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In an ESPN article released today, the received a very rare insider’s view of the purpose and passion in hockey fights. Many players, such as Crosby that have the skill to score but lack the size to punish need protection on the ice. That’s where the big boys come in. The purpose of the enforcers isn’t to look pretty or to score, it’s simply to intimidate the opposition from laying cheap shots on their skill players. That sounds like the life.
A great little excerpt from the article:
- Dropping the gloves is the ultimate commitment. Two men going to war is a unique, intimate situation.If you’re a cook, you get greasy; if you’re a landscaper, you get dirty; if you’re a fighter, you’re going to get banged up.
Jon “Nasty” Mirasty embraces the violence on the ice. It has become part of his life as he even sports a “put em up” Fighting Irish tattoo on his right arm.
His rival: Dennis “the Mennace” Bonvie.
Those are some punches I would never want to take. Thank goodness for fighting in hockey . . . otherwise it would be nothing more than field hockey on ice.
May 21st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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May 23rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
[...] Hockey’s Obsession with Fighting . . . or is it Strategy?Two men going to war is a unique, intimate situation.If you’re a cook, you get greasy; if you’re a landscaper, you get dirty; if you’re a fighter, you’re going to get banged up. Jon “Nasty” Mirasty embraces the violence on the ice. … [...]
May 28th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Bonvie’s still got it — great fight!
July 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Jeremy…
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow….
July 16th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Hope everybody has (or had) a nice holiday.