"You're an absolute dog": Aaron Rodgers, Pat McAfee laud Paul Bissonnette after ex-NHLer's restaurant fight video surfaces

By Mike Whitaker

Modified Dec 11, 2024 11:46 GMT

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Former NHL forward and current analyst/podcaster Paul Bissonnette was assaulted by a group of six unruly patrons at an Arizona restaurant last month. He was attempting to intervene when the group of men began getting physically and verbally abusive with the restaurant staff.

During his weekly appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers lauded Bissonnette's actions, while McAfee himself expressed how proud he was that Bissonnette happened to be at the restaurant to come to the staff's defense.

Rodgers began by calling Bissonnette a legend, leading to the enthusiastic endorsement of the former NHL player by McAfee.

"He took on an entire gypsy family, it sounded like!" McAfee exclaimed. " "Took on the entire family! Biz beat up some terrible dudes, and that doesn't happen in the real world! That's out of a movie what Biz did. Thank God he was at Houston's that night."

Not long after the video footage was released, McAfee was sure to give Bissonnette an extra shout-out on X.

Paul Bissonnette has sworn vengeance against those responsible for the assault

Most of the men responsible for the actions inside the restaurant have been caught, arrested and charged. The group of violent men had already been involved in an incident at a nearby golf club before making their way to the restaurant, where the chaos with Bissonnette occurred.

Bissonnette himself has already vowed that he's going to be going after the men in question.

“Thankfully the cops were called right away while the thing was going on in Houston’s,” Bissonnette said while recalling the incident. “And by the time the altercation was done, [police] were able to book five [or six] of these guys… whether it was in the county jail or the local jail — and I’ll get their names boys and this is gonna be a thing. I’ll go after every single one of those f–ks for not only going after this unbelievable staff.”

Bissonnette played for the Arizona Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins during his NHL career before he moved into his current ventures of broadcasting and podcasting.

The stunning assault immediately sparked an outpouring of well wishes toward Bissonnette, many of whom had the same reactions as McAfee and Rodgers and lauded his actions to try and protect the restaurant staff.