hockey fight
Gloves-off rink scuffle
A hockey fight is a fistfight between players during an ice hockey game, traditionally tolerated or even expected as part of the sport's culture.
Players drop their gloves and exchange punches until referees intervene, typically resulting in penalty time rather than ejection.
The term extends figuratively to any heated, physical confrontation: The meeting devolved into a hockey fight over budget cuts.
- brawlDisorderly group fight
- fistsTightly closed hands
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- bare knucklesHands without boxing gloves
- iceWater's solid form
penalty · box · sin bin · enforcers · goons · tough guy · haymaker · jersey · grab · squared off · blood · bloody nose · crowd · home crowd · roar · linesman · NHL · punch
hockey fightsportsmanship
Ethical athletic conduct
handshake line · fair play · clean hit · good conduct · gentlemanly conduct
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