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After the USA and Canada dropped the gloves in their first 4 Nations Face-Off matchup, Sporting News explores why fighting is allowed in hockey.
Hockey players have adhered to unwritten codes in addition to the NHL’s rulebook, and fighting is viewed as an ethical way of settling disputes on the ice.
Released from the UFC in 2022 after 13 fights, Rosa is now riding a five-fight win streak on the regional scene. Following a ...
The 36-year-old Bruin is a seasoned pugilist, and while the laymanmay see fighting in hockey as bad, Iginla disagrees -- to a point.
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — For years there’s been an outcry among hockey purists who’ve seen just about enough of the goonery that had come to mark the game — get the fighting out of hockey. If ...
Rookie Maxim Tsyplakov got into a fight in his first game against the Flyers since his suspension for a hit on Ryan Poehling on Jan. 16.
With fighting dying out in the NHL, four former enforcers are plying their trade in San Diego By TAL PINCHEVSKY December 26, 2015, 8:28 AM ...
As Alex Ovechkin moved closer to NHL history with his 892nd career goal, his Capitals got into multiple brawls in a heated game with the Hurricanes on Wednesday night — that included one vicious ...
Mark Kirton, who played six seasons as a center in the NHL and was a board member of ALS Action Canada, died on Sunday. He ...
As NHL commissioner Gary Bettman spoke about the future of fighting in hockey at an NHL Board of Governors meeting this week, that question kept nagging at me. As in, what if there is in fact a ...