NEW YORK (AP) — Warming up to play hockey in an arena that has hosted some of the best boxing matches in history, from Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier to Evander Holyfield against Lennox Lewis, Matt Rempe skated over and asked fellow heavyweight Ryan Reaves if he wanted to fight on Thursday night.

“Yeah, maybe,” Reaves said.

Rempe tried again off a faceoff early, and Reaves wanted to hit somebody on the New York Rangers first. He did just that to Juuso Parssinen, and two of the toughest customers in the NHL dropped the gloves for a knockout, drag-out, old-school hockey fight at center ice at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. Reaves and the San Jose Sharks went on to win in overtime for their first victory of the season.

“It was unbelievable,” said Will Smith, who scored in OT. “I

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