Why does ice hockey allow players to fight?

Ice hockey allows players to fight on the field, in fact, to reduce the risk of injury to players? It seems logically different, but it is! So, why is this?

This has to start with the development process and rule-making of ice hockey!

Ice hockey originated in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, also known as "ice hockey". Wearing roller skates, hand-held bat, professional helmet and heavy jerseys, players need to break through the opponent's defense on the ice rink and hit 156- 170g rubber ball into the opponent's goal, which is a physical activity.

In the early stage and development of ice hockey, due to the imperfect rules and the players' impatience in the process of colliding with each other, ice hockey games often become a scene of fighting, and even players are seriously injured and killed. ......

After all, the nature of ice hockey determines that players will definitely get angry during the game, so the rule of "allowing fights" has gradually emerged. In other words, if the player can't help losing his temper, he can apply to fight with the other side, and he can only do it with his bare hands, without wearing a helmet or taking a bat. After the fight, he was banned from playing for 5 minutes, which turned "fighting" into "duel on the field"!

Later, it was not enough to just allow fighting. After all, some teams tried their best to exploit the loopholes, and found some powerful fighters to deliberately provoke them, so that the opposing players could not play for a while, and even retired due to injuries!

So, now the rules that ice hockey is allowed to play the game have become: only one-on-one hit, absolutely not the goalkeeper, and other players are not allowed to participate, otherwise they will be sent off directly! After one party initiates a fight application, the other party also has the right to refuse, and only when both parties agree can the fight officially begin! The way of fighting is only "unarmed", and you can't wear any protective gear. The referee will watch and stop the fight at an appropriate time.

It is precisely because of the "fighting rules" that both sides of the game have vent channels, and they will not fight indiscriminately. The unarmed situation is also easy to be stopped by the referee in time, so there will be no serious injuries or even deaths of players in ice hockey matches as frequently as before!

Generally speaking, ice hockey allows players to fight on the field, which is really to reduce the risk of injury to players! Of course, many leagues and large-scale competitions now gradually prohibit players from fighting, and urge players to restrain themselves on the court with more severe punishment!