BOSTON, MA - JUNE 06: Ryan Kesler #17 of the Vancouver Canucks
fights with Dennis Seidenberg #44 of the Boston Bruins during
Game Three of the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on
June 6, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Bruce
Bennett/Getty Images) Hockey and fighting seem to go hand-in-
hand, but it's actually a far more complicated issue than you
might think. "I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey
game broke out." -Rodney Dangerfield Hockey is an unusual sport
in many ways. Probably the most popularized way that it's
unusual is the fact that they allow fighting. No other major
team sport in North America does that. There have been plenty of
books written about fighting to glorify and condemn it in the
sport. However, fighting has always been a part of hockey - and
the National Hockey League. According to the website of CBC's
show, the fifth estate: 1875 - Legend has it that the first
organized indoor hockey game ended in a fight between the
players and a group of figure skaters who wa