1. By: Amy Earle, Jacob Kelly & Sam Peters VIOLENCE AND FIGHTING IN HOCKEY

2. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-5xkMNIt-5k

3. Body Checking Check to the Head Checking from behind TERMINOLOGY

4. Butt-ending Slashing Clipping Cross checking TERMINOLOGY

5. Enforcer High Stick Hooking TERMINOLOGY

6. Increase in spectator numbers “Part” of the game Protection of the players PROS

7. “You can’t just run around and know you’ll be protected by the rules and protected by the officials. A lot of times you need to have guys on the team that are out there to end that kind of stuff.” - Zach Parise

9. Main focus Takes away from ‘real’ players Injury Negative Influence CONS

10. Direct trauma accounts for 80% of all injuries Are caused more often during games Lacerations to the head are most common Lack of helmet protection during fights INJURY

12. Todd Bertuzzi-Steve Moore Incident After being slammed into the ice from a hit at the back of the head, Steve Moore’s professional hockey career ended immediately.

13. Negative Influence Children are influenced by watching violent acts during hockey games and learn to copy such behaviors.

15. A role given to players to protect and support the team if they are unfairly treated A.K.A. “Goon” ENFORCERS

16. Season 2003-2004 Players with 15 or more fights: 27 STAT S PlayersFights Krzysztof Oliwa31 Jody Shelley30 Chris Neil24 Matt Johnson23 Andrew Peters23

17. Season 2013-2014 Players with 15 or more fights: 4 STAT S PlayersFights Tom Sestito19 Rich Clune16 Luke Gazdic15 Chris Neil15 Tom Wilson14

18. Comparison Fight difference: 320 % Difference: 11.47% STAT S SeasonFights% of Games with Fights 2003-200478941.14% 2013-201446929.67%

19. We interviewed a player from the X-Men Hockey team to see his views on fighting in Hockey INTERVIEW

20. Never in university Repercussions are not worth it Players get wound up RESPONSE

21. The game and performance Stick work To get the team’s motivation up Retaliation to aggression. RESPONSE

22. “Usually when I fought I got beat up” Fights won did feel good Point of fighting is for the team RESPONSE

23. Different rules and regulations for fighting Collegiate level = game suspension Junior level = five minutes then back on the ice RESPONSE

24. Chippy Aggressive Rivalry Get to know other teams better (increase rivalry tension) RESPONSE

25. Fighting in hockey can make the game more clean Believes there should be fighting It comes down to respect FINAL STATEMENT

26. HERE TO STAY “I don’t know how you could outlaw it from the game…” -P.J Stock, Boston Bruins “The fact of the matter is I think this game is safer with fighting in it,” -Brian Burke, Calgary Flames

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