A man who says he’s the golfer who got beat up and thrown into a pond by former NHL player Nick Tarnasky has broken his silence on the wild scrap.

Hockey fans were left stunned when viral footage captured the former Tampa Bay centre pummelling another man during a round of golf in Canada this month, with the victim now speaking out on the incide

It's not often you hear someone apologize after getting beat up, but that's exactly what we have today from the man in the viral golf video.