Habs defenceman had never been in a hockey fight until turning pro and joining the AHL's Laval Rocket three years ago.

The Canadiens’ Jayden Struble admits he went home and watched a replay of his fight with Ottawa’s Nick Cousins after Saturday’s 4-3 overtime win over the Senators at the Bell Centre. Article content

“I watched it, yeah,” Struble said with a big smile after practice Monday in Brossard. “It still fired me up when I watched it. Just hearing the crowd and seeing the guys … it still fires me up.” Article content Article content

Struble dropped the gloves just over a minute into the third period with the game tied 2-2 and landed a couple of solid right hands on Cousins, who fell to the ice. Cousins went to the locker room with a bloodied face and didn’t return to the game

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