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Originally Posted by JerryUnderscore
You would get an instigator penalty and possibly even a game misconduct.
Hockey needs to do more to allow skilled players to showcase their skill not less. Some diehards might come to watch the fights but if hockey wants to grow in new markets it will be on the back of skilled plays not face punching.
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I’m not so sure about that. Every time I ask someone who rarely watches hockey, if they tell me they’ve gone to a game (in a CHL/AHL/NHL) they always get excited to tell me that they saw a fight occur. Our of the 4 major sports in America, hockey is the only one where fighting is allowed without getting ejected. I agree that skill could be emphasized a little more, but fighting should too.