Fighting is an established aspect of ice hockey in North America, with a long history involving many levels of amateur and professional play and including some notable individual fights. Although a definite source of criticism, it is a considerable draw for the sport, and some fans attend games primarily to see fights.
Unique to North American professional team sports, the National Hockey League (NHL) and most minor professional leagues in North America do not eject players outright for fighting but major European and collegiate hockey leagues do. Therefore, the vast majority of fights occur in the NHL and other North American professional leagues.
Fighting is an established aspect of ice hockey in North America, with a long history involving many levels of amateur and professional play and including some notable individual fights. Although a definite source of criticism, it is a considerable draw for the sport, and some fans attend games primarily to see fights.
Ice hockey is unusual in the fact that fighting does not always carry an ejection penalty. In fact, in the United States, the National Hockey League, is unique amongst team sports in that it does not send players off for fighting. To some people, hockey fights are one of the main draws of the game.
As almost anyone has heard, fighting is a way to swing momentum and get your team going, sure. But more importantly, fighting is a means of discipline–retribution, if you like–that keeps the teams in line. There is simply NO other sport that puts its players together in a confined space at high speed with infrequent breaks in the play with weapons in their hands.
Not Bad, I remember that Coxe fight. I might have included Dave Brown,Tim Hunter, John Kordic, Chris Nilan, Basil McRae, or Marty McSorley. There are so many fights to choose from it's hard to pick five.
Okay - so you think it's the defencemen, or wingers who drop the gloves.
But Noooo - yep the guys with the pads, the masks and all the gear like to go toe to toe also.
With that our tribute to Patrick Roy, who loved a good biff when and wherever he could.
Sean Avery vs Brenden Morrow, Los Angeles Kings vs Dallas Stars.
