Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wrestling on Ice
Another fight yet again errupted on the ice during the hockey game between the Penguins and the Dalllas Stars. Sidney Crosby found it necessary to stick up for his teammate and off came the gloves and the fists started swinging in Matt Niskanen's direction. Niskanen thought that the reason for the fight was to encourage the Penguins team to pull it together and get them pumped up to start playing like they mean it; considering Crosby asked him if "he wanted to go". Also, at this point the Penguins were loosing poorly. There was no communication between the two for whole game and then all of a sudden it just happened and the gloves hit the ice. This fight was not the first fight of the night either, but instead it closely followed one between Brenden Morrow and Kris Letang. The reasoning for the fight between these two is not completely sure, but Morrow was angered about something. So, in order to make it fair Crosby stuck up for Letang and started his own battle, making it the 4th fight in the game and only the fifth time Crosby has fought during a game. Hockey is definitely more interesting with fights, but is it completely necessary? Is hockey turning into it more being about the fights than the game itself?
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Fighting has always been popular in hockey. The Philadelphia Flyers won back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in the 70’s by being a tough team that fought all the time, and were known as the Broad Street Bullies. Although fighting is popular with fans it is not always necessary in hockey. In the Olympics, fighting is not allowed which allows for the faster and more skilled players to get the ice time they deserve, while the grinders and fighters in the NHL sit at home and watch the Olympic Games on the television. I do believe that fighting is sometimes necessary in hockey to stick up for a player as Crosby did Wednesday night versus the Dallas Stars, but it isn’t a big part of the game as many think.
ReplyDeleteI feel like sticking up for a teammate can be handled differently than causing a fight and wasting time during the game. I guess it is the most efficient place to get all the anger and aggression out though, without having to deal with the law outside of the hockey arena. If it is not allowed in the Olympics, do you think that the people that normally watch hockey games just for the fights get bored or don't bother to even watch the games?
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