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The Reebok non-fighting system
There've been a few reports of fighters running into problems with their new Reebok garb, something I look into over at Globe on Hockey. Arron Asham speculates it's all part of an initiative to limit ...
A study in enforcementWhat do the goons do?
Tyler Dellow had a post on the Oilers' Zack Stortini a few weeks back about what happens when the enforcer's on the ice, and the answer seemed to be 'not much.' When he's not fighting, he's not genera...
Instigating change
An instigator of an altercation shall be a player who by his actions or demeanor demonstrates any/some of the following criteria: distance traveled; gloves off first; first punch thrown; menacing atti...
Crosby's fight
History in the making, I suppose.Don Cherry's not going to like this one given Sid Crosby keeps his visor on the whole time, something Cherry pointed out regarding the Mike Fisher-Scott Walker headbut...
The middleweights
Jim Matheson had a good piece in the Edmonton Journal on Phoenix Coyotes winger Dan Carcillo today:Carcillo, in particular, spends an inordinate amount of time sitting next to the timekeeper in the pe...
On fans of fights
Before YouTube, before the message boards and the Internet and all things digital and easy, there were guys like Nicky V. The pioneers. The old-school fight fans who devoted countless hours to recordi...
Snow plays down need for fighter
"You have to find a player of that nature who can play within the rules of the new NHL. They’ve got to be able to skate. If you can’t skate, you can’t cut the mustard. It’s tough because you h...
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