Quint - > I have been hitting the books on this one, but I am sending this > E-mail out to see if I can get any more leads... > > Does anyone know of any research on violence in ice hockey? > > I am particually interested in the perception of violence among fans > and non-fans. Go to your local college research library, and ask for the microfiche of the Monday, 1 March (1993) issue of The Washington Post. Most of Page B5 is taken up by a loooog story on "Hockey's Bad Boy Cult," and includes tidbits on such things as: "The Aggressive Hockey Report, a fight-fan news- letter (seven issues for $20) published by Mark Topaz in Brooklyn, NY; a discussion of various Hockey Fight videos (eg. Greatest Hockey Fights Vol. VII) published by an outfit called "Fists of Fury" in St. Paul, MN (call 1-800-950-6213 for your free catalogue .... maybe Erik and Carol moonlight there, and have never told us :-); and excerpts from a 1991 book called "Bad Boys" (McGraw Hill/Ryerson; Toronto, by Stan Fischler (columnist for The Hockey News). I never quite understood why I read this article (let alone saved it :-) but I knew I'd waded in over my head when I reached the section that explained the "crucial difference" between a "goon" and an "enforcer." :-( Please .... > Any ideas or directions you could give me would be very much appreciated. You're welcome !! Now just promise the rest of us here on HOCKEY-L that you won't be having any notions to promote this brand of thuggery in the - horrors !! - college game .... Cheers from the Chesapeake - Jim Go Blue !! Hockey East nomads in 1994-95 !!