Complex sentence: A number of other fights ensued resulting in a bench-and penalty-box clearing, and the officials had to suspend the game just after 3 minutes 39 seconds in the first period as there were only four players left to play the game.
Split into simpler sentences: A number of other fights ensued resulting in a bench-and penalty-box clearing. The officials had to suspend the game just after 3 minutes 39 seconds in the first period as there were only four players left to play the game.