JK41R4: Uhh, most people would be more worried about that last point. Anyway, it's great you enjoyed yourself.
zeogold: I once went to a fight and a hockey game broke out.
Oh eat me zeo. That joke is old over played and NO LONGER RELEVANT:P
This isn't the 1970s. There is still fighting but it is waaaaay down and when he said 3 fights in one game my jaw hit the floor. that is VERY VERY VERY untypical for today's game
I adore hockey but the fighting in it is abhorrent. It kills the pace of the game and takes two good players off the ice for five minutes, not to mention that 99 % of the time it accomplishes nothing.
Now a days the NHL is about speed and finesse. There are no more goons because teams can't afford to give up a roster spot for them with how quick and competitive the game has become.
If you look around I think you will see that there is now far more fighting in baseball, football, basketball and even NASCAR, and they are in cars for fucks sake!!! :P
Seriously. The only people that equate pro hockey with fighting and thuggery are people that don't watch it so either stop going on stereotype or stuff it.