Comments on: To Fight Or Not To Fight http://www.lizardinsider.com/aihl/to-fight-or-not-to-fight.html An AIHL & Blue Tongues Fan Blog Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:20:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Virus Cleanup Baltimore http://www.lizardinsider.com/aihl/to-fight-or-not-to-fight.html/comment-page-1#comment-253 Virus Cleanup Baltimore Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:13:50 +0000 http://www.lizardinsider.com/?p=131#comment-253 This is an awesome site, I will definitely be sure to add your site to my bookmarks :D This is an awesome site, I will definitely be sure to add your site to my bookmarks :D

]]> By: FlyersFanNY http://www.lizardinsider.com/aihl/to-fight-or-not-to-fight.html/comment-page-1#comment-18 FlyersFanNY Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:32:29 +0000 http://www.lizardinsider.com/?p=131#comment-18 My view of fighting is that it has become a kabuki theater in the NHL and departed from the original intent of the ice hockey's tolerance of fighting. In the old times fighting was less an effort to change momentum than to discourage a player from taking liberties (cheap shots) against that player or a team-mate. Unfortunately, in the 1970s as the number of teams and thinned the pool of players, some teams began using fighting not merely to discourage liberties but as a form of intimidation. It altered the game from a rough sport to a blood sport. In the NHL a rule against instigation was created that imposed a 2 minute minor and a 10 minute misconduct on any player deemed to have instigated the fight. This rule has altered fighting from a reaction to an objectionable act by an opponent into the modern theater we see today in the NHL. To hear there are some players in a far off land who understand the true purpose of fighting in hockey is encouraging. Nevertheless, I think imposing so many sanctions on the players is insane. Especially in a league where the goons are almost as skilled as the skilled players, a game misconduct should be the max sanction along with a major and a minor, if one party is the clear instigator. A match penalty for sticking up for yourself or a team-mate? Why not just make all penalties double minors, maybe players will then stop slashing, cross checking, spearing, roughing and running goalies. My view of fighting is that it has become a kabuki theater in the NHL and departed from the original intent of the ice hockey’s tolerance of fighting. In the old times fighting was less an effort to change momentum than to discourage a player from taking liberties (cheap shots) against that player or a team-mate. Unfortunately, in the 1970s as the number of teams and thinned the pool of players, some teams began using fighting not merely to discourage liberties but as a form of intimidation. It altered the game from a rough sport to a blood sport. In the NHL a rule against instigation was created that imposed a 2 minute minor and a 10 minute misconduct on any player deemed to have instigated the fight. This rule has altered fighting from a reaction to an objectionable act by an opponent into the modern theater we see today in the NHL.

To hear there are some players in a far off land who understand the true purpose of fighting in hockey is encouraging. Nevertheless, I think imposing so many sanctions on the players is insane. Especially in a league where the goons are almost as skilled as the skilled players, a game misconduct should be the max sanction along with a major and a minor, if one party is the clear instigator. A match penalty for sticking up for yourself or a team-mate? Why not just make all penalties double minors, maybe players will then stop slashing, cross checking, spearing, roughing and running goalies.

]]> By: Gonchars undies http://www.lizardinsider.com/aihl/to-fight-or-not-to-fight.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Gonchars undies Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:41:33 +0000 http://www.lizardinsider.com/?p=131#comment-4 Why can't they just all be friends? :-) Why can’t they just all be friends? :-)

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