Did you hear the crowd during the initial stages of the altercation? They went nuts....
cheering...
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I think that the punishment was fair enough, given that it happened during the course of a hockey game. I don't think that criminal charges are warranted.
Personally, I think that fighting should be banned, and I realize that I'm in the minority on that.
Given the WWF mentality that is out there in professional sports, I'm pretty sure that this kind of thing is going to happen again.
It's the main reason that I quit playing hockey (junior) many moons ago.
Mitch