Following a brutal 5-1 loss in game 108, the Detroit Falcons were out for Knights’ blood in Game 112 of the season. They outscored the Knights 3 goals to 1 in the first two periods, and despite an attempted comeback in the 3rd, the Falcons got exactly what they were looking for. The final score was 6-4 in favor of Detroit.

The story of the game was the first period ejection of Falcons starting goaltender Sivy McSieve, who was handed a game misconduct at 17:57 for unsportsmanlike conduct. After cleanly stopping a shot from Knights’ Anatoly Yanovich, McSieve left his net, put Yanovich in a headlock, and attempted to shove the puck in his mouth. It’s unclear what action from Yanovich may have provoked this attack, but McSieve was heard screaming, “how do you like me now, bitch” while being escorted from the ice. Unsubstantiated claims suggest that Yanovich may have engaged in a sexual relationship with McSieve’s mother. McSieve was replaced by Jari Ohvo, and less than a minute later, Mikko Linna scored the first goal for the Knights.

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Neither McSieve, nor Yanovich was made available for questioning after the game. Instead, we sat down with Yanovich’s linemate Mikael Talo to see if he could shed some light on the situation.

You were involved in the play immediately prior to the altercation between Yanovich and McSieve. Were you close enough to hear what was said to incite the incident?

I wasn't, no. But Anny isn't generally a guy who's in the middle of scrums. Landvik...eh. But Anny isn't like that, typically.

Can you confirm that there's any truth to the rumors that this may have been a personal conflict, rather than anything having to do with the game?

I don't know anything about it.

Landvik attempted to join the fray, but you and Justice held her back, while allowing Linna to attempt to break the fight up. Any reason you didn't just let her go for it?

No penalties. We've been over this. We need to keep our game clean, and part of that is by not immediately jumping into things.

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Despite the loss, two of the game’s 3 stars were Knights players.