Increasing Violence in Hockey
Hockey has gone from a sport where skill, hustle and good sportsmanship were the key elements of the game. ... Professional hockey players in the NHL are the idols of young players and cause these children and teenagers to act or try to play like them. ... Violence in hockey continues to increase and won’t stop until the idols begin to play good old-fashioned hockey and show more sportsmanship. Professional NHL hockey players influence the way the young children and teenagers play the game. ... Whenever most of the hockey players in the world today realize that it is not right for them to hit from behind or throw an elbow to the head, we may be able to see hockey the way it should be played.