If it does come to that I ll drop every hockey TV contract I have and sign figure skating, it is like watching hockey but without sticks. The question of when law enforcement should become involved with aggressive acts committed on the hockey rink has been posed in the media. As a representative of the media, we feel that there is no need to reduce the violence that is portrayed in the game if hockey. The fans like to watch the game the way it is currently played, and do not want change. The players feel that it is an important part of the game and also do not want change.
Many fans express their enjoyment of the violence over the web.
I d be outside supervising the cleansing of my Ferrari. Fighting is a part of hockey. If Ken Dryden said that the NFL should eliminate tackling, he would be laughed at. I think that he should be laughed at for his licky ideas with regard to hockey. Kids don t learn violence from hockey, they learn to stick up for their friends, to watch your back, and to keep their gloves loose.