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When I read that line, my first thought was that you buried the lead - what kind of jackass player would punch a fan? I now just found out that what he punched was an *electric* fan.
Specificity of punched object is not always necessary, but when the object is a synonym for something that would altogether change the way I read the sentence, well, it makes sense.
Upon reading this my first reaction was, "Why did he punch someone?" Then I remembered it was a cooling fan. How many injuries are there each year from players punching random objects? I'd assume they'd know better by now.