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Hundred of likes and retweets and dozens of comments and memes have emerged after York Regional Police tweeted about reports of a fight between two men using hockey sticks on Friday morning.

Police tweeted that officers were on the way to a residence near Newkirk Road and Crosby Avenue in Richmond Hill shortly after 8 a.m.

Police then tweeted that two men were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and one of them was placed under arrest. No charges have yet been laid.

It is unknown why the hockey stick fight broke out in the first place.

As of noon, both tweets had a combined number of more than 1,000 likes and 400 retweets.

FIGHT – Officers en route to a residence in the area of Crosby Ave / Newkirk Dr, Richmond Hill for a report of two people fighting with hockey sticks. — York Regional Police (@YRP) January 3, 2020

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FIGHT UPDATE – Two men are on their way to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the fight with hockey sticks involved. One of them are under arrest. — York Regional Police (@YRP) January 3, 2020

Users took to social media to comment on the unusually Canadian incident.

“Sorry, but this is just too Canadian,” one Twitter user wrote.

“Canadian conflict resolution,” another said.

“3rd man in?”

“But, what did the scouts in attendance think?”

“Only in Canada.”

Sorry, but this is just too Canadian. — Shane (@sftspodcst) January 3, 2020

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Canadian conflict resolution 😄🏒🏒 — Lee Ann 🇨🇦 Proud Canadian 🇨🇦 (@IamLeafAnn) January 3, 2020

3rd man in? — Rick Quesnel (@UncleRickee) January 3, 2020

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But, what did the scouts in attendance think? — Derek Crowell (@DECrowell) January 3, 2020

Only in Canada 😂🤣😂🤣 — Justin Demmin (@TORNADOOFDOOM1) January 3, 2020

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In addition, numerous hockey-related memes dominated the responses including these:

UPDATE LIVE: YRP on scene, in full tactical gear pic.twitter.com/LrvPTeZP7q — Matthew Rabinowitz (@mattrabinowitz) January 3, 2020

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5 minutes each, FOR FIGHTING! pic.twitter.com/RZIx9LGgNL — Riyad Khan (@riyad_k) January 3, 2020

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Afterwards did they line up and shake hands? pic.twitter.com/gzuaV8p36F — Jonathan C (@ptiqi) January 3, 2020