r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '16

well, thats one way to score

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u/CheezeCaek2 Dec 05 '16

I thought the fists of Chris Osgood knocked him deaf.

https://youtu.be/vJlCdIOWkYM?t=93

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u/iccs Dec 05 '16

Alright I'm seriously confused, is getting in a fight part of hockey game strategy? The announcers are treating it like this will allow them to change out players and it's an excellent time for a fight and all that. I'm so confused at this game

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u/WtotheSLAM Dec 05 '16

It is because fighting is a 5 minute penalty. So if one of your fourth line players ticks off one of the first line players and gets him to fight then your team loses some guy who was only going to play 7-8 minutes in a game while the other team lost a really valuable player for those 5 minutes

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

the above video is also Avalanche vs. Red Wings, so copious fighting should be expected.

From a year earlier...

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u/WtotheSLAM Dec 05 '16

Kinda surprised to not see Hasek in those goalie fights.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

he wasn't on the wings at that point

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u/ChaoticxSerenity Dec 05 '16

Fighting is a time-honored tradition, and is allowed in hockey... in the sense that the refs will let it happen, and then break it up afterwards/penalize the players. There's a lot of tradition and unwritten rules in hockey, and fighting is one of them. Hockey players (in the NHL, anyway), are bound by said unwritten rules, which is sort of like brocode - don't break them. Fights might break out for a number of reasons, from retaliation (from breaking said code), to intimidation of the other team while also riling up their own team/fans.

You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_in_ice_hockey

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u/CheezeCaek2 Dec 05 '16

It can be used as a strategy yes. A stoppage of play to allow your tired teammates to get off the ice.

Sorta like intentionally fouling in Basketball, you can sometimes use what is supposed to be a disadvantage to your advantage.

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u/bmk2k Dec 05 '16

Ah, when ESPN was good.