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NHL Fight of the Year?! Ryan Reaves & Mathieu Olivier Drop the Gloves for Heavyweight Showdown



Wild fight between Toronto Maple Leafs’ Ryan Reaves and Columbus Blue Jackets’ Mathieu Olivier 😳

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42 Comments

  7. @JDub3799

    So basically you can throw hands with your coworkers in front of an arena and then go back to work right after???

  14. @Aqwtiny

    It still blows my mind this is allowed in hockey lol. No timeouts used, no one stopping, run hands and then get back to work lol. They were going lick for lick for a second there

  32. @hhhhhh-vj2uc

    The reason this isn't allowed in the NBA anymore is because idiots were close lining players in the air and they were landing head first on hard wood

  36. @cardough550

    The Referees ate with this one !!!
    These NHL Refs are with the Shyttt.
    Let them boys bang it out, then jump in after like 20 seconds type shyt. Dat was a Nice Clash !!
    Going Blow4Blow !!!
    Let them boys get active on mommas !!!

  41. @KT22672

    If you want to know why fighting is allowed in hockey I'll tell you why:

    Fighting exists in hockey because, its dangerous. Picture this: many years ago, some good Canadian boys had a bit of a dilemma. They realized that hockey, this beautiful, fast, and creative game, had a dark side. Within the rules of the game, you could absolutely obliterate someone, clean hits, crushing body checks, or even a cheap shot at the team's best player. Imagine the frustration: your star scorer or playmaker, the lifeblood of your team, taken out by some reckless hit, and there was nothing in the rulebook to prevent it.

    So, these early hockey pioneers came up with an ingenious solution. They said, "You know what? If you’re going to play dirty, we’re going to play tough." Enter the enforcer. This wasn’t just any player, this big boy was a 6’4" 240 lbs force of nature whose sole mission was to protect the team's skill players. The message was simple and direct: “You take a run at our talented guy, we’re going to send someone out to crush your face”

    Fighting became hockey’s unwritten code, a self-policing mechanism in a game that’s equal parts grace and grit. It wasn’t just about violence for violence’s sake, it was about accountability. You had to think twice before delivering a questionable hit because there’d be immediate consequences, delivered by a mountain of a man who knew how to throw hands.

    Well thanks for reading my comment I hope you learned something about why fighting still exists and will continue to exist in hockey! Watch a game this season, and you will see this code in action still to this day. It's not as much as it was back then, much of the "braun" has left the game, however, the one thing is still true. You got a bunch of guys, going 15 mph, and they got clubs, and they're whacking each other and this tiny rubber puck is flying around the rink. Something's gotta give, and give it does.

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