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[QUOTE="SU2NASA, post: 119438, member: 800"]
You can't compare hockey to other sports. As a former player, it's a completely different animal than what you see in basketball for example. Fighting goes back decades and was and is again a way to settle disputes. I've never seen it translate to off the ice. When I played juniors, where fighting was rampant, you'd see someone get cheapshotted, the enforcer on the team, or the player himself got a number and they settled it on the ice. I saw plenty of fights where two guys would settle it and go for a beer after.

It was the crackdown on fighting that led to more cheapshots, now that the NHL has let the fighting go again, you've seen that decrease substantially. Because when you throw a cheapshot, there will be retribution, it'll be settled, and everyone moves on.

Not sure how to say it, but it's a different type of player on the court. What you saw on Saturday is a prime example, and is one of many. These guys fight and they think they're "gangsters". You don't see that type of  on the ice. Some people can handle it, and hockey has a tradition of fighting, but has been able to handle it since the game was invented. I've never seen someone seriously injured in a hockey fight, it's a hell of a lot better than just cheapshots.

Note that in the list of charges filed resulting from violence in hockey that none are from a one-on-fight, and none period since 2004 when the NHL became more tolerant again to fighting.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_in_ice_hockey#On-ice_incidents_resulting_in_charges[/url]
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