Fighting in hockey is strategy, and NOT illegal... its part of the game. If the NHL made fighting illegal (Like the NFL did) then the NHL would go down slowly, but surely, cause most people enjoy that PART of the game.
Watch the movie GOON (decent hockey movie about an ENFORCER), to get a semi-decent look into how fighting is part of the game.
And it isnt illegal, its like paying a tax to get some momentum going, and hopefully get an edge vs your opponent.
Watch the movie GOON (decent hockey movie about an ENFORCER), to get a semi-decent look into how fighting is part of the game.
And it isnt illegal, its like paying a tax to get some momentum going, and hopefully get an edge vs your opponent.
46.9 Fighting Other Than During the Periods of the Game -
Any teams
whose players become involved in an altercation, other than during
the periods of the game, shall be fined pursuant to 46.20, in addition
to any other appropriate penalties that may be imposed upon the
participating players by supplementary discipline or otherwise.
Players involved in fighting other than during the periods of the
game shall be assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct.
Should one player be deemed the instigator of the fight, the game
misconduct shall not be assessed to his opponent.
Any player who would be deemed to be an instigator pursuant to
this rule at a time other than during the periods of the game shall be
suspended pursuant to 46.20
Any teams
whose players become involved in an altercation, other than during
the periods of the game, shall be fined pursuant to 46.20, in addition
to any other appropriate penalties that may be imposed upon the
participating players by supplementary discipline or otherwise.
Players involved in fighting other than during the periods of the
game shall be assessed a major penalty and a game misconduct.
Should one player be deemed the instigator of the fight, the game
misconduct shall not be assessed to his opponent.
Any player who would be deemed to be an instigator pursuant to
this rule at a time other than during the periods of the game shall be
suspended pursuant to 46.20
A 240-pound hockey player who trained as a boxer and the best you can do is challenge people in an internet chatroom that has an audience of maybe 15?
You are right that most NFL players cannot fight. It's simply than that neither can most any NHL player. And the ones in the NFL who have tried have done better than the one NHL player who has ever tried.
If you're ever in Las Vegas find a place and I'm sure we can work out a time. I'll let others set the odds.
Just because an act is "part of the game" doesn't make it legal to do without some kind of penalty. Clipping is part of the game in football too. It happens all the time in almost every game at least once. But that doesn't mean it's legal to do. You get penalized if you do it. Cross checking, tripping, slashing are all part of the game in hockey but that doesn't mean it's legal to do. If something is legal to do it means you can do it without some type of penalty. I agree that fighting is part of the game in hockey but that doesn't make it legal to do without being penalized. Keep in mind we are not talking "law legal" here, we are talking about legal pertaining to rules of hockey.
