The beginning of the end for fighting in hockey?
The QMJHL is expected to ban fighting, becoming the first major junior hockey league in Canada to make the big change. According to a report fromthe organization responsible for major junior hockey for the easternmost part of the country is planning on introducing a new rule that will put a stop to all legal fighting in its league when they have their league-wide meeting in June.
As recently as 2020, the QMJHL has made an effort to introduce more strict punishment for fighting in its league by adding a 10-minute misconduct in addition to the five-minute major as in-game penalties. The exact outcome if a fight does happen in a game during the 2023-24 season still has to be decided.
"As you know, things have changed through the years and society has changed, and we have numbers, we have scientific reports also that [show] us the damage it can do on your brain," Ciccone"We just want to try to work ahead to make sure that these kids don't go through what I went through, what a lot of my teammates went through. … It's not about letting your gloves down. That happened 20 years ago, it was a part of the game. Not anymore," he said.
The OHL has a three-fight rule that began in 2016. After three fights, a player is suspended two games for each subsequent fight, almost acting like each player has three strikes to use up for the season before being suspended.
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