Buccigross reasoned that banning fighting would encourage illegal body checking, hits with hockey sticks, and other aggressive plays that players would not suspect, which would dramatically ...

Fighting is one of ice hockey's unique elements ... Alcide Laurin died after being punched and hit in the head with a stick during a game, becoming the first player to die as a result of an ...

Both combatants landed punches in bunches as Saulnier appeared to instigate the melee, shoving Vanisova into the corner before they threw down their sticks ... shots in the fight, although they ...

“She got a hold of my stick and dropped it down ... barrier will also continue to be a natural deterrent for fighting in women’s hockey. Beyond that, fighting is far from common at other ...

She threw the first real punches in the history of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, in a fight with Ottawa forward Tereza Vanišová. “We were battling out there,” Saulnier told . “She got a hold ...