Hockey fight pro series#

Grown men awkwardly dancing around on skates while ripping off each others sweater is not what I want to see at any sporting event.' - David Winter

Act like a goon in a playground and you're gone. I'm a full-time CFL fan and a now-and-then NFL fan, and a far more violent, contact-driven sport can be played by real athletes without hockey's childish behavior. Click on the username to see the complete comment in the blog format.) The vast majority of people participating the CBC Forum would rather see fighting out of the game Some comments have been altered to correct spelling and to conform to CBC style. (Please note that usernames are not necessarily the names of commenters. Would you like to see fighting gone from the NHL? Here's how the conversation went: The number of fights has decreased over the years from a peak of more than 1,100 fights per season in the late '80s to 427 fights last season, even with about 400 more league games played.

But former NHL players are suing, saying the NHL knew, or ought to have known, about the link between repetitive head injuries and long-term brain damage but failed to protect or educate its players. They have also given new ammunition to critics who say fighting should be banned outright from the game.ĭefenders of fighting say it's a form of self-policing and eliminating it would leave enforcers out of a job.

Hockey fight pro series#

A series of emails from 2011 between NHL executives have revealed a league struggling to figure out the future of fighting amid mounting concern over concussions and addictions.