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Ice hockey madness

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by user Pnatt

I've been a hockey fan for over a year now. Why is it when there's a fight, the referee just stands there without trying to break it up? And why is it that fighters in the NHL aren't ejected but only receive a 5-minute major penalty?

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Fri 09/22/06, 6:33 am EST


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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
1184 days ago
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Tradition. To understand hockey, you must delve into the mind of the Canadian farm boys who played on the frozen ponds...

Smitty - "There's nothing to do, eh?" McLaughlin - "Let's go oot and put the biscuit in the basket, eh?" Hanrahan - "We should drink some Labatt first, eh?" Smitty - "but Molson's all we got, eh?" Gordie - "Them's fightin' words, ya hoser!"

And that's how it happened.
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PnattRed-Shirting
1184 days ago
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So it's a Canadian thing eh? Makes sense. I guess they gotta start wars some how, if not in real life why not in hockey instead!!
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1184 days ago
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Correction, it's a British thing they showed to the Canadians - who liked what they saw.
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PnattRed-Shirting
1184 days ago
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I'm just wondering why the fighting aspect in hockey is so different to any other sport. Like in most sports players who fight get ejected, but for some reason hockey has seemed to be exempt from this. Anyone know why or what could be the cause of it?
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XinophDraft Pick
1174 days ago
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They do get ejected, genius. Watch a hockey game some time.
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XinophDraft Pick
1174 days ago
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OK, maybe they don't get ejected in the same way as other sports - that is, ejected entirely from the game - but they do get sent to the penalty box, which is more than enough and is more dramatic.
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1184 days ago
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One thing I have noticed - In International Ice Hockey it is a Game Ejection, PLUS a five minute major. Quite what difference it makes I don't know. That's why there is no fighting in Olympic Hockey and suchlike.
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PnattRed-Shirting
1184 days ago
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Yeah true. In Olympic hockey players get ejected for fighting but NHL is 5-minute major. I don't reckon that fighting in hockey is all bad, of course every sport players are excused to have the occasional fistucuff but the frequency and the way that it is ceromoneously performed in the NHL (i.e. taking their gloves off, referees just watching without breaking it up until someone is half dead lying on the ice) is ridiculous.
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1184 days ago
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But you have to admit, it makes for great drama.
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PnattRed-Shirting
1184 days ago
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In Australian football if players fight or wrestle (minor wrestling is frequent) the umpires often just ignore it and continue on with the game. But the problem in the NHL is that they actually stop play to witness the fight.
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1184 days ago
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What goes on in a fight situation is a bit crazy - I think the game is stopped because the referee has to divert his attention to the fight - not the game. Also, if two players are fighting, and unwilling to stop, a referee will be compromising his own safety if he dives in there with two guys throwing punches. When one is on the floor, it is safer for the referee.
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Bias asideSoccer Kid
1179 days ago
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I thought hockey was somethin you did in the bathroom??
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