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Old 02-17-2013, 05:22 PM
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Excellent article on fighting and concussions in hockey

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Here are the facts about hockey fights in the NHL: They account for less than 10 percent of all concussions in the NHL and are not even close to the biggest cause of head injuries in hockey. In a study done 10 years ago by the NHL it was found that centers were twice as likely to suffer concussions as defensemen and forwards. By and large, these are not the fighters, the enforcers, the goons.

So outlawing hockey fighting is doing next-to-nothing to solve the concussion problem in the NHL, and would instead simply do the opposite it. The banning of hockey fights would be exacerbating the concussion problem. The dangerous faction of NHL players like Matt Cooke and Raffi Torres -- who seem to pop up at least once or twice a season in regrettable plays that lead to other players getting injured -- would act with more frequency and impunity. The lack of accountability by force would also multiply the number of Cooke-type characters in the league, and that’s not a good thing.
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Old 02-17-2013, 05:23 PM
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It's refreshing to read an article from someone in the media who truly "gets it". Far too much of the opposite being spewed out there on a fairly frequent basis.
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Old 02-17-2013, 05:33 PM
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Not surprised this article comes out of Boston.

Thornton on the concussion/fighting debate:
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Thornton rightfully gets indignant when anybody uses a single incident of a concussion in a brawl between experienced fighters to ignite the argument that fighting should be eliminated from the NHL.

"I don't like when people try and take advantage of the situation," said Thornton to CSNNE.com more than a week ago while still recovering from his concussion. "It's part of their agenda. There's fighting in hockey. It's in the game. I think it's a necessary part of the game. I don't think it's going anywhere, so there's no point in really even dwelling on it.

“I'm a big boy. I know what I'm getting into."
The Thornton interview embedded in the article is also worth a watch!
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