What's with the fighting in Ice Hockey?

[Bullseye]

Lets keep the topic on Hockey guys.

[El Diablo]

ice hockey's nothing, you should see boxing

[VaultMan]

Originally Posted by rilynil

Allowing fighting in hockey is ridiculous. If basketball players (who I believe are the greatest athletes in sports) acted like that, there would be multi-game suspensions.

Fighting in hockey is D-U-M-B.

Thats cause basketball players are pvssies. The NBA need to protect their investment. Meanwhile their players sit out of games with hangnails and migraines...

[Alex655321]

Originally Posted by VaultMan

Thats cause basketball players are pvssies. The NBA need to protect their investment. Meanwhile their players sit out of games with hangnails and migraines...

[VaultMan]

Originally Posted by Alex655321

It's been part of the game forever.
It's a physical game and you have skilled players who are so far ahead of the avg player.

Some of the not so skilled players may want to take out say Steve Yzerman giving thier team a better shot to win.

If you had to answer to one of these guys it normally would deter getting that person from getting rough with your best player.



Even Wayne Gretzky had a bodyguard, Marty McSorley was there with Gretzky in Edmonton, and even got traded to the Kings to protect Gretzky there.

Fighting isn't a part of the game like it once was.

[VaultMan]

Fighting allows players to settle scores so that people don't really get hurt (well, usually anyway) by getting run into boards and chopped with sticks and slashed with skates.

If you know you can just fight a guy, you won't necessarily do these other things. You'll just punch him in the face. Settle it, take the penalty, and the game continues.

[VaultMan]

You also know that if you fight, youre going to the box...and guys ultimately want to play. Not too often are you gonna find 1st and 2nd line guys brawling...not a lot anyway...or frontline guys...

[VaultMan]

Originally Posted by VaultMan

Thats cause basketball players are pvssies. The NBA need to protect their investment. Meanwhile their players sit out of games with hangnails and migraines...

Originally Posted by Alex655321

Id love to see Kobe Bryant get run into the boards at 45 mph. He'd prolly be out for the year!

Nobody is tougher than NHL guys...only the NFL guys come close.

[Alex655321]

Originally Posted by VaultMan

Id love to see Kobe Bryant get run into the boards at 45 mph. He'd prolly be out for the year!

Nobody is tougher than NHL guys...only the NFL guys come close.

I have to agree, you see them get thier teeth knocked out or getting slashed, then come back to the game after repairs !

[VaultMan]

Exactly. Lou, Im sure youve seen guys get stitched up and come right back out...or just like you describe come back toothless!