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Should the NHL ban hockey players who have multiple suspensions for intentional injury?

Results so far:

Yes
81% 205 votes Total: 254 votes
No
19% 49 votes
  • 1 of 7

    by Jeff Gulley

    Hockey can be a graceful sport, no question about it. From the early days of the high-flying Ace Bailey, through the steely-eyed determination of Maurice "Rocket" Richard, to R...read more

  • 2 of 7

    by Mark Raymond

    ABSOLUTELY. Look at it this way, these player's are paid and playing hockey is their job, if you owned a company and one of your employees came to work and hit one of their co-...read more

  • 3 of 7

    by Dave Beaudry

    Should the NHL ban hockey players that have multiple suspensions for intentional injuries, I would have to answer that as absolutely yes. The NHL is still a money making busi...read more

  • 4 of 7

    by Glenda K. Fralin

    We know a part of Professional hockey is contact and roughing up an opponent. But, when there is intentional injury for the sake of injury in any sport, the lines need to be dr...read more

  • 5 of 7

    by Anthony Allen

    Allow me to propose a scenario. I am in my workplace, minding my own business, doing the job that I am paid to do. My co-worker, we'll call him Jack, comes up behind me and ...read more

  • 6 of 7

    by Andrew Heffron

    I think the NHL should look at some sort of semi-permanent ban on players who hit with intent to injure, at least preventing them from returning to the ice until they have succe...read more

  • 7 of 7

    by Carel Two-Eagle

    Should the NHL ban hockey players who have multiple suspensions for intentional injury? Yes. Absolutely. Hockey is supposed to be a game; a sport; therefore, there is suppose...read more

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  • 1 of 10

    by Marcy Di Michele

    With contact sports such as Ultimate fighting and Wrestling becoming increasingly popular, and Football continuing to surge in the ratings chart, it can be suggested that so-cal...read more

  • 2 of 10

    by J. Swaney

    Hockey is a contact sport. We as a society can pretend that it isn't, and we can pretend that it's not supposed to be, but the fact is 'Hockey is a Contact Sport.' Other co...read more

  • 3 of 10

    by James Mcdonall

    Impose a life-time ban on over-anxious hockey players? Not a good idea. If we did that, there probably wouldn't be a league. Banishment doesn't work in the real world, and it wo...read more

  • 4 of 10

    by Kelly Monteith

    When a hockey-related incident make the news, those who know nothing about the sport are the ones who want to see players banned from the game for life.Yes, this is an emotional...read more

  • 5 of 10

    by Paul Ruth

    In the short answer I would say no. I think, though, there is some room for judgment. I am a Detroit Red Wings fan from Detroit. I know many people, older people, who still reme...read more

  • 6 of 10

    by David Furritus

    I'm not sure if you've actually watched a game of hockey. It's a game where guys are skating around on sharp blades of metal over cold ice with big sticks. They're all doing the...read more

  • 7 of 10

    by Paula Jordan

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Why do people enjoy hockey games? Is it the polite way the players interact? Nope. Is it the gentle mannerisms of the players after their op...read more

  • 8 of 10

    by Herman

    First of all, I love the exciting world of NHL Ice Hockey, And what a game last night in the All Star match in Atlanta, Georgia. From DiPietro in Goal to Ovechkin & Staal on att...read more

  • 9 of 10

    by Erika Back

    I am a die hard Philadelphia Flyers Hockey fan.I got this love from my mother. My mother is an over the top Flyers fan and she instilled in me her good values,most importantly t...read more

  • 10 of 10

    by XEC

    Absolutely not. Hockey was a game founded on contact and with the newer strict penalties these days. The refs could call a roughing penalty a match penalty, just because the inj...read more

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