European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday do Roberr 1986 the stars and stripes Pap a fighting remains the Norm in nil we shall fight on the beaches we shall right on the Landing ground we shall fight in the Fields and in the Street we shall fight in the the author of those lines was not a hockey coach but Winston Churchill speaking before the House of commons in wartime. The lines though could have been delivered Bya National hockey league coach or player or owner in private of course for Only behind closed doors do hockey owners publicly espousing Law and order condone and encourage their labor ers to mashing and mayhem. Hockey players fight on the ice and on their respective team benches and in the Penally boxes and they fought on trains when teams travelled to Gether and they have climbed into the stands to Battle fans. A few years ago a visiting player i Madison Square Garden leaped into the stands removed a Patron s shoe and began hitting the Manover the head with Hii own Brogan and the players fight in the runways and Hall ways of the Arenas. On nov. 20 of this year hand to hand combat broke out just off the ice in Boston Garden and players tumbled after each was new or newsworthy for it s obvious in the nil that combativeness is second Only to god Liness. One Man who was t charmed by such a display of Good Fellowship in that game was mayor Ray mond Flynn of Boston. If 1 were at the game that night i would have called the police commissioner and had him Send police onto the ice and arrest the Bruins and canadians players taking them away in Handcuffs Flynn said calling the violence a disgrace to hockey and a disgrace to this city.1 Flynn was speaking in Boston on thursday night at an awards banquet for the Center for the stud of sport in society at northeastern University. I follow sports and 1 remember Sharman Cousy Williams and Dimaggio and All the rest and there was none of this he said. He added that Young Piton television Are highly impressionable. About 10 years ago a Survey concluded that thenal was Selling a bad example for Canadian youngsters. The president of the nil at the time Clarence Campbell was amazed by the whorl there has never been any violence in the nil he stick swinging Dud Between Wayne Maki and Ted Green Green was nearly killed the conviction of Dave Forbes for severely injuring another player with his stick the assault charges against three Philadelphia flyer players for of igniting in a game the phantom of the opera stitches on play ers faces the observation that a hockey player wit Teeth is As rare As a fish with can All Oft Iii has passed in the nil for a Normal ventilation of frustration and been applauded. I be never seen a hockey crowd boo a fight one hockey Ian recently everyone applauds though and even some players refuse to fight. I m not going to let some one make me into something i m not said Mike Bossy of the Bossy cams his living As a finesse player. Hockey teams commonly hire goons or enforcers much the Way some companies used to hire thugs to crack the Heads of Union organizers. Each team has a few of these Guys to make a impression on the other team. Then there Are the Chippy players Small Guys who flit around and Jab their Sticks Between players legs. There is the fight ritual in which a referee does t interfere with the two scuffle re until one bib to the ice and there is As they say an unfair a meanwhile other players pick a partner on theother team Hook their arms u in a dance and keep them from jumping in. When one of these citizen can t control his pugilistic impulse and leapt into the fray that s when All hell Breaks loosen the ice. Though few injuries have been so serious that they have ended up in court and though the league has finally begun to admit that fighting is As the current president John Ziegler finally said a cause for concern and though there have Bee Small attempt to tone it Down fighting continues Dat Ivy unabated. The notion continues m hockey circles that recreational violence is decesary necessary for what not to ease pressure and frustration for Good Amateur hockey Good olym pics hockey Good hockey in the european leagues can be exciting and does t depend on recruit from september the rangers and the flyers in a game in Madison Square Garden engaged in 10separate fights double the number of goats scored which is no Surprise. That May be an Indi cation of Why hockey games have historically been so Low scoring. The hockey players fight so much they hardly have any time for hockey. Don Malone of the rangers says he s embalmed by All the fighting. Ifs the mame thing year in year out he said. It never changes. U s part of the it s Only part of the game because the owner demand it be so As they pander to mob mentality. But assault whether on the Street or on the ice i assault. And Flynn s modest proposal to lock up players who Brawl does t go far enough. The owners inc brains behind this behaviour should be hauled into the station House right along Side their goons. Patriots turn minuses into pluses Foxboro mass. A when things get bad the new England patriots gel Good. So what if they suffered the worst Loa in super bowl history it motivated them More this what if six players were named in Posa Basoa stories As having used drugs it brought the team closer 10 so what if injuries felled some players this season it gave talented subs a Chance to Excel so what if they have the National football league worst running attack it gave Thema Chance to turn their pasting game into one of the Best All of the things that have happened to Iball the negative publicity the bad things have really pushed All of w together Corker balt Raymond Taybo Rahaii we Ita closer knit unit around Here no Routi we have been. We feel for each other we care and we w we is toss All the patriots have been doing lately. Their seven game winning Streak. A the nil s longest and their Fo-3 record is tied for the am. S their 347 Points Are More than any other nil team has scored though their 1.1 1 1 Rushing Yards Are fewer than any other nil team has gained. 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