Duxbury High Hockey Lawsuit

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by bart

Plain and simple, don't play or let your kids if you don't want to get hit. It's friggin' hockey for Christ's sake! It's the only sport where fist fights are ENCOURAGED. I didn't think it was a dirty hit and I thought it was a JOKE that it went to court. Good for the judge for throwing out that garbage...

Actually, fighting at any level in Europe, and other than at the professional level in North America, gets you thrown out of the game, and suspended for the next one.

In high school, in some associations, it gets you suspended for the rest of the year.

In the NCAA you get suspended for the remainder of the season after the second fight.

[bart]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Actually, fighting at any level in Europe, and other than at the professional level in North America, gets you thrown out of the game, and suspended for the next one.

In high school, in some associations, it gets you suspended for the rest of the year.

In the NCAA you get suspended for the remainder of the season after the second fight.

I'm talking on a professional level, which I would imagine, most young athletes aspire to be and model their game after...