Hawks interim coach Anders Sorensen sees similarities between Slaggert and Hagel, and as it turns out, Slaggert has actually been studying Hagel's game for years.

Hagel's comments came in response to Team USA’s pre-planned approach to their round-robin matchup, which featured three fights in the first nine seconds — starting with one featuring Hagel and Matthew Tkachuk — with the Americans plotting the bouts in advance through a group chat.

Over the past month or so, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel has become a bit of a household name among hockey fans. Despite only recording one assist i

The reasons differ from player to player and from one situation to the next. The three American forwards, for example, infamously had a group chat before the game in which they all pledged to get the crowd going by fighting in the game. Canada’s Brandon Hagel, on the other hand, had a different reason.

Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel were the first to drop the gloves when ... he said that he wanted a piece of him [Hagel].” Tkachuk and Hagel play for rivaling NHL teams in the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning, respectively, so the prospect ...

Will the sequel live up to the hype? The United States beat Canada by a score of 3-1 on Saturday in Montreal after boos rained down during the Star Spangled Banner and three fights broke out in the first nine seconds of play.

Hagel's remarks were an obvious dig at U.S. forwards Brady Tkachuk and his brother Matthew, who said they had been in group chats that included teammate J.T. Miller earlier in the day prior to the 4 Nations preliminary round game against Canada. The theme: Let's start the game with chaos.

Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche, Brandon Hagel of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers were named the three stars for the month of February.

The fight between Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel in the opening seconds Saturday certainly didn’t settle any lingering Team USA-Canada tensions.

The Edmonton Oilers have struggled since returning from the 4 Nations Face-Off break, but that hasn’t slowed down the work of superstar forward Leon Draisaitl.