I say hockey is the coolest game in earth. Ken Dryden licks, hockey fighting is here to stay. I think that this piece sums up the feeling of the crowds that fill that arenas night after night across America, as well as those sitting in their living rooms, rooting for their favorite team. Hockey players themselves are against changing the level of violence in today s hockey. It always has been a part of the game, and I think that it always will be.
Nobody condones or wants to see a majority of the game filled with fights.
But there are times when two players need to vent some aggressions . He is a veteran of the game and feel that the current level of play is appropriate. There is no reason for law enforcement to get involved with athletic events. There is an unwritten chance that you take playing the game and one has to accept that. No one is forcing people on the rinks and making them participate.