Kassian and Tkachuk drop the gloves to settle the score

After a mostly sleepy first period of hockey, The Battle of Alberta is alive and well, baby!

Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Calgary Flames forward Sean Monahan elected to drop the gloves and ramp things up!

Check it out:

Sean Monahan vs. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in a heated scrap pic.twitter.com/AwgTQOVeag
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 30, 2020

And then... THE MAIN EVENT!

Big Zack Kassian and Matthew Tkachuk FINALLY drop the gloves and even things up:

Zack Kassian and Matthew Tkachuk drop the gloves off the faceoff pic.twitter.com/XXnKZO7U3j
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 30, 2020

It's worth noting that Flames forward Zac Rinaldo was shouting "I'M NEXT!" at Kassian as Kassian was escorted off the ice by officials. Line 'em up, boys! Let's gooooo!

Kassian and Tkachuk drop the gloves to settle the score

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