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Why is brawl allowed in NHL? (piped.video)

submitted 7 months ago by 65gmexl3@lemmy.world to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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I'm not a hockey fan, so don't know anything about the players or even team names. But i just saw i trending. Maybe these 2 teams are rivals, but im wondering why the refs are allowing them to fight. Unlike the NBA, refs always get into the middle to stop any punches but NHL is different. Its not cool for kids to watch, but I'm entertained LOL

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[–] decerian@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

As the other user commented, instigator is hardly ever actually used.

NHL reffing is... not great most of the time. Despite being a fan of the sport, I would like to see changes that would reduce the future rates of TBI among players. Refs actually enforcing the rules would probably help a bit there.