Fighting is part of what keeps hockey interesting. Its a rare game that gives the players a unique level of freedom on the ice. In other sports the culture is such that nobody can touch anyone else and the physicality is removed from the equation. In soccer we see this to the extreme where they will cry wolf at the mere suggestion that another player was near them. In hockey, although you will still get a penalty for things like fighting, we get to see how the players really feel, and how much they really want to win. And at the end of the day, a fight is just good drama and entertaining to watch. If i was to make an entertainment schedule for the hunnie bunnies, a top shelf scrap and rumble would be high on my list. It adds to rivalries and makes matchups and storylines of the season that much more intense, and nobody really gets banged up in those fights anyway.