Brits React to THE CODE - Unwritten Rules of Fighting in Ice Hockey
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Him accidentally calling Marchand a rat is hilarious
I KNOW RIGHT đ
He's great, but I can't stand him. But he does do his job well.
He is a rat
He's the rattest of the the rats in current nhl, but i admit he's a great player.
Hate him love him every team wants him!!
Simple Canadian rules to fighting, defend those who are unable to defend themselves, and always punch over your weight.
If you can't fight off 5-6 guys at once you aren't training hard enough!
Them referring to the "pests" as rats as Marchand popped up is pure poetry (I'm a Bruins fan)
The epitome đđđ
I laughed so hard when they showed him. (From pittsburgh, so when they showed sid being dirty, I smurked) đ
@Meattree5 The rat. I'm a Habs fan and i hate so much this rat
@@quebecforce111 can say the same thin about pk
@@jgo413 I'd say Matt Cooke is one as well
People always say Canadians are so polite and mild mannered. If you manage to piss us off though you better run.
especially in war..the Geneva convention is pretty much a "to do" list
â@@eibbor171 To Candians, it's more like the Geneva Suggestions, not the Genvea Conventonđ
the guy banging on the glass is loving the fact HIS team is standing up for itself and not allowing the other team to take advantage or make cheap shots.
Literally fight night at the joe, the wings have each others backs, set our pace for the cup in 97.
Thereâs a lot of reasons why hockey is the best sport but this is the biggest reason of them all! It all comes down to accountability!!! Hockey players will fight each other bare knuckle and then say good job and go for a beer after the game.
Canadian box lacrosse also allows fighting. Lacrosse and hockey are Canada's two national sports.
In Canada, fighting in hockey becomes legal at age 16. It is strictly prohibited below that age with long-term suspensions handed out to those who do fight. Awesome reaction on this topic. Thank you
20 years ago I played AAA hockey in Toronto we always had fights every game basically at 13 years.
You can tell the influence. Itâs basically medieval combat rules đ. Hello sir, you have hit my buddy, letâs get on with it. Letâs go. Oh running away are you? Hey you, fight me honorably in his stead come on now. đ. Send me your warrior!đđđ. The clan mentality.
Sidney Crosby is actually a talented hockey player. He never got into a fight in his first 3 seasons. The enforcers guarded him while Sid scored goals. Once he did start fighting, he threw hands like a champ.
No one ever left their seat to buy food when there was a fight on the ice!
You don't leave your seat while the puck is in play either.
Iâve only ever left my seat during intermission
Hilarious you called them "Rats" as Marchand was basically being highlighted....... people actually throw rubber rats on the ice at him hahahahaha
lmao
You asked a good question Fats about the banging on the glass. This should actually be added to the code. If the team needs the crowd more in the game, or a change in atmosphere, they can start a fight to get everyone excited. Any player is likely to fight at this point, especially the ones who fight the least.
When seeing it live, as a fan your own adrenaline gets pumped. Thatâs why the dude is going crazy on the glass.
More NHL stuff please. It is good times to watch people discover how crazy this sport is.
I grew up in Detroit so Iâm a die hard Detroit red wings fan. One legendary player was Gordie Howe, who played well into his 50âs against kids more than half his age. This was back in the day before you had a dedicated class of enforcers and all players were pretty much brawlers. His normal actions during a game coined the term the âGordie Howe hat trickâ which consists of scoring a goal, getting an assist as well and getting into a fight in a single game. A normal hat trick is a player scoring three goals in a game. It doesnât happen too often but if a player gets a Gordie Howe hat trick the announcers always bring it up and in Detroit even the Jumbotron display will âawardâ the Gordie Howe hat trick to the player.
I'm glad you watched the code. You are correct it's about respect
RESPECT. That word was used maybe 30 times on this video. It is the most important word anyone can learn.
Youâve got to watch âStu Grimson goes crazyâ if you want to see The Code being enforced.
There is a full time dentist on staff in building for every pro team to repair teeth which often get knocked out during play and fighting.
So funny you called the pests "Rats' as the player they were focusing on was Brad Marchand, who's nickname literally is "The Rat" LMFAO!!
...and yet every fan would take Brad Marchand on their team in a second. He's the captain of the Boston Bruins, and makes Team Canada. He knows when to tone things down.
@@SeaJayAudit 100% I'd love him on the Oil
Ahhh you beat me too that comment...haha....I was laughing so hard when they said that and it was solely focused on Marchand....lol.
Effing little rat.
Did thoroughly enjoy it when he said that they were the scum of the respect factor when it comes to the code.
I went to a drive-by-shooting last week and a basketball game broke out.
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The role of âgoonâ has more or less been phased out. There are a couple guys like Rempe and Reaves left, but a lot more now you will see star players standing up for themselves like Mackinnon or B. Tkachuk
Tkachuk the Turtle - Kassian killed him lol
They used to only have one ref and 2 linesman. Referees are above the fray it's the linesman who break up the fights and they have the biggest arms in the NHL
There are a lot of great comments about fighting and the code in here. I never played pro or anything, but Iâve played for longer than Iâd like to admit. The Code isnât just an NHL or pro thing. Even in leagues where fights are automatic suspension or expulsion from the league, you occasionally find a transgressor that just needs retribution. Itâs about defending ppl you care about and o dare say love if youâve been with the same team for a while. Most of the âstagedâ fighting between enforcers is out of the game due to the increase in skill level throughout rosters, but the passion and raw emotion still exists. Thatâs why the fights exist. If the league ever banned fighting completely, the increase in stick fouls would go through the roof. If a guy wants to be slashy slashy on your top players wrists, I few jabs to the jaw tends to remind him of why itâs a bad idea.
I started playing hockey at 6 years old(the pics are adorable lol), but the code was taught to me by my dad, and other coaches around age 10, even tho there were no fights during games until until 9th grade(15 years old)
Ohhhhhhh yes you two read the comments!!! That's awesome me and a few others mentioned "the code" to you. It's not just blind fighting as you now know. Winning a fight can change the entire momentum of a hockey game! Good job with the videos you guys!!!! đšđŠ
Y'all should watch the movie Goon. It's about the beloved players in hockey that are the fighters, aka the enforcers, aka the goons.
If you want to see a star that wasnât afraid to fight, watch wendell Clarkâs fightâs thatâs started from his big hits !!!!
I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.
Rodney Dangerfield
The craziest part, the guy in your thumbnail in the red sweater, George Parros, is the current President of the Department of Player Safety.
Lmao. I'm Canadian, and even I think hockey is crazy.
Penalties are 2 minutes most of the time. If there is a double minor such as high sticking that causes bleeding, it is 4 minutes.
Fighting is a 5 minute major penalty and a game misconduct is 5 and the game.
Gotta love when the refs give the players some extra time to "find some blood." haha
As a former hockey player, I love seeing people understand the game and the code. I believe hockey is the best sport, when it comes to skill, and respect. I also love seeing family members watch a game live, and get pumped up, with the speed, accuracy, and pure intensity.
You guys should check out a documentary called Ice Guardians! Itâs about NHL enforcers, the psychology of why they fight and why we love it, and how much they are loved by their teammates. Even growing up playing lower level junior and senior hockey like I have, the tough guys on your team are often the most respectful and selfless. Glad youâre covering hockey videos, come visit North America and check out an NHL game I guarantee youâll love it!
Crosby has been a pure goal scorer since he could walk. Came into the league so young, always been a target and has had to stand up for himself. Like a honey badger lol
I don't watch hockey anymore, used to watch a lot as a kid. Yet, hockey players are tuff SOB's! They play through some nasty injuries!
Most old school athletes left...no prima Donnas in that sport at all!
As a Canadian and a hockey fan I can tell you the Code is learned young.. playground young. Goalies don't fight others players because they with all the padding their mobility is limited so it's not a fair fight.
I don't think John Gibson got that memo.
Here in Canada, I started playing hockey at age 5 ... I learned about the "code" very early on.
If you do something wrong, expect to have a target on your head ... someone will come for you ...
I may be incorrect but I believe around 2013 the hockey board of governors passed a rule stating the removal of helmets to fight is against the rules and additional minutes in the 'sin bin' will be given. --- One reason some fans get so excited by a fight is often times a team will be flat, they won't be playing well and someone on their team starts a fight, wails on the other player and that gets the team's blood pumping, it gets them into the game. I have seen many games turned around and what looked like a certain loss turned into a win all because someone dropped their gloves to get their fellow teammates more excited and more into the game.
You're correct about the helmets the NHL tried to stop fighting all together by implementing those rules.
This is 100% accurate. Youâre welcome, Canada.
I apologize for the length of this comment, please feel free to skip if you donât like to read too much.
Thanks for reviewing this video about our game. There are many things I take issue with in the content however, as a player of 40 yrs, and a life long fan, and someone who is in the hockey community in Canada. Im not trying to talk myself up-I never played in the big show. Im just pre qualifying my opinion with something that might be useful to know.
I wont go into every detail in the video. Thereâs a lot of truth in it, but I feel it doesnât leave an inexperienced viewer with the right impression of why fighting exists in hockey.
The more intimate with the game and the culture of Anglo & French Canada one becomes, the more one understands the nuances of why we must fight.
First of all, just because we have manners, doesnât mean that we are weak. Practice manners when its time to practice manners. Practice doing the man dance (as Sean Strickland says, lol) when its time for that. Be good at both.
Because hockey is a contact sport, the notion of physical intimidation is unavoidable, as it is easy to see when one is playing youth hockey that the team that is frightened of the contact, gets beat on the scoreboard. And so we are taught to not be afraid, or at least not show it. We accomplish this by returning every intimidation tactic with one of your own. When you take a clean hit that knocks you down, you get your ass up as fast as you can, even if you are partially knocked unconscious and need to struggle off to the bench. We prefer not to lay around when were not really hurt, because this subverts the idea of acting as though we are not intimidated. The only time a player lays on the ice is when he literally cannot get up, injured in some way. Sometimes these need a whistle and help to get off the ice, and sometimes they manage to eventually shake it off themselves. But if at all possible, you get up as fast as you can, and show that you were not effected-even if you were.
Sometimes not being intimidated looks like backing your team mates in a scrum, other times, they will target your star players, or else simply target a player that is a physical mismatch, or else they might throw a good clean hit on any of your players that gives them too much energy and momentum. You want to take that energy back by sticking up for your team mate, throwing a big hit of your own, or by fighting the culprit, or both. It is amazing how much momentum a team can garner by smashing a player into the boards, or by punching the s*it out of one of their guys. So many times Ive seen games in various leagues at various levels-even been in a few- where the game was won or lost on the end of a big fight won, or on the back of a well played intense game of physical dominance. So the fighting is not and end within itself, it has real effects on the scoreboard because of the momentum and energy it creates.
You can hit anyone you want. But you canât throw certain hits and not expect repercussions, and it is seen as a lose of honour to attempt to avoid the repercussions, as this points to your being intimidated, plus its just not the manly thing to do. If you donât want to fight thatâs fine, but then don't be that guy and try to play physical all the time. And if you doâŠyour gonna get it. There are other things that will cause a fight, such as, taking a shot at the opposing goal after a whistle was blown. Taking a slap shot into an empty net, where one team has pulled their goalie to play an extra attacker in an effort to tie a game theyâre loosing late in the game. If a player in such a case has the opportunity to score an empty net goal, it should be done with respect by lobbing it in, sliding it in, or otherwise taking the shot that is required to score. If one winds up and takes a slap shot into an empty net, it is a massive show of disrespect to a team that just threw everything at you and lost. And so a fight just be incurred. Also, if one is in a fight, and the referees have let it go on for a bit, and have now stepped in between, separating the combatants, sometimes there will be an opportunity to throw a last punch where the opponent is tied up by the referee. Usually no one will deign to throw such a punch, as there is too much respect. But in the extremely rare event this happens, the current fight will not be their last that evening, nor will he be likely to avoid further consequences in future games.
This next part is key: it is far less important to win your fight than it is to simply give it your all, without backing down. You will get far more respect for trying hard in a loosing battle from all of the fans and players on both teams, than you would by avoiding it, in which case you would get none. If you avoid a fight that you should rightly be engaging in due to intimidation, even your own players will loose respect. They might not say it, but it does have a cancerous effect on the bench and in the locker room. Players like this often get cut long before ones NHL draft year.
Conversely, there is quite a range of different sized players around. Whatâs to stop a big crappy player from one team, taking out the small good player from another with a low hit, for example. The crappy players team doesnât care if they loose him to a penalty or even a suspension, where the other team sorely misses their good player. And so because of the possibility of this (and dont think its never happened, and don't think even a coach has not orchestrated such a thing)the regulatory penalization of such transgressions are not enough to actually stop it from happening. But being instantly accountable to the other teams tough guys goes a lot further to actually keep players safe from these tactics.
Lastly, fighting-when ever it happens as the result of one player sticking up for a team mate-builds team morale, makes the players tighter, gets the fans going, and as a team sport, the tighter the group is in wanting to play not for themselves but for one anotherâŠusually the better they are.
Think of this, your a highly skilled player who is 5â11â-185lbs, and you are targeted with a big hit from an opposition player who is 6â2â-220lbs. You take the hit, it knocks the wind out of you, and you get up and have to go to the bench to recover. And when your there, you look on the ice, and your line mate is now punching the s*it out of the guy who targeted you. Now, it might be difficult for you to return the favour if the roles were reversed because your line-mate is also 6â2â, and your not. Your not a fighter. So what do you do? You thank your line-mate for what he did for you. After all he sacrificed his physical body to stand up for you, and you really appreciate it. And now when your recovered, your going to return to the ice for your next shift with a full resolve to burn it up with your speed, skill, and make your side of the scoreboard go up. And you do this because its the only way you can prepay what your line-mate has done in your own honour. This is how when team mates play for one another, good things happen.
And so in the end, fighting in hockey is bares some limited resemblance to fighting in prison, in that, it is used-not to stroke ones ego, and play the tough guy star character-but for the practical purpose of policing the respect level of your opponents, and to show your teammates that you have their back. Because its natural given the circumstances of the game that where respect is not policed through fighting, respect will not be given, and in such cases, things only get worse and worse. As it is in prison, so too in hockey. So transgressions must be met immediately with violence. Itâs not for show. It has a serious and practical purpose. That doesnât mean that in days past certain teams would not overload their roster with goons because their fans loved the fighting (see 70âs Philadelphia Flyers). But those days are long gone for the NHL, who has done much to better the product on ice since then. NHL hockey is the most exciting its been in my lifetime. All the players are faster, more creative, higher skilled than in past times. There are several skaters in the game who can move faster than Usain Bolt can run, which is insane even given the fact they are on skates, and he on the track. We are talking over 40kph in short bursts (See Connor McDavid, Mathew Barzal, Brayden Point, Val Nichushkin) The fighting is down, but it will never go away. It cannot go away without removing contact from the game, and I donât see anyone wanting that.
I didn't want to leave people thinking that Canadians were a bunch of Professional Wrestling fans, who just like the spectacle of fighting. Itâs not like that at all, and this is an assessment that usually a non-Canadian would come to when they watch our brand of hockey at first glance. But hopefully I have given you something of a second glance.
Again thanks for taking an interest in hockey!! Love your channel, and keep it goinâ eh, LOL
Fighting barely happens anymore. Itâs not like the old days. Donât get me wrong, there are still fightsâŠbut The game is more geared towards skill now compared to size and enforcers.
Or they could watch semi-pro hockey.
A minor penalty is the most common and is 2 minutes; a major penalty (which includes fighting) is 5 minutes; a misconduct is 10 minutes; and a game misconduct is being kicked out of the game regardless of time remaining. So for example if you jump another player who doesn't want to fight you would typically get 17 minutes of penalties - a 2 minute minor for instigating a fight, a 5 minute fighting major, and a 10 minute misconduct giving the other team a substantial power-play opportunity. But if 2 players agree to fight then they would both get 5 minute fighting majors which are called coincidental penalties and neither team would get a man advantage.
Thereâs more than just those rules too: A. Never put the puck in the net after a whistle. B. Never spray the goalie in the face with your skates. C. Never tap the goalies glove after heâs secured the puck and the whistle is blown. (All of these will induce a fight)
Even in school back in the 70`s we also had a CODE--no biting,kicking, hair pulling,weapons,etc. As soon as an opponent gave up you had to let them up. I became friends with most of my opponents,as I had gained their respect and held no grudges. ( I am from Canada)
You don't really feel the pain until after the game most of the time. đ
Went to a Canucks game many years ago. Two players dropped their gloves at centre ice and slowly skated around each other, half way down the rink, to the corner to start the fight. The jumbotron video (centre scoreboard) showed it was obviously to put on a show for a couple of fine young lasses seated behind the glass.
As a Canadian its funny to watch these reactions. And I have to laugh at the irony that Canadians are known as friendly, peaceful people but our national sport is this.... And we cant get enough......
Itâs a 1980âs take on the sport
to say I went to a game to watch a fight. Today thereâs less fights and way more skill. Weâre there to support our teams, if theres a fight, bonus.
My dad never called it the code, but he always said the number 1 thing is to do whatever it takes to make sure you don't severely hurt someone. He said if I targeted someone id be walking home, he'd rather me fight, cause their is honour in fighting.
Regular penalties are 2:00 and fighting penalties are 5:00.
Minor penalty and major penalty. The major isn't just for fighting. If you draw blood from a high sticking you will get a major.
It is human nature to be drawn to violence, especially when it is in a controlled setting. Football, rugby, hockey, mma, boxing, wrestling, etc are all sports with high levels of violence that millions of people pay their hard earned money to see live every year. In my opinion, deep down people just enjoy watching people battle. Also, alpha human beings want to impose their will and dominate competition at all costs. It has always been that way and will always be that way.
That's why sports were invented in the first place. To stop people (mostly men) from killing each other.
Go to hockey, because you want to see a fight.
Is the same as going to an automotive race because you want to see a crash.
(Or downhill skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, skateboarding)
Hockey players are a different breed for sure â€đ
U got my sub!! Watching your guys' excitement and watching the best, and i mean hands down the best sport in the world!! Hockey!! đ
Watch the movie âSlap Shotâ. 70âs hockey (old time hockey)
We love the fights, you get all caught up in the adrenaline of the players. Rule # 6 Ty Domi against Bob Probert, aaahahahahaha
As a Canadian, playing hockey since 5yrs old, I can tell you the code really sucks sometimes. Once during a playoff College hockey game, we were losing 5-1 with only minutes left and we had no chance to come back. Then we had a face-off in our end of the rink, one of our players said to me, get ready cause I'm going to punch one of those guys in the face as soon as the puck drops. Well he did, he suckered punch one of their players who wasn't even near the puck. Then we were all squared off fighting someone, benches jumped on to fight too. Because of the Code we had to fight. But here's a little insider info. In the dressing room we gave our player who started it all a lot of verbal abuse, and we all wanted to beat the crap out of him because he made us all look like sore losers. But because of the code, we had to stand up for each other and have a scrap on the ice.
sweet vid you two...keep them coming!
I have been watching hockey since 1968, can't tell you how many fights I have seen, never heard anyone complain and or get up and leave when one broke out .Love you reaction and hope someday you get a chance to see an heated NHL game in person
Rat is perfect description of Marchand đ but Iâd still love him on my team đ
I love that Hockey allows fighting
So disappointed there wasn't more Det/Colorado footage. It's epic hockey and some of these players needed hospitalization. Remember also, these men can be 6'6" and are 230 lbs of muscle on skates that make them 3" taller. Let's go Redwings!!!
You might enjoy watching âbest goalsâ or âbest savesâ in hockey. After watching hockey, every other sport is considered slower paced
Played from 8 to 25. Only 16 fights, only won 2 but my goons had 100's of fights and scuffles and a few donnybrooks. Its the best game on earth and the CODE is real!
In case nobody has pointed this out, the clip at 4:02 shows a young player get his neck broken from the drop to the ice. He never played the game again and effectively ruined the career of the player who did the deed
It has a lot to do with how fast the game is. Referees in the NHL are the best, but even they miss some calls or have biases against certain players. The code allows teams to even things up when its being called for one side.
Being a huge hockey fan with sets next to the glass player level watching a hockey game and a fight is the only reason why I go to see a boxing match
One thing no one has mentioned is theyre carrying "weapons"/hockey sticks - fighting was looked at as a better option then more ugly stick incidents like Wayne Maki & Ted Green. Also fighting can be used to swing momentum & get the crowd going
For the gladiators, though it was weapon fighting as a duel and entertainment, they rarely died, since the owners of the slaves needed able bodies, so they would teach them how to strike without killing, so they can sew them up and heal them, apparently only a handful of gladiators actually fought to the death, and kids used to have pictures of their favourite gladiators
Penalties are either minor or major. A minor penalty in 2 minutes, a major is 5, but you can receive a double minor or major, usually from doing something that is likely to cause injury, or if blood is drawn unprovoked
Its mostly one on one fighting. Way more rare to see the benches clear. 2 min roughing, 5 min majors and 10 min misconducts. Then there are multiple game suspensions for players charged with more exreme penalties causing injuries. When a player gets a minor penalty, he goes to a penalty box for two minutes and the opposing team gets the power play (one man advantage) for the two minutes.
There is another rule, which eventually resulted in a written rule⊠â3rd man inâ is a rule against 2on1 fightsâŠ
5min for fighting, 2min for instigating. The Pest Brad Marchant is hated by the entire league.
Five minutes for fighting. Two minutes for minor penalties such as elbowing, tripping, holding etc.
Iginla was a star player who fought a lot and always removed the helmet.
A brit sat next to me at a TB Lightning game, his first game. Asked me a ton of questions, "why did they do that, why this? Bloody shiatt a fight! There gonna be suspended!"
He left a hockey fan, i left knowing brit slang, you wankers đđ
"Pests" are the worst and most hated...unless of course they are on your team. Then you love them.
I know I'm 2 weeks late... But fighting has actually calmed down in the NHL lately....it still exists but not like in the 70s-90s....they used to have actual goons on the team to specifically just fight (goons) who are actually the nicest people off the ice....they were usually 4th liners seeing as there are 4 forward lines of 3 on a team...nowadays the 4th liners are much more skilled but still more physical than the top 6/9 guys....it's still the toughest sport on earth to play and I've played them all...ps being 5'6 180lbs I was a great pest đ
Watch: Tough Guy - The Bob Probert story. Tells the life and hockey career of an enforcer with good skills. One of a kind
And yeah, the rules are very debatable. Miami used to allow bushwhacking of code breakers
Look up Marty McSorley Bob probert fight. You will see to Giants going at it
A normal penalty is 2 minutes. A fighting penalty or a major penalty is 5 minutes. Additional misconduct time can be added for 10, 20 or the remaining game time if there's a serious issue, like repeated penalties or attempting to injur another player.
If you like this, youâre gonna LOVE a Netflix show called âUntold: Crimes and Penaltiesâ. Itâs got everything - a team of nothing but goons, Mafia owners, FBI raids, insane fans, and of course nonstop hockey fights from start to finish!đ
A response to the fan question, it would be a lot less fun if there werenât rules. The fans also know the code, itâs kind of an open secret. We know at the end of the day no oneâs intending to seriously injure another and that makes it, imo, more fun than other sports like boxing or mma bc those sports get too personal with it.
Dont get mistaken guys. Fighting in hockey is getting rarer and rarer. Intensity is always super high but fights are not as common. I even think no fights happened in the 2024 playoffs.
Thanks for that video, it's was great to see the older time of hockey. Unfortunately there are not as many fights as there use to be now, but the code is still followed. If you want to see some ridiculous skill in hockey look up. Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Connor McDavid, Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky.
Sometimes the refs will make a player drop the gloves if that said player took a run at a high value player. Example: a few years ago I was at a LA Kings Boston Bruins game. The highest scoring player in the league at that time was on the Bruins. A Kingâs player took a run at the Bruinâs league leading scorer. Another Bruin-a tough customer known for fighting around the league, was on the ice and cross checked the LA King who took the run. The whistle had already stopped play. The LA King looked hesitant after being cross checked. He knew who he had to fight. The ref gave a quick signal to the LA King that he had to drop them. The refs know whoâs who around the league. The King had to oblige and dropped them and the fight was on.
The Code is real. If only the Code existed on the highwayâŠ.
Great video! I learned more about HOCKEY BRO CODE!
Some movies to help you understand hockey culture. Goon, slapshot, miracle on ice, mystery Alaska
The "hockey fight code" is ingrained at a young age when playing hockey in Canada.
I would recommend you watch a documentary called "The Last Gladiators." You will understand all this after you watch it.
You must see Marty McSorely (L.A.) vs Bob Probert (Detroit) Feb. 4, 1994, long epic fight. Watch at the end and you'll understand the Code.
Todd Bertuzzi being the sucker punch and Brad Merchant being the puss.. i mean pest is very accurate, good job on this guys video. This is coming from a vancouver fan who still looks back on bertuzzi with disappointment.
I've been pissed a few time and kind of wanted to break "the code" but after that, you will receive a cheap shot that can disable you. All these guys know each others, they will have a beer together if the occasion happen so most players respect each others. I don't remember having seen a skater fighting a goaler. Goalers are hit all the time in their circle anyway. Some guys jump on them, literally, and of course there's retaliation.
In conclusion, without the enforcers, there would be much more cheap shots and probably more injuries but in the last couple of years, it did changed a bit. Less fight, more heavy hits, better skaters and players all over the ice, your coach don't want you to fight. Also, never be the instigator, you can be decieved and get a penalty if you remove your gloves and the other players turn around and pests are very good at it. There's a few champion in that category in the NHL. Nobody likes them haha but they do a very good job at it.
Except for Ron Hextall, if he felt you overly celebrated scoring on him, he was out of his net and had you by neck, lol
DC Caps fan. Pretty sure Craig Berube still has the record for the earliest fight. I had bet on it, against my mother, and won. Was -4 seconds, before the ref even got there for the opening faceoff. I think i had bet on 2 mins, and she said 5
Iâm a 68 year old Canadian life-long hockey fan and I love a good tussle. But the NHL is hypocritical to allow fighting whilst tossing players for hockey âhits to the headâ. Just the way it is.
Not really. In a fight, a man can protect himself. If he gets hurt, he has accepted that risk. Hitting someone in the head with an elbow is dirty period
The reason guys like Sidney Crosby or any other star player occasionally go "mental" on another player is as a deterrent to them being messed with. The opposition, both in that game and around the league, need to believe you're capable of grievous bodily harm in order to avoid taking liberties with you. It's a bit like prision; you may not be a big tough fighter type, but you still need to send the message that you're CAPABLE of being a nutcase and thus it would be a bad idea to try to hurt you. Hockey is very much a game of intimidation, perhaps more than any other sport due to everyone holding a weapon (hockey stick). Any star player, after puberty and onwards, would be encouraged to occasionally egregiously foul someone, even if it penalizes you or puts your team at a disadvantage, because long-term it will serve to make your opponent think twice before they try to foul you.
There is no out-of-bounds in hockey; if someone wants to get you, they will. One well known 'rule' in hockey is, if you hurt my star player, I don't go after you. I go after YOUR star player, which makes the rest of your team resent your actions and hopefully peer pressure will deter your behaviour.
CANADA'S game... Canada's CODE.. Canada's Trophy đ. Canadian rules.
Wish yall came to the states during hockey season. You really need to see a game in person