
Former NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky gives full story behind viral golf fight video: ‘That instantly set him off’
NY Post
Former NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky has shared his side of the wild golf course fight that blew up in social media videos last week.
On the “Spittin’ Chiclets” podcast, Tarnasky said the fight erupted on Hole 15 of the Alberta Springs Golf Course in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada on July 4, with an inebriated man taking 20-25 minutes to play each hole and challenging course-goers to fights.
“At the end of the day, I asked him not to, told him he shouldn’t get involved with me, I asked him to move on, I gave him every opportunity not to, and he charged at me,” Tarnasky said. “I’m not going to fold over, that’s not my nature.”
The fight did not end well for the drunk golfer, since identified as a man named Trevor Ogilvie, who ended up getting tossed in a pond and badly beaten up by Tarnasky.
Tarnasky, who is 6-foot-2, 230 pounds and played five seasons in the NHL, said the altercation took place after Ogilvie was threatening to fight just about everyone in his path, including Tarnasky’s friend and friend’s fiancee.
With Ogilvie and his friend holding up Hole 15, Tarnasky said he rolled up and said, “Hey guys, we gotta get moving.”

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












