The first fight of the NHL season is a good one.

It didn't take long for things to turn violent between the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.

The Canucks Derek Dorsett and the Flames Michael Ferland dropped the gloves almost immediately after the opening face-off and began throwing haymakers at one another.

While both men gave a good showing it did look like Ferland got the better of this one, unfortunately for Dorsett he seemed caught off balance early on and never really seemed able to recover his footing.

Nonetheless it was an exciting way to kick off the game, here's the first fight of this NHL season.

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