Why do more than 100 million people spectate hockey each and every year? The fights. Sweaty gorillas said to be hockey players throw themselves together in a stumbling clash of fists and blood. The stadium roars in triumph when a victim's head is lashed on the ice or blood splatters across the rink. Many times this leads to teams joining in causing all out war. Pucks are fired like rockets of a tank and tear apart anyone unlucky enough to be in their path. It looks like a jungle of ferocious beasts battling without thought. Yet the entire duration of the battle, each and every player knows how to win. Its all a matter of who can execute thought the best.

First, how do fights start? Many times a cheeky goal or a glass shattering check can flare up the fuse for a nasty fight. Even worse can come from a poor call from the officials. Hockey players fight not only for the numbers on the scoreboard but for the velvet red blood of their similarly vicious opponents. A handful of the leagues player's seek battles either for the fame or the feeling of their fist contacting another man's stomach sending up a wave of force. Yet, those were just a few rain drops from a storm of reasons hockey players fight.

So what happens after a fight? Generally, players will be sentenced to 5 minutes in the penalty box for their actions. This is formally known as a five minute major. Neither team will be granted a power play for each has a man stuck in the box. The game will resume 5v5. If multiple players bestow it upon themselves to fight, they too must pay the time. Five minutes to be exact. However, no matter if one team has more skaters in the box, they still will not have the gift of a power play.

Every hockey player inquires himself "How do I win an ice hockey fight?" That question has no true answer. Some people believe hockey fights are won by martial are professionals and Kong-Fu masters. Yet others are certain only the most courageous triumph above their foes on the ice. Thoughts of valor and certain obliteration of their enemies should be the only thoughts processed through their minds.

Are you one of those 100 million people that watch hockey? Could it be because of the grueling fights? Especially the precious battles plentiful in blood? Or is it for the love of the sport itself. Either way, skirmishes will never cease to break out like a fresh rash when two opposing teams meet for a game on ice. Not a single man, woman, child, or dog that witnesses even the slightest moment of hockey will ever quite think of the Canadian sport as a game. Perhaps this is because how serious hockey can sometimes seem. Yet, in reality, this is because hockey isn't a game. Hockey is one colossal battle.