If you can't beat them on the scoreboard...

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

Every team I've been on has locker boxed too. Do you really mean "Nobody got hurt," or "Nobody got seriously hurt," though ? Because especially in high school, guys came out bleeding every now and then. I even lost a good part of my 2 front teeth. It was still fun as hell though.

Did you guys wear mouth guards?

[wingsdiehard13 33]

I'm actually shocked that this is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing. Is this a more "inside" kind of ritual that people outside the sport (such as me, a fan, whose only real-life exposure to playing has been street hockey) just aren't regularly familiar with or am I way out of the loop?

I guess I probably wouldn't know if I hadn't been there myself. Personally, I doubt anything like locker boxing happens in the pros.

[Original-Six 254]

I doubt anything like locker boxing happens in the pros.

lmao can you imagine if it did?

That got me thinking....who would win in a Lidstrom Vs Datsyuk?

Edited February 21, 2010 by Original-Six

[VM1138 1,921]

So they're boxing in equipment before playing a sport that requires some players to fight?

I'm missing what's wrong here.

And how is it that someone always has a cell camera, and it always leaks to media?

[Tane 17]

WE need A general Rule.

Ban Roughhousing alltogether.

Or Shut the F up, and Leave Kids alone.

Kids fight, they play rough, they get hurt, it's been going on sincethe beginning of time.

I also did this 10 years ago. It's not new, and it's not alarming.

Ban every human from making any contact with other humans, Or let em be. Pick one, then shut up about it.

[wingsdiehard13 33]

lmao can you imagine if it did?

That got me thinking....who would win in a Lidstrom Vs Datsyuk?

I'll give the edge to Lidstrom, 3 inch advantage .

[ComradeWasabi 109]

Talk about a sensationalized story. You'd think the kids were having UFC fights in the locker room.

Edited February 21, 2010 by ComradeWasabi

[Konnan511 1,736]

i don't think its a large issue with it, but as a high school hockey coach, we do not allow it.

As a coach last year we did not allow it, but it's naive to think that they don't do it.

[seeinred 1,488]

Did you guys wear mouth guards?

Of course not. Mouthguards are for sissies.

[Original-Six 254]

If Osgood wants his starting job back he should locker box Howard for it.

[Electrophile 3,554]

So these are teammates and presumably friends......beating each other up.......because.....?

Whatever tickles your pickle, I suppose.

[dragonballgtz 273]

I do understand that coaches should have control over this, but if they do it behind the coaches back, an example from the article, how is it the coaches fault. You cannot put video cameras into the locker rooms as that will just be creepy...so maybe these parents should be parents and tell their kids to stop doing it or they are out.

Edited February 21, 2010 by dragonballgtz

[Carman 387]

So these are teammates and presumably friends......beating each other up.......because.....?

Whatever tickles your pickle, I suppose.

I take it you've never been a 15-20 year old boy

[Electrophile 3,554]

I take it you've never been a 15-20 year old boy

Considering I'm a 27 year old woman, that would be accurate.

[wingsdiehard13 33]

Considering I'm a 27 year old woman, that would be accurate.

It's hard to explain without being there. Guys like fights/violence I guess, especially teens.

[Doc Holliday 1,888]

So these are teammates and presumably friends......beating each other up.......because.....?

Whatever tickles your pickle, I suppose.

I have never seen someone "beat up" because of a locker box fight. Guys don't hit when the other is down. They don't go nuts on each other. It is fun, it is good for bonding, and the guys respect each other and don't try to hurt each other.

To understand you would have to be in this situation, and I don't believe you have as a female.

[Electrophile 3,554]

I have never seen someone "beat up" because of a locker box fight. Guys don't hit when the other is down. They don't go nuts on each other. It is fun, it is good for bonding, and the guys respect each other and don't try to hurt each other.

To understand you would have to be in this situation, and I don't believe you have as a female.

No, I can honestly say I've never been in a situation where I was in a locker room with a group of other women and felt compelled to punch any of them in the head. You got me there. However you notice, I did say "whatever tickles your pickle" meaning, if it's what they want to do, let them do it. I just don't get it. And that's fine. Sometimes I really, really like being a girl.

[Tane 17]

i don't think its a large issue with it, but as a high school hockey coach, we do not allow it. the thought being that on ice fighting in our league is prohibited by a state issued 2 game suspension and our district athletic director let it be known he would tact on an additional 3 games. in my experience, alot of "fighting" in our league is "on ice locker boxing": they don't drop the gloves and bucket, but punch each other with the gloves and helmets on.... its pointless and embarrassing, especially if your gonna sit 5 games because of it. it accomplishes nothing. we feel as a coaching staff, locker boxing kind of reinforces that behavior on the ice. in addition, we don't want to take the risk of losing any players, our season is brief.

we have strict rules on fighting on our team.

1. avoid fighting at all costs, the only time its acceptable is if your safety is on the line

2. you never start it

3. you always finish it

4. you drop the gloves and the helmet

5. when its over, its over. go to the locker room

with that being said, in a league where the rules of fighting are more relaxed, im not against it. hell, when i played midget major, we had two kids that were not putting in the effort necessary and the coach brought them to center ice and asked us, "who wants to fight these kids". everyone raised their hands. he picked two kids out of the bunch, and told the kids, "to stay and play on this team, you have to fight them."

fighting ensued, we went to state finals, with a whole new respect for those guys, and they had more respect for the team and game. say what you want about it, but fighting does have a place in the sport, and on the team.

Could you imagine what would happen to a coach if he MADE his players fight to stay on a team? There really needs to be a Pro Violence group to Counter act all the 40 year old mothers taht influence the Rules of 12 year old boys playing hockey. That coach would never be allowed near any sport for the rest of his life if that happened today.

[Casey 145]

Please. Boxing is simply fun, and it looks like they're doing it more safely than my old boxing club did- we never used helmets, and only rarely gloves.

We had two levels of fighting. Training was strictly controlled by weight class and gear was used. That was serious. Fun was the fight at the end.

Rules were simple- no shirt, no shoes, no rings, no watches. No weight classes. No rounds, no bell, fought as long as you had to in order to get the win. Unashamedly stolen from Fight Club, but it worked for us.

[adubs 8]

Yeah lets get rid of cage-raging so that kids will become even softer!

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

From Toronto Star :

It's a split decision for GTHLHockey parents on both sides of debate brewing over teen boxing bouts

...

The Panthers' coach, Dave Castellani, responded by suspending himself and five players involved in the fights for a single game.

The GTHL accepted the coach's ban and imposed no further sanction of its own. Calling the incident a "life lesson for me," Castellani told the Star his club wanted to focus on educating players about appropriate conduct rather than impose stiff suspensions. That, said many Sunday, is a "joke."

...

...

Many other parents took a different position.

"This video amounts to nothing more than a bunch of goofy, immature boys pretending they are George St. Pierre," wrote Terri Thomas. "It's no different than what happens in basement rec rooms around the country on a daily basis."

...

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

I never participated in any of this stuff. To me, it was a farce. Like guys smashing their helmets together before a football game. Give me a break.

I spent most of my locker room time sitting alone, thinking about the game and if there was anyone on the other team that I couldn't ******* stand. People left me alone. They new what I was capable of doing. I didn't need artificial boxing matches to get pumped up.

That's not to say I didn't participate in a little tomfoolery from time to time. But I always looked at that s*** as fake toughness. Because inevitably, as soon as s*** hits the fan when you're on the ice, you see who is tough and who only acts tough in the locker room.

just my 2 cents.

Edited February 22, 2010 by GordieSid&Ted

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

It's hard to explain without being there. Guys like fights/violence I guess, especially teens.

This is also true. And the ages of these kids is not to be lost in the sensationalizing of this story.

You grow out of it. Some of us way sooner than others. IMO, that has a lot to do with your upbringing.

[InKennyWeTrust 126]

locker boxing, I never participated it but i found it funny when the 5'4" 115 lb guy went up against the 6'2 280 lb guy

I personally found the Tootoo-Hatcher fight depressing.

[Carman 387]

I never participated in any of this stuff. To me, it was a farce. Like guys smashing their helmets together before a football game. Give me a break.

I spent most of my locker room time sitting alone, thinking about the game and if there was anyone on the other team that I couldn't ******* stand. People left me alone. They new what I was capable of doing. I didn't need artificial boxing matches to get pumped up.

That's not to say I didn't participate in a little tomfoolery from time to time. But I always looked at that s*** as fake toughness. Because inevitably, as soon as s*** hits the fan when you're on the ice, you see who is tough and who only acts tough in the locker room.

just my 2 cents.

Well to be fair most of these fights happened way before or after practices it wasn't so much a way to get pumped up as it was a way to pass time when there wasn't a whole lot else to do. Wasn't so much about acting tough as it was having having fun.