Hockey Fights Cause for Concern, Preventable

U-T San Diego -- Nadav Goldschmied is assistant professor at the University of San Diego. 

The National Hockey League is in midst of the real NHL season that is the postseason. The best teams and players fight for the honor to be engraved on the Stanley Cup, an esteem second to none in the ranks of professional hockey. A more fleeting reason to rejoice is that the same players will show a diminished proclivity to pummel their opponents during the playoffs. However, next season and especially in the preseason they will renew their fighting anew and with vigor. (Full Story)