Blueger and Balinskis fight during the game, then hug it out afterwards

The Vancouver Canucks earned themselves their first victory of the season with a 3-2 overtime thriller over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

It was a very close game with goaltenders Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) and Kevin Lankinen (VAN) both make spectacular saves to keep the game close. There was even a bit of rough stuff between the two teams, with Latvians Teddy Blueger and Uvis Balinskis dropping the gloves to give us the first ever all-Latvian fight in NHL history!

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The two gentlemen happen to be friends off the ice and have both represented Latvia together on the international stage. So when the final buzzer rang and all the gear was stripped off, the two countrymen gathered outside the locker rooms to catch up and share a hug.

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That's old time hockey right there...

You go to war for 60 minutes, you dust yourself off, you shake hands and you give credit where credit is due.

Old time hockey!