It was quite an entertaining game at Rogers Arena on Tuesday night as the Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks totalled nine goals, with the home side Canucks roaring back from down 5-2 in the third to make things close and nearly repeat what they did to the Ducks in Anaheim just last week. Unfortunately, the Canucks’ comeback efforts came up just short, but there was still plenty to like about their game and compete level on Tuesday night.

Oh, and of course, the two teams dropped the gloves five (5!) times on Tuesday night as well.

Heading into last night’s game, the Canucks had had just one fight so far this season, exactly a month ago on October 3rd, when Luke Schenn dropped the gloves with Calgary’s Adam Klapka. Schenn wasn’t in the lineup on Tuesday night, which makes the total fight tally even more surprising.

Here’s a look at all five fights, with insights we gathered post game while walking through the Canucks’ locker room.

First up, we’ve got Jacob Quillan being challenged by Roger McQueen after Quillan rode Pavel Mintyukov hard into the boards.

This was the first fight of young Roger McQueen’s pro career, though a quick look at his hockeyfights.com page shows that he was no stranger to fighting during his time with the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings. It was also the first NHL fight for Quillan, who dropped the gloves just once last season while playing for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies. Hockeyfights.com voters have this one down as a win for Quillan so far.

Quillan wasn’t done there, and this time, he took on a more experienced opponent in Travis Mitchell, and more than held his own. Mitchell challenged Quillan after the Canucks forward clipped Ducks goaltender Laurent Brossoit’s skates, causing him to fall.

Quillan said he wasn’t looking to fight in the game, but that he plays the game hard and is willing to do whatever the moment calls for.

“Just answering the call or whatever, and trying to put some juice into the boys and do whatever I can do out there, honestly… I don’t call myself a fighter, but whatever the moment calls for, however I can help the team win.”

“I want to show what I can do, but I know I can play the game out there, make plays. You know, be good on the defensive side of the puck and even score goals, so I want to get an opportunity to show that side of my game too… I’ll show the team I’m there for them, and I want to play on this team very badly, so whatever I have to do to stay here, I’m willing to do.”

That was just Quillan’s second game with the Canucks since he was recalled from AHL Abbotsford after five games on the farm following his trade from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Aatu Räty.

Next up on the card was Jamie Oleksiak taking on Jeff Malott, brother of UFC welterweight Mike Malott. This one came as a result of a bit too much traffic and some content with the goaltender, which obviously gets everyone going at practically every level of hockey.

“They care for one another,” Manny Malhotra said of his group’s fight-heavy night. “They’re sticking up for one another; they’re sticking up for themselves. It shows that the spirit is there.”

Next up was our co-main event, when Max Sasson got into his first fight since junior hockey, taking on 6-foot-5 233-pound defenceman Noah Warren.

“Pretty good, honestly,” Sasson told Daily Faceoff Vancouver when asked how he thought he fared. “He’s a [expletive] big, big guy, [so I] felt pretty good in there. Had the wrong grip at first. I think I didn’t know what I was doing, but figured out pretty quickly try not to get punched in the face and try to punch him.

Sasson said Warren challenged him to the fight after Sasson made contact with Brossoit, who came out of his crease late to play the puck.

As Warren and Sasson were going at it, Paul Cotter was challenged by Sam Colangelo, and was especially fired up after the bout.

“I think it shows we have a lot of fight in here and a lot of heart,” Sasson said about the fights and the Canucks’ subsequent comeback effort. “Like I’ve been saying, it sucked that we couldn’t get the other one, but you know, I think it’s a special teams game, and we lost that battle, and it’s probably why we lost the game. But you know, there’s JQ, two fights, and Cotts sticking up for himself… Jamie too; it was cool to see everyone stick up for each other and stick up for themselves, and it was probably the most fights we’ve had in my time here.”