Eric wrote: > I also blame some of the stick that stupid face mask rule) I believe that > in the NHL you do not see that kind of play go unnoticed with out having > to drop the mits, this also make you accountable for your stupid action. I > believe fighting would clean up the game and you would see an entertaining > fight without having the players get suppended for more than the rest of > the game much like the USHL or OHL, WHL.... > Sorry - I just can't buy this argument. If a player is hit with a stick to the face, he's going to be on the ice bleeding, not dropping his mitts. The same argument has been made with ragard to cars - that safer cars (airbags, etc) has made us a nation of driving risk takers because the consequences of our actions are not so drastic. Its not an illogical position, but I think going back to unsafer cars in hopes that people will drive more carefully would be stupid. Face masks save faces (and eyes and teeth...) - not having them is worse than any extra stick work that might come along because we do have them. But you'll have to provide me with some evidence before I buy the argument that they cause the stick work to begin with. Just an alternative opinion. Tom Rowe [log in to unmask] ********************************************************** They say that ignorance and apathy are the two great evils of today's world. Well, I wouldn't know about that and I don't care anyway. ********************************************************** HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.