-> DN> Btw, if you like hockey without the violence, why not just go g
-> DN> snack when the boys drop the gloves?  Seems silly to shelf a sp
-> DN> because you have an objection to a small, insignifigant part of
->
->     Hardly an insignificant part of it.  Fights don't break out
->for the just the hell of it, usually something provokes it.  In the
->old days before the league started stepping in on these matters, it
->was a way for the players to police themselves, to protect their
->goaltenders and star players, and to avenge dirty play.  They
->should go back to that.
Let me clarify.. I meant fighting takes up very little TIME.. not that it's
not a most enjoyable and arguably key part of the game.  We're on the same
side of this issue..
-> DN> Another thing that just struck me as I was writing this..  sure
-> DN> you've watched an occasional NHL playoff game..  there is NO fi
-> DN> in them, and very few vicious stick attacks..  what's wrong wit
-> DN> playoff hockey?
->
->     No fighting?  Have you so soon forgotten that celebrated
->Clark-McSorley tilt in Game 1 of the Toronto-Los Angeles conference
->final in 1993?  I also seem to recall there being a donnybrook
->breaking out in Game 4 of this past years conference final between
->Colorado and Detroit with Marc Crawford wanting to punch out Scotty
->Bowman...
 Yeah, I recall those.. and the little head-hunting spree my man Gino
Odjick went on against the St.Louis Blues a couple of years back :)
Again, let me clarify.  There is a lot less fighting in the playoffs than
there is in regular season games.  Fair enough?
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