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The St. Louis Blues held a "Captains night" on Saturday for their game against the Dallas Stars that saw them bring back several of their former captains for a pregame ceremony on the ice.

So it was only fitting that the two captains participating in the game -- David Backes for the Blues and Jamie Benn for the Stars -- would continue their little on-ice feud and drop the gloves for the second time in a year.

Have a look.

That was one of two fights that took place in the first period with an Antoine Roussel-Petteri Lindbohm bout following this one just one minute later.

Backes doesn't fight a ton, but when he does he certainly gets his money's worth out of it and tends to make sure he either gets involved with the other team's captain, or one of their best players. His scrap with Benn on Saturday was the 22nd regular season fight of his NHL career with six of them coming against other team's captains.

He has another two against Anaheim Ducks superstar Corey Perry.

Earlier this season he dropped the gloves with Chicago Blackhawaks captain Jonathan Toews.

For Benn, the NHL's reigning scoring champion, this was his first fight of the season. 

Along with the goal and the fight, Backes adding an assist on a Vladimir Tarasenko goal in the third period to complete the Gordie Howe hat trick (goal, assist, and fight in the same game). 

[Fight stats via the hockeyfights.com database]

Captains David Backes and Jamie Benn don't always see eye to eye on the ice. (USATSI)
Captains David Backes and Jamie Benn Don't always see eye to eye on the ice. (USATSI)