Protection today looks a bit different now than it did in the 1980s. Players typically ... Question: How often do hockey fights happen in the NHL? Answer: Hockey fights do not happen every game.

NHL games don't often start with fights, but it was a scene much more common in hockey than anywhere else. Here's what you need to know about why fighting is allowed in hockey and how players ca ...

Why is fighting encouraged in ice hockey? Fighting is technically a violation of the rules, as former NHL referee Kerry Fraser said to Insider — it just isn't normally stopped once two players ...