It can be a huge chunk of time so you've got to be really smart about it. In , the NHL adjusted its rule on instigating a fight to make the punishment a game misconduct.
In , the league further changed the rule giving an instigator a two-minute minor, five-minute major and a minute misconduct penalty. But saying no to a fight is not without its risks. Refusing a fight when a player wants to stand up for a teammate or spark his team has its consequences. Wilson said there have been players who told him after he refused a fight that they would continue targeting his teammates with big hits until he agreed. He then has to determine how much he will allow before he ultimately acquiesces.
There's guys that take that approach. Even with the instigator penalty, you also still risk getting hit if you refuse a fight. It can be difficult to understand at first why there are so many rules the players hold themselves to when it comes to fighting. In any other sport, there are no such understandings. Tensions rise, punches get thrown and an argument devolves into a fight and further into a brawl. When things get heated to a point in which emotions take over, things get very ugly very quickly.
But fighting in hockey is different because the underlying foundation in which all these unwritten rules are based on is respect. In most cases when players want to fight they talk about it on the ice, drop the gloves so that no one gets the jump on the other, fight, then stop when one goes down or a referee gets in between them.
There are even some instances where you see players give a sign of mutual respect after the fight. Eller may not have wanted to fight, but he ultimately dropped the gloves.
The unwritten rule that he doesn't have to, but I think he should have and that would have been what most guys would have done. That was disappointing and not usually the way things go. According to the rule book, Eller was in the wrong and went to the penalty box as a result. According to the unwritten rules of the game, however, Marchand was wrong for not accepting the fight. Fighting may not be as prevalent in hockey as it once was, but the rules that govern it are alive and well and ever-changing.
This is another silly argument; after all, sticks are rarely used in a violent way in the NHL. And when they are used in the NHL, Bettman actually gives the players lengthy suspensions to deter them from using them in the future.
Plus, lacrosse, which last year was the fastest growing sport in the country, uses sticks and there is ZERO fighting in lacrosse. Imagine that! Sorry, this is just another lame excuse by commentators and fans that like fighting in the NHL and will not admit the real reason that it exists: they enjoy it.
I do not know. If the NHL gave more severe penalties for sticking, tripping, cheap shot checking, and most of all, fighting, it would all go away OK, almost all of it.
And the sport would be more exciting because the more talented players would get to showcase their breath taking stick-handling skills for example more often. As a side note, to help in this area, the NHL should make the rinks bigger like in International and Olympic hockey. The NHL is afraid it will lose some of their fan base if they take out the fighting and other goon-like behavior.
While this maybe true, they will also gain some fans if they clean up the sport and make it more athletically appeasing to the eye i. If you want fighting, then go to a boxing or UFC bout. Additional penalties, including ejection, can be imposed if deemed necessary by the referee. We sought to understand why this sanctioned violence is still embraced by the league and why it doesn't appear to be going away any time soon.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman called fighting a "thermostat" for the game, and that it "may prevent other injuries. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more.
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