For those who are not hockey fans, the stereotype is generally that hockey players fight each other for fun. This is not the case. Fighting within hockey has a very strict time and place for when it is considered acceptable by players and coaches. Former NHL player Ken Hammond described fighting as “a form of social control that has a moderating effect on the potentially serious unsanctioned violent acts between players”. Unsanctioned violent acts (a play that is deemed irresponsible and dangerous in a hockey game) come by way of striking an opponent with a hockey stick, or nasty attacks on an opponent such as hitting a player when he is not looking or from behind.
The debate on whether fighting in hockey should be allowed is a tough topic to debate. Fighting should be allowed in order to keep hockey traditions intact, wouldn’t you agree? Most hockey fights do not involve the paramedics and the players who fight get sent to the penalty box. Fighting in hockey is fairly controlled in order to keep the players and fans safe. If you do not agree, Don Cherry Has Arguments about hockey all the time and, sometimes, the players do not want to fight because they fight only to keep their jobs.
For those who are not avid hockey fans, the stereotype is generally that hockey players fight each other for fun. There is a saying “I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out “(Clarey 2010) this is not the case, fighting within hockey has a very strict time and place for when it is considered acceptable by players and coaches. Fighting has been described as “a form of social control that has a moderating effect on the potentially serious unsanctioned violent acts between players”. (Kerr 2006) Unofficial
If somebody is going to play overly-aggressive and borderline dirty, they will most-likely have to deal with fighting somebody on the opposing team, who is simply protecting his star players. Technically gifted players such as Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux were able to accomplish so many things in the National Hockey League because they were protected by their teammates that were ready to fight anybody that touched Wayne or Mario. Eliminating fighting is not a solution to useless violence either because, without fighting, if there were a conflict, players would try and get revenge on their opponents with head shots and checking from behind rather than simply resolving all conflicts with a 30-second fight. Furthermore, if you think that the banishment of fighting will minimize violence, then you should probably consider watching a real hockey game before making such a ridiculous statement. A man by the name of Jim McKenny said it best: “Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental.” Hockey is violent so if you don’t like violence, then don’t watch hockey; and definitely don’t try to change the
This shows that the rebels were not totally against the King, so it would be unpopular for him to outright attack them. By the source saying, “the men of the North are able to defend themselves” it shows that there also skilled fighters amongst their ranks, yet another factor for the threat they posed to
- The Todd Bertuzzi incident was not dealt in the right manner. Todd Bertuzzi ended a young ones career in retaliation. - Steve Morre was paralyzed and has lost his quality of life. www.mala.bc.ca/~soules/media112/zine2000/moose/ Fighting Camps - "We're out here to show kids how to look after themselves when they're on the ice," said Derek Boogaard, a 25-year-old enforcer with the NHL's Minnesota Wild. - • "I think it would have a negative effect on the game.
The goal of progressive discipline is to improve skater performance. The process of progressive discipline is not intended as a punishment for a skater, but to assist the skater to overcome performance problems and satisfy league expectations. Progressive discipline is most successful when it assists an individual to become an effectively performing member of the organization. Failing that, progressive discipline enables the organization to fairly, and with substantial documentation, terminate the participation of skaters who are unwilling to improve or follow league rules. Any issues between skaters should be resolved between the skaters themselves, if possible.
Describing returning players as “veterans”, hitting the puck with force as “shooting”, and skillful set of plays as “an unrelenting attack” evokes “a parallel between sport and warfare [that] seems obvious” (Billig 123, reader 132). The thing about this is if one were to bring-up these observations with a fan it is (as I have tried with my friend) dismissed as nitpicking and reading too much into something which isn’t there. The subtle aspect of sports which promotes banal nationalism is unseen because of how obvious it is. The sports reported on are mainly baseball, football, hockey, and basketball. These sports are made up of teams such as the San Francisco 49ers, Boston Celtics, or Anaheim Ducks all carrying the name place of where they’re from.
Jonathon Jeffers disagrees and has written an article countering the idea that video games cause violence. Jeffers has said that, "The problem is not the game itself, but the lack of self-control that the player shows by not limiting the amount of time he plays. Too much of anything can be bad, and the more someone exposes their mind to violence for prolonged times the more he will become immune to it in real life." (Jonathon Jeffers). I agree with Jeffers that the problem is a person's lack of self control and also that people are playing too much.
Now you may be saying something like there is no way it relives tension but that’s were your wrong. If you’ve ever played hockey and seen someone “accidentally” Trip your best player while he is on a breakaway and he gets hurt then you’d know how tense and mad people get. After this occurrence in the NHL the announcers normally say something like “You could cut the tension in the air with a knife”. If this happens during a game the teammates will try and protect their star player and become very edgy and aggressive unless the player who hurt their teammate and friend gets his just reward of a few knuckle sandwiches. After everything has calmed down the team who lost their teammate would be more relaxed and relived knowing that the player who hurt their friend wouldn’t do that again.