Hockey is incredibly dangerous, it is ridiculously fast compared to other contact sports, and everyone on the ice is a potential target. Every single shift a player could choose to attempt to end someone’s career. The consequence of attempting and failing is relatively small, fighting exist to balance the repercussions of players being egregious. There is a general code to fighting.
Hockey is so frustrating. You’re trying to manage a bouncy rubber puck on skates on a sheet of ice, and the entire time you’re getting bumped, stick checked, slashed, and hit in upper leagues.
Best to have an outlet other than somebody at the end of their rope just going fuck it and cross checking an opponent into the boards from behind.
From a hockey player:
Not only do the fans like it.
Hockey is incredibly dangerous, it is ridiculously fast compared to other contact sports, and everyone on the ice is a potential target. Every single shift a player could choose to attempt to end someone’s career. The consequence of attempting and failing is relatively small, fighting exist to balance the repercussions of players being egregious. There is a general code to fighting.
Hockey is so frustrating. You’re trying to manage a bouncy rubber puck on skates on a sheet of ice, and the entire time you’re getting bumped, stick checked, slashed, and hit in upper leagues.
Best to have an outlet other than somebody at the end of their rope just going fuck it and cross checking an opponent into the boards from behind.
Why not let them drive the zamboni? That should be sufficiently relaxing.