Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Don't know much about hockey. I thought the purpose was to put the puck in the net, not the fist in the mouth.


I hear many people that dont know the game-hard to explain unless you've played the game. It can be a very chippy game and much of what becomes a fight is what happens behind the play like in front of the net or in the corners--like how a guy puts the butt end of the stick in your rib cage and the ref nevers sees it. Or a goon takes out a top player.

Fans seem to like seeing more than just a shoving match--"Wanna go?" they throw em down and go at it.

There is a code. In fact a good book about the subject "The Code"