Hockey fights are ways for players to get out their aggressions and often turn the momentum of the game. Many people feel that there is too much violence in hockey. There is a fair amount of violence, probably more than there should be, but the only way to curb it is for the NHL to enforce its rules and give more penalties and fines for overly aggressive behavior, especially when they lead to serious injuries. Violence in sports and TV is a problem for our children. By the time they are 18, children will see 250,000 acts of violence on television, including those in sports.
Studies show there is a correlation between the amount of violence they see and the way they act.
Children replicate what they see on TV and hockey violence is no different. The best thing the NHL can do is tone down the violence, stop fights faster, incur more penalties and fines. This would teach kids that violence is NOT okay and when it occurs on the ice, it will be punished just as if it were in life. It is also the job of the parents to teach their children to use non-violent ways of letting out their anger and aggression. I do not think that aggression and the committing of violent acts in sports is totally inherited or learned.