The general manager of a Halifax junior hockey team allegedly told students to "lose" footage they recorded of a bench-clearing hockey brawl, in an attempt to cover up the incident.

Halifax Wolverines player Kirk Forrest dropped his gloves just 43 seconds into a game Tuesday night, and chased down Josh McKinnon of the Summerside Western Capitals.

Forrest told CTV Atlantic he was seeking revenge for a previous incident and had no regrets.

"He hurt my teammate," said Forrest. "I stuck up for my teammate."

He pursued MacKinnon to the visiting team's bench and landed several punches. Another Wolverines player then dove right into the bench and the brawl escalated.

Seven players and a trainer were tossed from the ice because of the fight. And the game had been advertised as kid-friendly.

"Yeah, I don't like the little kids seeing it," said Forrest. But with a grin, he added: "I love it when the fans cheer and I get into it more."

The brawl was captured on tape by students Greg Sewart and Joey Johnson from Halifax's Atlantic Media Institute.

After the fight, the general manager of the Wolverines, Jack Finlay, approached the students and allegedly suggested they should tell others the tape had been lost.

"He suggested, 'Tell them we destroyed the tapes,'" said Sewart, 31.

"We were asked to lose the footage. It just seems so strange and unethical that we should be told that."

CTV News contacted Finlay, who denied making the suggestion. He said he only asked for a copy of the tape and then hung up the phone.

In an interview with the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Finlay had a different answer. He said he was only joking, and had made his comments in reference to a previous game between the two teams that Summerside failed to record.

MJAHL teams are supposed to capture footage of every game.

Maritime Junior "A" League president Derryl Smith said officials will review the recording of Tuesday's brawl, and possibly look into the cover-up allegations.

"If it does come to our attention, it will be reviewed," he said.

With a report by CTV Atlantic's Elizabeth Chiu