NHL playoff violence: fights, hits mar hockey playoffs

SUBSCRIBE to Next Media Animation: www.youtube.com Violence is up in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs and so are ratings. NHL head of player safety Brendan Shanahan has doled out nine suspensions this postseason, already twice as many compared with the entire 2011 postseason. The NHL has become more aware of the long-term effects of head …

CRAZY HOCKEY FIGHT!

The KHL’s Vityaz recently brawled with Dinamo Minsk from Belarus. It got so heated late into the game that Andrei Nazarov, coach of Vityaz from Moscow, Russia, attempted to hit fans with a hockey stick over the glass boards. Nazarov received a two game ban. Watch more Hockey stories at www.youtube.com Follow Rick on Twitter: …

Top Hockey Fight of 2011 ***REMATCH*** Brett Gallant vs. Joel Rechlicz & Funny People!

This is an epic rematch between Bridgeport Sound Tiger’s Brett Gallant and Hershey Bear’s Joel Rechlicz from December 17, 2011 @ Hershey’s Giant Center. Their February 19, 2011 bout is the top rated AHL hockey fight from the 2010-11 season as voted by the fans on hockeyfights.com. Puck Daddy also ranked their Feb. 19 tilt …