My best friend plays for the New York Islanders, and whenever he has a chance to show me his videos, the first thing we watch are the fights. Fights are exciting and excitement stands out in a person's mind. The past two years at Concordia was no different. I've been around it for years and violence does sell tickets. As a member of the American Medical Association, we believe that law enforcement officials should indeed step in, and charge the player with assault if that is what occurred in the game.
Fighting is indeed a part of hockey, but it is an unnecessary part of it.
All fighting does is give the players unnecessary injuries, that could have been avoided if there was no fighting. Truly there is no logical point to fighting. Also, if some of the fights that happened on the ice rink occurred in the street, those people would be locked up. Just because it happens on the ice is no excuse to let it go by. I also believe that if law enforcement does charge players with assault, it will show the players that we are serious, and will not tolerate their behavior of fighting and bullying each other around.