A fight could be one of highlights of the season in most sports. Baseball fans can vividly remember Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson squaring up, or Rougned Odor punching Jose Bautista. Hockey takes ...

If one player could die in a hockey fight that was unremarkable in every ... We were in St. Louis on March 24, 1981, when the Islanders’ Duane Sutter came to blows with his older brother ...

Fighting is one of ice hockey's unique elements, and it is the only sport where throwing punches is not only allowed, but sometimes encouraged. To someone who has never watched hockey, it may seem ...

Fighting has long been a fabric of hockey, a product of the sport's physicality. Players dropping the gloves still elicits excitement in NHL arenas, but the number of fights is drastically ...

According to Britannica, fighting has been part of NHL hockey since its formation in 1917. In 1922, the NHL instituted Rule 56: Fisticuffs, which states, “A major penalty shall be imposed on any ...