Matt Rempe insists the Rangers' wild 5v5 brawl with the Devils was a 'BANGER' as New York's bad-boy rookie raves over latest scrap at MSG

The Rangers' Matt Rempe is still reveling in his team's brawl with the Devils on Wednesday night - in which 10 players were involved and eight were ejected.

Straight after the opening puck drop in New York, Rangers rookie Rempe and Devils defenseman Kurtis MacDermid dropped their gloves and began fighting.

And a day later, Rempe told USA Today that the brawl was a 'banger' after his third ejection vs. the Devils in just 14 career games.

Rempe and MacDermid had history from the previous time the Devils visited the Rangers on March 11.

That night, Kempe refused MacDermid's offer to fight early in the game. Later in the contest, Rempe knocked Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler out of the game with a high elbow and was subsequently suspended for four games. 

However, the pair settled their scores on Wednesday and apparently found some common ground.

 'He's a real tough customer,' Rempe told reporters of MacDermid on Thursday. 

'That guy is a big boy. Strong, been one of the toughest guys in the league for a long time, and he has his job to do. You gotta respect that.'

MacDermid, meanwhile, said after the game: 'I'm always going to have a lot of respect for him. He's a young kid just trying to do his thing to stay in the league, and I understand that.'

Along with Rempe, New York defensemen Jacob Trouba and K'Andre Miller and forward Barclay Goodrow were ejected from the game, and so too were New Jersey defensemen Kevin Bahl and John Marino, and forwards Chris Tierney and MacDermid.

Miller fought Marino, Trouba battled Tierney, Goodrow went against Bahl and Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey fought New Jersey's Curtis Lazar. 

Vesey and Lazar remained in the game since they fought first and didn't receive additional punishment.

Rempe and MacDermid fought the longest on Wednesday as their tussle continued at center ice after the other four fights had ended. Four players from each team received game misconducts 2 seconds into the game.

All 10 players received five-minute fighting penalties. Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette and Devils interim coach Travis Green also became embroiled in a spat on the sidelines following the melee.