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Originally Posted by Weitz
What rule did Mantha break? Is there a rule for fighting on the ground? I'm genuinely curious.
The code is garbage anyways. Guys will say so and so broke the code and then go out and cheap shot others.
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Actually fighting is already breaking a rule. From there it is just levels of violence and penalty. Let’s say he kept wailing on him after he was unconscious and bloody. Your correct there isn’t a specific rule that you can’t try and kill someone in a hockey fight, but there are still a variety of rules that can be used to deal with an egregious behaviour. Same as there isn’t a specific rule that you can’t chase down a player from behind, blindside sucker punch him and drive him into the ice. But there were still substantial penalties incurred.
But it is subjective....the one or two late shots will tend to be ignored as long as there is no significant injury, but at some point it needs to be sanctioned.
Either way, yes there are rules against fighting, and any further violence from there.