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:

And then... THE MAIN EVENT!

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

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!