Nothing cuddly or cute about these penguins
We think we know about sporting rivalries on this side of the pond with Dublin-Meath or Galway-Mayo and in England they like to talk up Liverpool-Manchester United.
But that ain't nothing compared to the pure naked hatred between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers.
They clashed in last night's NHL action and the game is widely known as the "Battle of Pennsylvania" for some serious bust ups between the sides in previous years.
And last night lived up to the reputation with an incredible 82 penalty minutes in the first two quarters alone.
https://twitter.com/penguins/status/557724066812293120
Pretty much ever single player on either team was involved in a scrap at some stage of the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTw2ctqCCXg#t=33
Even those in charge of the Twitter account lost count of how many scraps they were witnessing:
https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/557722787285311488
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBNWhWNjGHM#t=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Es1KzPxDQ
Some hockey did eventually break out in between all the fighting and the Flyers won 3-2.
H/t to
CBC
