The Barton Coliseum crowd was on its feet. It was hockey night in Little Rock. And even the Fighting Razorbacks never fought this hard. I don't know anything about hockey.
Hockey is fast, it's loud, it's exciting.
A large part of the game is intimidation. Players are regularly pushed, elbowed, knocked to the ice and mashed into the plexiglas boards as they chase the puck. Professional hockey is a game of speed and strategy. They are employed by some teams to rough up opponents' top shooters and hold down the score. If people on the other team know that I'm on the ice, they're going to think twice about doing something stupid out there.