Let's face it, there's no such thing as a bad goalie fight. Every one of them has a life of its own. You never forget seeing your first goalie fight, and you'll never stop telling your friends all about it.
Still, there are goalie fights, and then there are goalie fights. And when it comes to tendys chucking knuckles, you'll go a long time before witnessing a more intense tilt than the one that unfolded on the weekend in the USHL. To employ a baseball analogy, this one touched all the bases.
As a line brawl erupted in a game between the Green Bay Gamblers and Sioux City Musketeers, opposing netminders Leo Henriquez, 18, of Green Bay, and Ryder Shea, 19, of Sioux City, doffed their mitts and helmets and squared off at center ice. As hockey fights go, calling this goalie bout epic might be selling the performance short.
Folks, let’s turn our attention to the USHL and head over to the Resch Center in beautiful Green Bay Wisconsin. I’ve never seen a fight celebrated harder than a game 7 OT winner in the Stanley Cup let alone by the guy who wasn’t even in the fight. Imagine doing the Bobby Orr jump… pic.twitter.com/oR6bAFDNEL
— Jordan Schmaltz (@J_Swish24) November 30, 2025
Both goaltenders were clearly willing combatants. They threw hard and often. The exchange of punches was relatively even for much of the early part of the bout. As things progressed, Henriquez gained the upper hand on Shea. Still, when all was said and done, both netminders gave each other a smile and a friendly pat of acknowledgment for a job well done.
As he rose to his feet, Henriquez began to celebrate as if he'd just won the heavyweight championship of the world, strutting around the ice like a proud peacock. Meanwhile, Green Bay defenseman Mace'o Phillips was jumping all over the ice like the Gamblers had potted a Game 7 overtime winner to clinch the Clark Cup. He even invoked the Bobby Orr leap.