subject: The Nhl Has Had Never Had A Death [print this page] Kluzak boldly took it a step further in his discussion with Bruins studio host Dale Arnold. He said, Hopefully, it wont take someone dying in a fight in the National Hockey League to really wake the game up.A probable knee-jerk response from Cherrys disciples would be along the lines of, The NHL has had never had a death in a fight in 93 seasons of operation. But thats all the more reason to quit while its ahead.And in todays game, the players are bigger, stronger and faster compared to their average predecessors.Wholesale cheap jerseys Accordingly, they are already subject to more physical impact, as evidenced by the recent urge to phase out hits targeting the head. That debate did not exist in the past, in part because the game wasnt as fast and the hitters not as brawny.As Kluzak passed the floor back to his colleague on Wednesday, Arnold noted that he has been a steadfast fan of fighting, but maybe not for much longer.I have to admit that the deaths of the three guys in the summer have begun to have me rethink this thing, he said. Were more knowledgeable about head injuries than we ever have been before, and should be. What can cause a head injury more than getting punched in the head nine or 10 times in a night?To that point, between body-checks that result in intentional or unintentional head-contact and repeated fist-to-face contact, who knows when the trauma might boil over the brim? If it ever does, that could turn Kluzaks worst-case scenario into a reality.
Or it could take nothing more than a helmetless brawler hitting his head on the ice during a takedown. Look up Bill Masterton or Don Sanderson for unfortunate evidence.It has always been bad enough that the anti-hockey crowd had long misunderstood the game because of fightingthat people are gullible enough to assert that hockey is represented better by Dave Schultz than by Wayne Gretzky.Cheap NBA jerseys Its bad enough that the NHL is alienating prospective fans who love college hockey, but detest the supposedly violent nature of the professional game. And bad enough that there are kids eager to get involved in the game because they think its the perfect opportunity to get into fights and/or injure fellow human beings.But now there has come the previously undetected evidence that being a hockey fighter is, in fact, a health hazard. And it has reached the point where it is all risk and no reward.
