Tom Wilson dropped the gloves at the Olympics. In the NHL, that’s a Tuesday night. On the Olympic stage, it triggered ejections, a tournament suspension, and a crash course in IIHF rules for every ...
In most sports, a fight breaking out would be headline news for a week and shown on repeat for every sports talk show. In hockey, fighting is commonplace, at least in the NHL. Fighting isn't exactly ...
The role of fighting in the NHL has shifted dramatically over the past several decades. Once a defining feature of the sport, dropping the gloves is no longer a nightly expectation. The modern game ...
From the 1970s through the early 2000s, players dropping the gloves was as native to hockey as a crowd-pleasing dangle. Fighting was a core pillar of the sport and part of the game’s cultural identity ...
Are blended Olympic rules any better than what the NHL has to offer? Piero Cruciatti / AFP via Getty Images Welcome back to Rules Court, where we’re fixing the NHL, one new rule at a time. Usually, ...
Connor Murphy and Yakov Trenin drop the gloves in a game in late November. David Banks / Imagn Images DALLAS — Connor Murphy’s stick was wedged in Joel Eriksson Ek’s armpit as they battled for a puck ...
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