Tampa Bay's Brandon Hagel reached the 30-goal plateau by scoring in his fourth straight game, and the Lightning extended the Eastern Conference's longest winning streak to eight with a 3-1 showing against the host Washington Capitals on Saturday afternoon.

The reasons differ from player to player and from one situation to the next. The three American forwards, for example, infamously had a group chat before the game in which they all pledged to get the crowd going by fighting in the game. Canada’s Brandon Hagel, on the other hand, had a different reason.

In the 4 Nations Face-Off final, Canada bested the United States in overtime - after a week full of chatter from the U.S. side.

Hagel's comments came in response to Team USA’s pre-planned approach to their round-robin matchup, which featured three fights in the first nine seconds — starting with one featuring Hagel and Matthew Tkachuk — with the Americans plotting the bouts in advance through a group chat.

Team Canada forward Brandon Hagel admitted they have a group chat after his “champions” post from a week ago went viral.

Hawks interim coach Anders Sorensen sees similarities between Slaggert and Hagel, and as it turns out, Slaggert has actually been studying Hagel's game for years.

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Over the past month or so, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel has become a bit of a household name among hockey fans. Despite only recording one assist i

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Tampa Bay's Brandon Hagel reached the 30-goal plateau by scoring ... In a matchup between the NHL's two highest-scoring clubs in goals per game, Hagel potted one into an empty net as the Lightning ...