Fighting is extremely rare in international hockey, mainly due to the tough rules by the IIHF. Per the IIHF rule book, any player involved in a fight is given a five minute major, a match penalty and is ejected from the game.
On the opening day of the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship, Finland's Saku Maenalanen and Norway's Magnus Brekke engaged in a fight following a board battle.
Check out the fight below.
One of the rarest things just happened at the #IIHFWorlds:
A fight.
Saku Maenalanen for Finland and Magnus Brekke for Norway.
Both ejected. pic.twitter.com/3U4E5Eac9Y— Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisTHN) May 13, 2022
