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Originally Posted by wwkayaker
You missed my main point. Hockey players fight to protect their top players. Tom Brady is a top player who gets hit all of the time without it resulting in fights. Aside from combat sports, fighting is embraced in hockey alone.
Checking is a means to separate the puck from player. I recognize that a hard hit may cause some trauma to the brain but nothing like a shoulder or fist to the head. You are making quite the stretch here.
Fighting is far more dangerous than checking. Look at the mma fighter from Edmonton who died after a knockout punch. When did a hockey player die from a check?
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I'm not sure about died but several have become quadriplegics. That ain't great either.