Derek Stepan Should Toropchenko be suspended for the hit?
Yes	19	22.4 %
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