n the last two junior games I did, I've had to break up fights. Both times, I've come away from the fight with somebody else's blood on my jersey.
If that doesn't gore you out, try this: I've also had other people's blood on my visor, helmet and — eew! — hands.
Here's the million-dollar question: How can anything that makes people bleed all over other people make a game safer?
That's an argument espoused by many "pro-fighting-in-hockey" people. They claim that if you eliminated all fighting from hockey (an impossibility, but I digress) you would actually make the sport more dangerous. It's the everlasting-war-makes-everlasting-peace argument.
Poppycock, I say.
There are two essential myths at work here.
Myth one: nobody gets hurt
The first myth is that players don't get seriously injured in hockey fights. Because the players are on skates, they have less balance and ultimately less leverage. Punches don't land with as much force, hence players aren't likely to be injured.
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