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  2. Violence in ice hockey - Wikipedia

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    A brief history of stick violence CBC. October 6, 2000. (cbc.ca) NHL Suspension List Canadian Press. March 11, 2007. (thehockeynews.com) History of criminal charges on ice Canadian Press. 24 June 2004. (tsn.ca) Spencer, Donna (27 January 2012). "USA Hockey wants to reduce violence in junior hockey, looks to Canadian research". Global News ...

  3. Fighting in ice hockey - Wikipedia

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    Hanson appeared in the 1977 movie Slap Shot, a comedy about hockey violence. [24] The rise of the "Broad Street Bullies" in the 1973–74 and 1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers served as an example for future NHL enforcers. [25] The average number of fights per game rose above 1.0 during the 1980s, peaking at 1.17 in 1983–84. [18]

  4. Sports riot - Wikipedia

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    A sports riot is a riot that occurs during or after sporting events.Sports riots occur worldwide. [1] [2] Most riots are known to occur after the event is done, but some have been during the game (see football hooliganism).

  5. Violence in sports - Wikipedia

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    Violence in sports usually refers to violent and often unnecessarily harmful intentional physical acts committed during, or motivated by, a sports game, often in relation to contact sports such as American football, ice hockey, rugby football, lacrosse, association football, boxing, mixed martial arts, wrestling, and water polo and, when referring to the players themselves, often involving ...

  6. Enforcer (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

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    Enforcer is a role in ice hockey. The term is sometimes used synonymously with "fighter", "tough guy", or "goon". An enforcer's job is to deter and respond to dirty or violent play by the opposition. When such play occurs, the enforcer is expected to respond aggressively, by fighting or checking the offender. Enforcers are expected to react ...

  7. 'Here to grow the game': Why North American hockey players ...

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    The Chinese men’s hockey team made its Winter Olympic debut in Beijing last week, part of a grand experiment by the government to build a national hockey program from scratch, in a hurry.

  8. Why so many high school hockey standouts this season? Coaches ...

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    A record number of Mr. Hockey nominations caused award chairman Marty Mjelleli to lose count. "Normally it's the same 10-15 players," Mjelleli said of an award presented each year to the state's ...

  9. The History of Self-Immolation as Political Protest

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    ”It's the most violent nonviolent type of action. People are killing themselves in an explicitly gruesome way,” says Jack Downey, a professor at the University of Rochester whose research ...