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<blockquote data-quote="fcukernaut" data-source="post: 93544"><p>Every organization does this garbage, normally they sort it out at the last minute. I say just chuck them all in a room and lock the doors. No windows, no food, no water, no air conditioning and no toilet. They'll sort it out in a few hours. That's how I'd do it any way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ok, so that's a little exagerated. The longest you'll see a fight go on is about 2 minutes. You get the once-a-year-bench-clearing-team brawl and the once every 5 year goalie fight(Yeah Patrick Roy!). And there are rules to fighting. Both written and unwritten. Basically if you fight it's a five minute penalty, which basically means you go over to the penalty box and sit there for 5 mins but it's not like a yellow card as both teams stay with 5 players, unless you get an instigating penalty and then your team is down to 4 men for 2mins. The players code is you don't fight the star players, unless they start it, and the fights over when you hit the ice. But fighting is becoming far less prevalent in the game. </p><p></p><p>That's due to a couple of reasons.</p><p></p><p>One being that the NHL had a labour dispute about a salary cap and lost a whole season over it. Teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NY Rangers were spending upwards of US$100million and other teams were on the brink of folding. The point is in that season off the brains(and I use this term loosely) from the NHL and the NHLPA came together and thought up rule changes to increase the speed of the game as it had turned to complete **** in the late 90's when a new defensive system was invented that turned 5-4 games into 2-1 borefests. There's a reason why soccer isn't popular in North America. </p><p></p><p>Anyway the rule changes have sped up the game and teams no longer can afford to keep two goons, brawlers or as they like to call themselves "enforcers". Enforcers are basically just big lumbering guys who can't skate, can't shoot, can't play basically at all; their whole job was to go out and "protect their players". Now the game is so fast that these useless beasts are no longer on teams(about a third still have an enforcer). </p><p></p><p>Fighting is almost gone from the NHL. Luckily enough there are plenty of minor league and junior teams that fill the void. Find the ECHL or the CHL and you've got yourselves some brawls on skates.</p><p></p><p>The greatest fight ever in my opinon was at the World Junior Championships(yes players 18 years old and younger). In 1987 when Canada and Russia broke out into a bench clearing brawl(back-up goalies et al). Basically both teams went at it and people who ran the tournament turned the lights off but to no avail. The players fought until they were tired and just couldn't fight anymore. Good stuff I say, here's the link(yes it's really 5:24mins long, enjoy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ydbATVriqA" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ydbATVriqA</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fcukernaut, post: 93544"] Every organization does this garbage, normally they sort it out at the last minute. I say just chuck them all in a room and lock the doors. No windows, no food, no water, no air conditioning and no toilet. They'll sort it out in a few hours. That's how I'd do it any way. Ok, so that's a little exagerated. The longest you'll see a fight go on is about 2 minutes. You get the once-a-year-bench-clearing-team brawl and the once every 5 year goalie fight(Yeah Patrick Roy!). And there are rules to fighting. Both written and unwritten. Basically if you fight it's a five minute penalty, which basically means you go over to the penalty box and sit there for 5 mins but it's not like a yellow card as both teams stay with 5 players, unless you get an instigating penalty and then your team is down to 4 men for 2mins. The players code is you don't fight the star players, unless they start it, and the fights over when you hit the ice. But fighting is becoming far less prevalent in the game. That's due to a couple of reasons. One being that the NHL had a labour dispute about a salary cap and lost a whole season over it. Teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NY Rangers were spending upwards of US$100million and other teams were on the brink of folding. The point is in that season off the brains(and I use this term loosely) from the NHL and the NHLPA came together and thought up rule changes to increase the speed of the game as it had turned to complete **** in the late 90's when a new defensive system was invented that turned 5-4 games into 2-1 borefests. There's a reason why soccer isn't popular in North America. Anyway the rule changes have sped up the game and teams no longer can afford to keep two goons, brawlers or as they like to call themselves "enforcers". Enforcers are basically just big lumbering guys who can't skate, can't shoot, can't play basically at all; their whole job was to go out and "protect their players". Now the game is so fast that these useless beasts are no longer on teams(about a third still have an enforcer). Fighting is almost gone from the NHL. Luckily enough there are plenty of minor league and junior teams that fill the void. Find the ECHL or the CHL and you've got yourselves some brawls on skates. The greatest fight ever in my opinon was at the World Junior Championships(yes players 18 years old and younger). In 1987 when Canada and Russia broke out into a bench clearing brawl(back-up goalies et al). Basically both teams went at it and people who ran the tournament turned the lights off but to no avail. The players fought until they were tired and just couldn't fight anymore. Good stuff I say, here's the link(yes it's really 5:24mins long, enjoy ;) ) [url="http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ydbATVriqA"]http://youtube.com/watch?v=8ydbATVriqA[/url] [/QUOTE]
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