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Video: Flyers’ Schenn and Leafs’ Lupul drop the gloves

Toronto Maple Leafs v Philadelphia Flyers

in the first period of an NHL Hockey game at Wells Fargo Center on February 25, 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Paul Bereswill

With the debate about whether fighting belongs in hockey raging right now, it appears players aren’t at all reserved about dropping the gloves.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Brayden Schenn and Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul dropped the gloves in the first period of Wednesday’s game.

Schenn took exception to a hit Lupul threw on Flyers’ captain Claude Giroux, and the two adversaries engaged in a brief scrap as the puck appeared to be heading back up ice.

Already a polarizing topic in the sport, there has been, over these last 24 hours or so, widespread debate about fighting’s place in hockey.

Arguments and opinions from both sides have been flowing constantly since Montreal Canadiens enforcer George Parros was hospitalized following a fight with Maple Leafs tough guy Colton Orr last night.

Parros banged his head on the ice as he fell, and had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher.

Parros suffered a concussion, although it was reported he did not suffer any fractures and a CT scan was negative.

Arguments have ranged from eliminating the designated fighters from the game, and that a scrap initiated organically through the emotional events of a shift or a play or a game is acceptable.

On Wednesday, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman called for game misconducts to those who fight.

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