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The Province
2 hours ago
- Sport
- The Province
Loudmouth golfer roughed up by ex-NHLer apologizes: 'Dropped like a bucket of balls'
'I lost my cool and I learned from it,' victim says in social media apology Two men square off during a fight on a golf course. The man on the left reportedly is ex-NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky. Twitter The Hawaiian shirt-clad man who was on the receiving end of a beatdown at the hands of former NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky has broken his silence. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Tarnasky, who played in the NHL between 2005 and 2010, pounded on and flung into a pond a fellow golfer at the Alberta Springs Golf Resort earlier this month when he and his pals got into a verbal altercation that turned physical. I n a video posted to Facebook and Instagram and shared on X, t he victim, Trevor Ogilvie, apologized for instigating the incident just outside of Red Deer, Alta., and blamed his drinking for the attack. 'Not my finest moment, I know,' said Ogilvie in a selfie-style video . 'Played 36 holes of golf, drank way too much and my mouth ran faster than my brain.' Read More This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In the viral beatdown that was shared on social media, a man who appears to be Tarnasky tells a group of golfers in front of him to either hurry up or let him and his friends play ahead. 'They've been sitting there for 23 f—ing minutes,' Tarnasky says at the beginning of the 2 1/2-minute exchange, which was first posted to Reddit by user YEGG35 . Ogilvie yells back: 'Well, cry about it! F—in' cry about it! F—in' cry about it!' In his apology video, Ogilvie said he was sorry to 'anyone who had to deal with me that day.' 🚨⛳️🥊 #SORRY — The golfer who got tossed into the pond during the slow play altercation has released an apology video.'Played 36 holes of golf, we drank way too much and my mouth ran faster than my brain.' (Via: — NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) July 12, 2025 Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Yup, that's me guys,' Ogilvie admits with a chuckle. 'The guy that got dropped like a bucket of balls in a pond. Not my finest moment, I know. Looks real bad.' Ogilvie then offered up an apology to Tarnasky for starting the fight. 'A ll jokes aside, guys, I'd like to apologize to all the folks on the course, anyone caught up in it and anyone who had to deal with me that day. I lost my cool and I learned from it. Just one of those days where you should have kept the cart on the path,' he said. Ogilvie concluded his 49-second message by telling viewers, 'Stay hydrated, keep your stick on the ice, maybe stick to 18.' Hockey fans praised Ogilvie for owning up to his mistake of being the aggressor. 'Taking it on the chin is a lost art these days. Respect,' one person wrote on X, with another adding, 'This is the most manned up thing I've seen in a long time. Props for standing tall and admitting your mistake.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A third suggested the two hit the links for a game of golf. ' Would be the ultimate redemption story if these guys played 18 together,' they wrote. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The thrashing racked up millions of views after eagle-eyed NHL fans identified Ogilvie's opponent as likely being Tarnasky. When Tarnasky warns him, 'You're not scaring anybody,' Ogilvie becomes more agitated, hurling his sunglasses on the ground, ripping off his gloves and yelling, 'Let's f—in' go, man. Ho, ho, ho,' before charging the former enforcer. Tarnasky immediately sends him flying into a nearby pond, which should have been the end of it. But a soaked Ogilvie staggers out of the water and tries to square up with the ex-NHLer again, only to be laid out by five punches to the noggin that were punctuated by Tarnasky yelling out 'bang' after each blow. 'Enough! Enough! Get out!' Tarnasky, who coaches an under-17 team, screams as he chucks the dazed gasbag into the grass a final time. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ogilvie eventually stumbles away, clearly not realizing who he had run up against. During his 13 years as a pro hockey player, which included 245 NHL games with Tampa Bay and Florida, Tarnasky racked up 297 penalty minutes fighting tough guys like Tanner Glass, Aaron Asham, Zenon Konopka and Milan Lucic. A man believed to be ex-NHLer Nick Tarnasky lays a beatdown on a loudmouth aggressor at an Alberta golf course. Photo by X 'He wasn't a hockey player who fought occasionally. He was a fighter who sometimes managed to play ice hockey,' Jordie Demcher of Barstool Sports said of Tarnasky, according to the Edmonton Journal . 'He was bashing dudes' skulls open while he was skating on a sheet of ice. Do you really think he was even going to break a sweat having to beat the s— out of some nerd while standing on foot? So let this be a lesson to all the guys out there who have a short fuse and have had too much to drink – if you're going to challenge a guy to a fight, maybe do your homework first. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'At least figure out his name and do a quick Google search. You might think you're just fighting some random massive mutant who was going to kick your ass anyway. But next thing you know, you're dealing with a guy who was legitimately a professional ass kicker. Check the game notes, bud.' In the wake of the fight, Ogilvie shared a selfie of himself claiming he was unscathed. 'Just a tiny lil black eye,' the man wrote over the pic with his tongue sticking out, 'thats it thats (stet) all boys.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Red Deer Minor Hockey is conducting an investigation into the video, but police confirmed Tarnasky is not a subject of a police investigation. 'It appears to be a consensual fight,' RCMP Const. Cory Riggs told the Red Deer Advocate . We'll hear more from Tarnasky when he appears on Paul Bissonnette's Spittin' Chiclets podcast this week. mdaniell@ Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks News News
Toronto Sun
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Loudmouth golfer roughed up ex-NHLer apologizes: 'Dropped like a bucket of balls'
'I lost my cool and I learned from it,' victim says in social media apology Get the latest from Mark Daniell straight to your inbox Two men square off during a fight on a golf course. The man on the left reportedly is ex-NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky. Twitter The Hawaiian shirt-clad man who was on the receiving end of a beatdown at the hands of former NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky has broken his silence. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Tarnasky, who played in the NHL between 2005 and 2010, pounded on and flung into a pond a fellow golfer at the Alberta Springs Golf Resort earlier this month when he and his pals got into a verbal altercation that turned physical. I n a video posted to Facebook and Instagram and shared on X, t he victim, Trevor Ogilvie, apologized for instigating the incident just outside of Red Deer, Alta., and blamed his drinking for the attack. 'Not my finest moment, I know,' said Ogilvie in a selfie-style video . 'Played 36 holes of golf, drank way too much and my mouth ran faster than my brain.' Read More This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In the viral beatdown that was shared on social media, a man who appears to be Tarnasky tells a group of golfers in front of him to either hurry up or let him and his friends play ahead. 'They've been sitting there for 23 f—ing minutes,' Tarnasky says at the beginning of the 2 1/2-minute exchange, which was first posted to Reddit by user YEGG35 . Ogilvie yells back: 'Well, cry about it! F—in' cry about it! F—in' cry about it!' In his apology video, Ogilvie said he was sorry to 'anyone who had to deal with me that day.' 🚨⛳️🥊 #SORRY — The golfer who got tossed into the pond during the slow play altercation has released an apology video.'Played 36 holes of golf, we drank way too much and my mouth ran faster than my brain.' (Via: — NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) July 12, 2025 Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Yup, that's me guys,' Ogilvie admits with a chuckle. 'The guy that got dropped like a bucket of balls in a pond. Not my finest moment, I know. Looks real bad.' Ogilvie then offered up an apology to Tarnasky for starting the fight. 'A ll jokes aside, guys, I'd like to apologize to all the folks on the course, anyone caught up in it and anyone who had to deal with me that day. I lost my cool and I learned from it. Just one of those days where you should have kept the cart on the path,' he said. Ogilvie concluded his 49-second message by telling viewers, 'Stay hydrated, keep your stick on the ice, maybe stick to 18.' Hockey fans praised Ogilvie for owning up to his mistake of being the aggressor. 'Taking it on the chin is a lost art these days. Respect,' one person wrote on X, with another adding, 'This is the most manned up thing I've seen in a long time. Props for standing tall and admitting your mistake.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A third suggested the two hit the links for a game of golf. ' Would be the ultimate redemption story if these guys played 18 together,' they wrote. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The thrashing racked up millions of views after eagle-eyed NHL fans identified Ogilvie's opponent as likely being Tarnasky. When Tarnasky warns him, 'You're not scaring anybody,' Ogilvie becomes more agitated, hurling his sunglasses on the ground, ripping off his gloves and yelling, 'Let's f—in' go, man. Ho, ho, ho,' before charging the former enforcer. Tarnasky immediately sends him flying into a nearby pond, which should have been the end of it. But a soaked Ogilvie staggers out of the water and tries to square up with the ex-NHLer again, only to be laid out by five punches to the noggin that were punctuated by Tarnasky yelling out 'bang' after each blow. 'Enough! Enough! Get out!' Tarnasky, who coaches an under-17 team, screams as he chucks the dazed gasbag into the grass a final time. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ogilvie eventually stumbles away, clearly not realizing who he had run up against. During his 13 years as a pro hockey player, which included 245 NHL games with Tampa Bay and Florida, Tarnasky racked up 297 penalty minutes fighting tough guys like Tanner Glass, Aaron Asham, Zenon Konopka and Milan Lucic. A man believed to be ex-NHLer Nick Tarnasky lays a beatdown on a loudmouth aggressor at an Alberta golf course. Photo by X 'He wasn't a hockey player who fought occasionally. He was a fighter who sometimes managed to play ice hockey,' Jordie Demcher of Barstool Sports said of Tarnasky, according to the Edmonton Journal . 'He was bashing dudes' skulls open while he was skating on a sheet of ice. Do you really think he was even going to break a sweat having to beat the s— out of some nerd while standing on foot? So let this be a lesson to all the guys out there who have a short fuse and have had too much to drink – if you're going to challenge a guy to a fight, maybe do your homework first. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'At least figure out his name and do a quick Google search. You might think you're just fighting some random massive mutant who was going to kick your ass anyway. But next thing you know, you're dealing with a guy who was legitimately a professional ass kicker. Check the game notes, bud.' In the wake of the fight, Ogilvie shared a selfie of himself claiming he was unscathed. 'Just a tiny lil black eye,' the man wrote over the pic with his tongue sticking out, 'thats it thats (stet) all boys.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Red Deer Minor Hockey is conducting an investigation into the video, but police confirmed Tarnasky is not a subject of a police investigation. 'It appears to be a consensual fight,' RCMP Const. Cory Riggs told the Red Deer Advocate . We'll hear more from Tarnasky when he appears on Paul Bissonnette's Spittin' Chiclets podcast this week. mdaniell@ NHL Toronto & GTA World Editorial Cartoons Toronto & GTA
CTV News
a day ago
- Sport
- CTV News
‘Not my finest moment': Man beat up at Red Deer golf course apologizes
Trevor Ogilvie is apologizing for drinking too much after a video of him getting beat up by former NHL player Nick Tarnasky on a Red Deer golf course surfaced. (Facebook) A man named Trevor Ogilvie is apologizing after a video of him getting beat up by former NHLer Nick Tarnasky on a Red Deer golf course circulated online earlier this week. The video shows Tarnasky throwing the man into a pond and punching him repeatedly – saying 'bang' after each hit. 'Not my finest moment, I know,' said Ogilvie in a video posted to Facebook Friday. 'Played 36 holes of golf, drank way too much and my mouth ran faster than my brain.' 'I'd like to apologize to all the folks on the course, anyone caught up in it and anyone who had to deal with me that day,' Ogilvie went on. 'I lost my cool, and I've learned from it.' Tarnasky, 40, played in the NHL between 2005 and 2010, racking up 245 games with Tampa Bay, Nashville and Florida. He played in the AHL for several years and moved into coaching. Red Deer Minor Hockey recently announced his return to head coach of the U17 AAA North Stars for the 2025-26 season. The organization said it is conducting its own investigation while RCMP are staying out of it as no one came forward alleging an assault. With files from the Canadian Press.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Victim of brutal golf fight finally breaks silence after being punched and thrown into lake by ex-hockey star
Trevor Ogilvie, the Canadian man who was seen being pummeled and tossed in a golf course lake by ex-NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky, has finally broken his silence about the viral video. 'Yup, that's me, guys,' Ogilvie began his self-shot video, 'the guy that got dropped like a bucket of balls in a pond.' The fight, which took place at Alberta Springs Golf Resort, saw Ogilvie punched several times and pushed into a lake by Tarnasky, a journeyman NHL center who last played professionally with the AHL's San Diego Gulls in 2017. Video of the incident showed Tarnasky growing furious with a slower group that refused to let his play through. The fight was very one-sided as Tarnasky quickly tossed Ogilvie into the lake. Incredibly, Ogilvie crawled out of the water and continued to challenge Tarnasky to a fight, resulting in the ex-enforcer landing five punches to his rival's head before tossing him towards the lake once again. 'Not my finest moment, I know,' Ogilvie said on Instagram. 'Looks real bad. Played 36 holes of golf. Drank way too much and my mouth ran faster than my brain. 'All jokes aside, guys, I'd like to apologize to all the folks on the course, anyone caught up in it and anyone who had to deal with me that day. I lost my cool and I learned from it. Just one of those days where you should have kept the cart on the path.' Ogilvie ended his message by telling followers: 'Stay hydrated, keep your stick on the ice, maybe stick to 18.' Despite the mauling, Ogilvie appears to have only suffered a black eye. 'Just a tiny lil black eye thats it thats all boys,' he wrote on Reddit. Tarnasky, a the 40-year-old Under-17 coach, appears to be avoiding any penalty for the fight. 'It was essentially a report of a fight and an intoxicated individual,' Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Troy Savinkoff told CBC. 'Nobody came forward to us alleging an assault or anything like that, and our investigation was concluded.' Tarnasky's U-17 team, Red Deer Minor Hockey, has also released its own statement claiming that it is investigating the incident. 'We are aware of a video circulating on social media involving a coach with Red Deer Minor Hockey,' the team told CBC. 'At this time, given that we understand the matter is being reviewed by local policing authorities and we are conducting our own internal investigation into the alleged incident, we will have no further comments. Drafted 287th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2003, the 6-foot-2 Tarnasky also played for the Florida Panthers and the Nashville Predators. Across 245 NHL games, he totaled 13 goals, 30 points, and a whopping 297 penalty minutes. He spent many more games in the American Hockey League - playing in 486 games and putting up 80 goals, 145 points and an astounding 881 penalty minutes. Tarnasky last played in the NHL in 2010.
Time of India
a day ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Nick Tarnasky: Who is the former NHL enforcer in that viral golf course fight?
Ex-NHLer Nick Tarnasky lands in hot water after viral brawl footage (Credit: Getty Images) Nick Tarnasky isn't just a name trending online; he's a former NHL enforcer with a reputation built on physicality. Born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Tarnasky carved out a gritty 12-year professional hockey career. Standing at 6'2' and weighing 224 pounds, he was known for his aggressive play style and ability to throw down when tensions ran high. A journeyman career built on toughness Though never a high scorer, Tarnasky made his mark as a tough, reliable presence on the ice. In total, he appeared in 245 NHL games and tallied 297 penalty minutes, including 39 fighting major, cementing his place as a classic enforcer during the mid-2000s era. After his NHL days, Tarnasky continued to play in the AHL for teams like the Rochester Americans, Hamilton Bulldogs, and Hartford Wolf Pack. He even took his talents overseas, signing with Vityaz Chekhov in Russia's KHL in 2011. He wrapped up his playing career with the San Diego Gulls in the 2016–17 season before transitioning to coaching. Post-retirement, he took on a coaching role with the U17 AAA North Stars under Red Deer Minor Hockey in Alberta, working with young athletes and staying close to the sport that defined his life. Arron Asham vs Nick Tarnasky Round 2 Mar 3, 2010 Golf course fight goes viral, and is under review Tarnasky returned to the public eye in July 2025 when a video surfaced showing him in a violent altercation at Alberta Springs Golf Resort. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Beyond Text Generation: An AI Tool That Helps You Write Better Grammarly Install Now Undo In the video, a visibly intoxicated man taunts and shoves Tarnasky during an argument about slow play. Tarnasky, initially trying to walk away, eventually retaliates, throwing the man into a water hazard and delivering multiple punches while shouting 'Bang!' after each hit. The clip has been viewed tens of millions of times and has sparked wide debate online about athlete behavior off the field. Red Deer Minor Hockey confirmed it is conducting an internal investigation, though the Royal Canadian Mounted Police closed their case after no formal complaint was filed. Still a fighter, on and off the ice While Tarnasky has not released a public statement, reports suggest he will address the incident in an upcoming Spittin' Chiclets podcast episode. For fans who remember his on-ice brawls, the viral fight is a reminder that Nick Tarnasky's enforcer instincts haven't faded; he's still ready to stand his ground when challenged, no matter the setting. Also Read: Former NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky destroys drunk man in wild viral golf course brawl For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Manika Batra's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 3. Watch Here!
