When Todd Bertuzzi decked Steve Moore with a blindside punch during a 2004 game, he was carrying out the code of the NHL. Bertuzzi was tasked with fighting Moore, who refused to square up. While most people agree Bertuzzi shouldn’t have decked Moore outside of a dukes-up battle, it’s also important to remember Moore should […]
Those who defend fighting in hockey say that it helps deter other types of rough play, allows teams to protect their star players, and creates a sense of solidarity among teammates. This aspect of the game relies upon “the code,” an implied set of unwritten rules that instil respect and protocol among men who drop […]
During an ECHL showdown between the Quad City Mallards and Cincinnati Cyclones, it went down…a goalie fight, that is. Following the usual in-game arc of escalating tensions and eventual boil over, with all the chaos of a mallard caught up in a cyclone, if you will, things got crazy. According to Bobby Metcalf of the Quad-City […]
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