Hockey prompt:

The dwindling prevalence of fighting in today's game is, for the most part, a good thing. Hockey is first and foremost a skill game, and over the years players have gotten more talented, and the game has gotten more technical, which has led to some amazing games and plays that we never would have seen even twenty years ago, let alone in the heyday of the "goon" where fights were the big ticket item that brought in crowds. As a matter of player safety and the growth of the game as a whole, fights are something we should continue to discourage, but not entirely eliminate. There will always be things the refs miss, and the department of player safety has a terrible track record of properly punishing dangerous and dirty plays, and the hockey fight remains the one legal way for the players to police the game themselves. As long as it is used sparingly and with purpose, the fight will remain an important tool to use to protect players and keep emotions under control in heated games.