violence in hockey
Violence is no stranger to hockey. As if legal body checking and stick checking did not make the sport rough enough, more and more players unleash their rage through extensive violence on the ice. Violence in hockey is what blacklists American players as second class. This is because of the rise of the violence trend throught the eighties and nineties into what is now a bloody and injury filled sport. Violence in hockey is so big that it is even going on trial when, "Wayne County (Michigan) begins prosecution of Jesse Boulerice. Boulerice, a Philadelphia Flyers prospect, attacked Andrew Long, a Florida Panthers prospect, by giving him a two handed baseball swing to the face with a hockey stick during an Ontario Hockey League playoff game in April of 1998." (Biggane Brian, Palm Beach Post) And this is only one example of how widespread violence is in hockey. "Today, aside from boxing, ice hockey (in North America) is unique among sports in condoning violence." (Bird, Patrick J. Ph.D., Column 460) In fact, violent penalties have doubled in the NHL since 1975. Many coaches and players credit this behavior to the popular myth that the more aggressive team wins. This myth has come about by the
2.) Florida Panthers Homepage, Copyright 2000, Cox Interactive Media, or www.SoFla.com "Is there a relationship between violence and winning in hockey? Despite the wide belief that the more aggressive and violent team wins, the exact opposite is true." (Bird, Patrick J. Ph.D., Column 460) In studies conducted by the APA (American Psychological Association), teams with a higher number of fighting penalties tend to be lower in standing than those with less fighting penalties. "Teams who rely on finnesse and grace, instead of losing control and causing fights, are teams which usually win."(Dr. Walker, Texas Youth Commission) This explains why European and Russian usually win international hockey games their fighting penalties and violent penalties are much less than in the U.S. If more violence equals less points then one must ask why the pattern continues to this day. Dr. Walker suggests that "Old myths die hard. North American teams that play with more violence continue to lose in international competition against European teams that play with finnesse". (Dr. Walker, Texas Youth Commission Homepage) Coaches and players alike should try to at least curb if not totally eliminate violent behavior while on the ice, and break the bonds between aggressiveness and winning because they are, in fact, not related in the least bit. Hopefully these new studies will point players in the right direction regarding on-ice behavior and civilize their playi
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