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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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hockey fight stories: 4 news summaries

 NHL Cracks Down on Fighting 


Mar 12, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - This has been a banner season for fighting in the NHL, and the league doesn’t like that one bit. It’s trying to crack down on “staged fights,” in which two players agree to duke it out as soon as play starts, the Christian Science Monitor... More »

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(AP) - Turns out the NHL has a bigger bite than Ottawa's Jarkko Ruutu. The league suspended Ruutu two games without pay for biting the gloved hand of Buffalo's Andrew Peters in a game Tuesday. "It's weird to even think that that goes on in hockey," said Peters, known more... More »

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Hockey Finds Itself in
a Whole New Brawl Game 

NHL rough stuff has risen every year since the lockout despite rule changes

Dec 25, 08 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Fighting has been as much a part of hockey as skating for generations, but the rough stuff has been on the rise in the NHL since the 2004-05 lockout. By one account, fights are up by 15% from last season. With the enforcer's role becoming more vital, the New York ... More »

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 Believe It or Not, 
 There's an Art to This 

NHL pugilists follow strict etiquette before the gloves come off

Dec 17, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Fisticuffs may be frowned upon in most pro sports, the Boston Globe reports, but the NHL has a definite, if brutal, code to fighting on the ice that goes back to hockey’s rural Canadian origins. Most fights are mutually agreed upon between players, and brawlers know who not to... More »

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