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Battle of Alberta kicks off with Nugent-Hopkins fighting Monahan, Kassian settling the score with Tkachuk

By Zach Laing
Jan 29, 2020, 22:57 ESTUpdated: Jan 29, 2020, 23:19 EST
So, who had Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Sean Monahan fighting as the match to kick off this highly touted Battle of Alberta?
Bueller? Bueller? Yeah… that’s what I thought.
Well, a scrap between those two lightweights 16 minutes into the game shot fireworks into what had been a rather stale first frame.
And 24 seconds later, we got the main card of the night in @Zack Kassian and @Matthew Tkachuk. Take a look at both scraps below thanks to our friends at HockeyFights.
On Twitter: @zjlaing
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