Oilers’ Corey Perry MOCKING Stars’ Lian Bichsel Following Fight at End of Game 1 Doesn’t Sit Well with Fans: “This Shows No Sportsmanship”

Corey Perry would mock Lian Bichsel after fighting with the 21-year-old Dallas Stars player in a scrum at the end of Game 1.

Oilers’ Corey Perry MOCKING Stars’ Lian Bichsel Following Fight at End of Game 1 Doesn’t Sit Well with Fans: “This Shows No Sportsmanship”

Corey Perry and Lian Bichsel (Image via CBC/X/@BR_OpenIce/D Magazine)

On Wednesday night, the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars kicked off the Western Conference Final. In a topsy-turvy match, the Stars came out as 6-3 winners. At the end of the game,, there was a fight between veteran Corey Perry and youngster Lian Bichsel. Following the fight, the Oilers’ star would mock his opponent which did not sit well with the fans.

The Oilers, who are the reigning Western Conference champions, found themselves 3-1 up at one stage of the game. However, the Stars mounted yet another comeback in the third period and scored 5 times to win the game 6-3 and take a 1-0 series lead.

As the game came to its conclusion, a huge brawl broke out between the two sets of players. One of the scrum saw Lian Bichsel square off against Corey Perry.

This tilt saw one of the oldest players go head-to-head against one of the youngest. Apart from them, there was some fighting between Oskar Back and Troy Stretcher, and Ilya Lyubushkin and Vasily Podkolzin.

The main fight, though, was between Perry and Bichsel. The veteran used his experience and brought down the Stars man with ease.

As the officials separated them, Perry would taunt the 21-year-old. He would mockingly put his hands over his head in a defensive position as if trying to protect himself. Check out a video regarding his incident below:

Perry and the others who were involved in this scrum were all handed 2-minute minor penalties for roughing. It though did not have any effect on the game as the match was already over and the whistle had been blown.

Fans unimpressed with Corey Perry mocking young Stars player following fight in Game 1

Edmonton Oilers star Corey Perry found himself in the spotlight following his actions in Game 1. He would get involved in a fight with a 21-year-old Lian Bichsel after his team had lost the game.

Corey Perry
Corey Perry (Image via Oilers Nation)

Him mocking the youngster after the tilt was something that left the fans on X furious. Several of them slammed him for his actions and took a swipe at him. One user wrote, “This shows no sportsmanship” while disagreeing with the actions of Perry.

Check out that and some other top reactions of fans regarding this development below:

Speaking of Perry, he had a game time of 11 minutes and 28 seconds from this game. The former Chicago Blackhawks star did not have any shots on goal in this game and delivered 2 hits, resulting in 4 penalty minutes. He ended the game with a -2 plus/minus rating.

Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch confident of bouncing back following Game 1 loss

The Edmonton Oilers started off Game 1 against the Dallas Stars in strong fashion and were leading 3-1 by the end of the 2nd period. However, they conceded 5 times in the 3rd period and ended up losing the first game of this Western Conference final. Despite the loss, head coach Kris Knoblauch is confident of bouncing back strongly.

Kris Knoblauch
Kris Knoblauch (Image via Sportsnet)

While speaking to the reporters in the press conference after the game, Knoblauch expressed that his team was ‘short-handed’ for around 6 minutes in the third period. The Stars scored 3 goals in this power-play situation, which turned out to be the turning point of the game.

After the first two periods, we felt it was a good start, and then it just turned in the third period. We’re going to have to put this one behind us and move on. We’ve had some heartbreaking losses in the playoffs, and we’ve been able to rebound nicely and not worry too much about it.

Game 2 of this series will take place on Friday. Following this, the action will shift to Rogers Place on Sunday. The Oilers would be hoping to return home with a positive result from the next game.

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