Quote:There is also an unofficial code to fighting that many new to the sport don't understand.
Maybe in the old days but now? Each team has a designated goon and about 3-4 minutes into any game when each team puts its 4th line out for their first shift and the goons line up against each other you know there will be a highly scripted "fight" as soon as the puck is dropped. These "fights" between two helmeted and heavily padded individuals are usually little more than dances in which they hold each other with one hand and hit each other in the helmet with the other. I usually take the opportunity to go take a leak. If I want to watch wrestling I'll watch wrestling.
Real fights, where guys are actually pissed at each other about something that happened on the ice, are a rarity.