Landon Sim dropped the gloves with Matthew Andonovski just past the five minute mark on Wednesday, and the Maple Leafs prospect ended it fast.
Sim landed a clean one and Andonovski went down. The whole thing was over almost before it started.
These two have a past. Sim spent four seasons with the London Knights. Andonovski gave Kitchener all five of his OHL years.
Those clubs met plenty. London eliminated Kitchener in four games in the 2025 Western Conference Final.
He picked up 18 fighting majors across his junior career. Nobody had to explain the job description to him.
Andonovski won the OHL's Ted Baker Teammate of the Year Award in 2026. He isn't a passenger either.
Sim walked out with 10 penalty minutes in 9:00 of ice time. Andonovski took 5 across 15:23.
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Leafs prospect lands vicious punch in one of preseason's wildest fights
Toronto won that one 4-2 in Ottawa. The other half of the split squad took it 6-1 at home the same night.
Both buildings got chippy. Hayden Hodgson collected 19 penalty minutes for Ottawa in the 6-1 game.
Zack MacEwen took 15 for Toronto in that same building, and Michael Pezzetta added 12 more.
This is the pattern all over the exhibition schedule right now. Bokondji Imama got his first fight as a Panther on Tuesday.
Florian Xhekaj has been running the same play in Montreal since the day camp opened.
Every one of them is auditioning. That's the entire reason these things happen in September.
Toronto is 2-1-1 through the schedule after sweeping both halves on Wednesday.
Auston Matthews, Jack Roslovic and John Tavares each put up three points in the 6-1 win.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 13 of 14 for his first victory in that sweater.
Montreal visits on September 29 to open the season, and the roster gets trimmed well before then.
So does a nine minute night get a prospect anywhere? Carrying a junior rivalry into an NHL camp works like bringing a high school argument to a job interview.
Sim got noticed and paid 10 minutes for it. Whether anybody writes his name on the right list is a completely different question.
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