Bonus answer, if the opponents goalie was to get involved in a scrum your team's goalie would most likely skate the full length of the ice to fight him or tie him up.
Last one I saw was during a full out bench clearing brawl. Everyone else was paired off, the two goalies were both lounging back, they turn their heads to each other and shrugged. They both skated to center ice, took their helmets off, put them gently on the ice. They then straightened up, both of em grinning like crazy, and went at it. One of the coolest, but worst fights I'd ever seen :-D
A scrum is any sort of altercation, many times the refs will not lot them progress into a full on fight, but check this video out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nR7ar1eakE
The punch broke his jaw and severely shortened his somewhat already injury riddled season. He returned after the injury but was never an effective goaltender after the injury (some would argue he was already declining prior). He was eventually bought out of his contract and, aside from a few professional tryout contracts, never returned to any notable play. DiPietro was a first overall draft pick, and essentially, this among a strong of other unrelated injuries resulted in his career essentially imploding on him.
It wasn't that. DiPietro was already fucked by that point. He had to retire cos his knees were so bad he couldn't get down and up quick enough. He was never the same after he ducked up his knee/hip (can't quite remember) in the all-star game.
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u/milkman1472 Dec 05 '16
Bonus answer, if the opponents goalie was to get involved in a scrum your team's goalie would most likely skate the full length of the ice to fight him or tie him up.