Check this out: An extremely rare fight at the World Championship (video)

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

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