WATCH: Vincent Arseneau pops his broken finger back in place after heavy Syracuse-Rocket AHL tilt

Hockey fans were shocked during an American Hockey League game between the Montréal Canadiens affiliate team Laval Rockets and the Tampa Bay Lightning's affiliate Syracuse Crunch.

During a fight between Laval's Vincent Arseneau and Syracuse's Kale Kessy, Arseneau suffered a gruesome finger injury. Watch the video here:

The fight occurred during the first period when Arseneau and Kessy dropped their gloves. The two AHL veterans traded serious punches, with Arseneau landing several left hooks to Kessy's helmet.

After the refs broke up the fight, the video showed Arseneau's left ring finger bending sideways in a stomach-churning way. Arseneau calmly skated to the bench while popping his dislocated finger back into place.

The Syracuse Crunch eventually lost the intense game against the Laval Rockets 5-2.

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Fans react to Vincent Arseneau popping his broken finger back in place

Fans have reacted strongly after seeing the video of Vincent Arseneau popping his broken finger back into place after his fight with Kale Kessy.

Many took to social media to express their amazement at Arseneau's pain tolerance and toughness. One wrote:

"Hockey players are absolutely, without a doubt ... built different."

Another commented:

"Tell me you're a hockey player without telling me you are a hockey player."

Here are some more fan reactions:

"It's too bad they can't take their helmets off anymore before fighting. That combined with everyone having a visor is not a good combination for the hands," one fan wrote on X.

"Holy shit man that fuckin hurts just looking at it, I wonder how long he’ll be out. Also Jesus they let them get them licks in at the AHL," another fan wrote.

"Soccer player would be going out on a stretcher with a life support team & sports psychologist ….," a user commented.

"Yeah. That f**king HURTS. I had that happen to me playing indoor soccer, put my hand up to the boards, and got pushed/pinned. It f**king hurt, but a paramedic who played on our team quickly put it "back" into place," another user wrote.

Vincent Arseneau, born in Quebec City in 1992, is living the dream by playing for his hometown teams. He's hoping for a future call-up to the NHL.