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Allocator2008

Last time I was in Vegas watching a fight a hockey game broke out. Hate it when that happens.

I don't know why you are getting massively downvoted other than being a bit off topic.

Anyways, fighting is an important part of hockey. Hockey is a very physical sport, and fighting keeps things clean. Players enforce a whole set of rules themselves through fighting.

For example, even in a non-contact hockey league, you don't do anything stupid like cross-checking someone to the head because they will get their ass kicked.

I downvoted him because (a) it is a worn out cliche of a joke and (b) I played hockey for over 10 years and only got in a couple fights and did not see many more than that. The game is not about fighting. That isn't why it's played and it isn't why it should be watched. Only the ignorant seem to think otherwise.

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