Drop the Gloves? Hockey Fighting Hits Historic Lows

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🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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NHL hockey is notorious for gnarly fights on the ice. But we're seeing those brawls less and less. ESPN NHL insider Greg Wyshynski joins Mina Kimes to tell you why fewer players are dropping the gloves, how the game itself is moving toward a different style of play, and what that means for the future of the sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here we go.
0:02.0	Alex O'Bettsman has dropped the gloves in a fight here and taking down the Carolina player,
0:09.0	Andre Svenznikov.
0:11.0	Wow!
0:12.0	And Feznikov is out!
0:17.0	Fighting has always been a part of hockey.
0:19.0	It's as inextricable from the game as Zambonies and missing teeth.
0:24.8	But fights on the ice are at historic lows in the NHL and might be disappearing altogether.
0:32.1	Today, we'll tell you why and what it means for the future of the sport.
0:39.6	It's Wednesday, November 27th.
0:40.7	I'm Minut Kimes.
0:45.3	And this is ESPN Daily, presented by Dell Small Business.
0:51.5	Two minutes in the waiting. Here they go.
0:54.8	Boxes helmet off. Delivering Wrights.
0:56.0	And now,
0:58.0	sealer answers back with Wright.
1:01.1	Box, a couple more is down they go.
1:03.7	It's an electric experience.
1:05.4	Like, when you're at a hockey arena,
1:06.8	and all of a sudden,
1:10.3	you start to see two guys stop skating and stare at each other, then all of a sudden
1:12.8	their gloves come off, you look around and everybody's rising to their feet in anticipation
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