Go ahead, just drop the gloves and go on strike

Sunday, May 26, 2002

There's a theory on hockey fighting that purports to explain why it's been allowed to become so large a part of the game. The idea is that emotions on the ice run so hot that it's preferable to let two players vent by throwing dukes than to wait until someone in a blind rage jams a stick into somebody's eye.

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