“It’s great that our boys will associate masculinity with cheating.”
Fighting in hockey isn’t cheating.
“They’ll learn that if someone else is better than them at something then violence is perfectly acceptable.”
Perhaps they’ll learn that they need to work hard for what they want. It has nothing to do with who is better it has to do with intimidation and its part of the game.
Do you think there isn’t intimidation in the NBA, NFL or MLB?
Yes, but the other great tradition of professional hockey--throwing yourself to the ice and flopping around like a fish in an attempt to draw a penalty--is.