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.
The incident involved Richard delivering a blow to Dill behind the net and then punching him in the penalty box. The media's response was laced with humor, using a playful pun in their headlines ("Dill pickled"). However, the true circumstances of the event were more straightforward.