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The Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames engaged in a wild first-period brawl Saturday night which later carried over to Canucks coach John Tortorella being involved in an alternation in the hallway outside of the Flames' dressing room. The opening minutes of the NHL game, which the Canucks won 3-2 in a shootout, was like a scene from the movie ''Slap Shot.'' It brought back memories of when teams such as the Broad Street Bullies and Big Bad Boston Bruins hit the ice. ''I don't think anybody expected that,'' said Flames defenseman Chris Butler, one of eight players ejected from the game. ''It's been a while since something like that happened, five guys pairing off.'' The Flames raised a red flag by putting their fourth line on the ice to start the game.
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