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I tried to get interested in Hockey, my first game a about 6 years ago a watched in disbelief as one player hit another hard in the face with his stick. The player was knoked out cold from the brutal hit.
As the play continued to go down the ice no one noticed the played on mid-ice with a lot of blood flowing on to the ice, a stark contrast. The offending player was not obsderved by the ref. They had to take the injured player off the ice on a streacher as he was still out cold.
I was a beginner to hockey and to this day I have not spent one more dime on the game.
It is a game played by mindless thugs, who misses what sports are all about.
If they banned the game no one would miss it.
Bertuzzi should not be playing in the NHL ever again.
It's utter BS that they are allowing this. And to think the NHL wants to move one past the last year, well they haven't.
That said, I do wish they would allow the bench clearing brawls again. :-)
When was the last time you heard of any citizen forfeiting 10% of base salary and being unable to work in their chosen profession for two years. For committing an assault.
"Goonery" is a legitimate part of the game. Don't like it, don't watch.
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