Ice hockey madness

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!!

Correction, it's a British thing they showed to the Canadians - who liked what they saw.

They do get ejected, genius. Watch a hockey game some time.

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.

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.

But you have to admit, it makes for great drama.

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.