Fighting in hockey is awesome. It’s more than tolerated – the NHL has no problem with fighting on the ice, nor in the video games it licenses. Know what makes a hockey fight more awesome? Punch-Out!! music.
This is Zack Stortini of the Edmonton Oilers and Chris Barch of the Dallas Stars getting rough Tuesday night in Dallas. The gloves drop, and next thing you know, the P.A. fires up with the training anthem from Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Quick! Write down the pass key!
[Thanks Thomas M.]
Water Bear
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 4:35 PMYTMND has ruined me forever. There is only one thing i think when i hear that, and it involves a stolen bike…..
deathtoll
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 4:35 PMI’m assuming this was a setup. WWF on ice.
But, the music rocked anyway!
K
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 7:16 PMHaha no set-up. Fighting in hockey is legit. Those guys beat the living crap out of each other. But it is polite to ask the other guy if he wants to go and square off with him before punching him in the jaw.
Steve0410
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 12:11 AMIt’s more of a grey area. There are obviously boundaries, and the general politeness of it means that it’s less of a real ‘punch up’ and more of a spectacle to satisfy the crowd’s blood lust. It’s just swagger and posturing usually.
MaXX
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 6:41 PMSteve0410: So basically nothing to do with hockey.
Oh Americee.
Joel Bruce
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 10:21 PMGod I love hockey, see the refs clearing a circle for them, just fantastic