Is this the beginning of the end of fighting in hockey?
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has banned fighting for the upcoming season,, becoming the first major junior hockey league in Canada to make the change.
As soon as a fight occurs, those engaged must be systematically ejected from the game. Any player found to have instigated the fight will also receive an automatic one-game suspension. In addition to the game misconduct, an automatic game suspension is imposed starting with the player's second fight of the season. This suspension is in addition to the sanctions described in the preceding paragraphs.In 2020, the QMJHL introduced more strict punishment for fighting by adding a 10-minute misconduct in addition to the five-minute major as in-game penalties. Now there will be no tolerance for fighting at all.
"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.
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