By: Amy Earle, Jacob Kelly & Sam Peters VIOLENCE AND FIGHTING IN HOCKEY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-5xkMNIt-5k Body Checking Check to the Head Checking from behind TERMINOLOGY Butt-ending Slashing Clipping Cross checking TERMINOLOGY Enforcer High Stick Hooking TERMINOLOGY Increase in spectator numbers Part of the game Protection of the players PROS You cant just run around and know youll be protected by the rules and protected by the officials. A lot of times you need to have guys on the team that are out there to end that kind of stuff. - Zach Parise Main focus Takes away from real players Injury Negative Influence CONS Direct trauma accounts for 80% of all injuries Are caused more often during games Lacerations to the head are most common Lack of helmet protection during fights INJURY Todd Bertuzzi-Steve Moore Incident After being slammed into the ice from a hit at the back of the head, Steve Moores professional hockey career ended immediately. Negative Influence Children are influenced by watching violent acts during hockey games and learn to copy such behaviors. A role given to players to protect and support the team if they are unfairly treated A.K.A. Goon ENFORCERS Season Players with 15 or more fights: 27 STAT S PlayersFights Krzysztof Oliwa31 Jody Shelley30 Chris Neil24 Matt Johnson23 Andrew Peters23 Season Players with 15 or more fights: 4 STAT S PlayersFights Tom Sestito19 Rich Clune16 Luke Gazdic15 Chris Neil15 Tom Wilson14 Comparison Fight difference: 320 % Difference: 11.47% STAT S SeasonFights% of Games with Fights % % We interviewed a player from the X-Men Hockey team to see his views on fighting in Hockey INTERVIEW Never in university Repercussions are not worth it Players get wound up RESPONSE The game and performance Stick work To get the teams motivation up Retaliation to aggression. RESPONSE Usually when I fought I got beat up Fights won did feel good Point of fighting is for the team RESPONSE Different rules and regulations for fighting Collegiate level = game suspension Junior level = five minutes then back on the ice RESPONSE Chippy Aggressive Rivalry Get to know other teams better (increase rivalry tension) RESPONSE Fighting in hockey can make the game more clean Believes there should be fighting It comes down to respect FINAL STATEMENT HERE TO STAY I dont know how you could outlaw it from the game -P.J Stock, Boston Bruins The fact of the matter is I think this game is safer with fighting in it, -Brian Burke, Calgary Flames https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_ice_hockey_terms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_BertuzziSteve_Moore_incident players_say.html /assets/pdf/CDIC_MCC_Vol33_2_1_Keays_E_55.pdf REFERENCES