NHL commissioner Gary Bettman returned to the site where the NHL was founded and where he took over 16 years ago, and showed no sign that the league was ready to change ice hockey by eliminating fighting.
Following a meeting on Saturday of the board of governers during All-Star weekend, Bettman addressed the renewed concerns about fighting and the risks it presents more than ever as players get bigger and stronger.
The recent death of a Canadian senior amateur player and the hospitalization of an American Hockey League fighter, who had a seizure after a punchup on Friday, have raised concerns that fighting has become too dangerous to still be considered a …
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