On February 27th I posted the article Additional Statistics on the Impact of Fighting. It contained stats that showed when fighting was reduced, non-fighting PIMs were also reduced. It also showed that teams who fought the most were also assessed more non-fighting PIMs. A clear trend based on the past 12 seasons of NHL play. And then a game comes along that adds considerable weight to my argument that enforcers contribute to the violence and cheap shots, not control it.
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Monday, 19 March 2012
Thursday, 9 February 2012
What Are We Fighting For Again?
Lots of media coverage this week in response to Ralph Nader’s open letter
to Gary Bettman (available here). The
comment section attached to any of the online articles on this story was full
of fans defending fighting because “it makes players accountable”. So let’s take 11 recent hockey fights at
random and look at them in detail to see if we can understand the crucial role
of the enforcer.
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