Richard did knock Dill down behind the net and sucker punched him in the penalty box and with the newspapers unable to resist the pun in the resulting news stories as in "Dill pickled. The true story is that the Rangers never sent Dill after Richard, and nobody was knocked out cold.
Richard took down Dill behind the net and landed a surprise punch in the penalty box. The media had a field day with the pun-filled headlines, but the true story was that the Rangers never intended to send Dill against Richard, and no one ended up being incapacitated.