History Main / HockeyFight

* Slightly subverted in ''Film/CanadianBacon'': the fight at the hockey game starts when visiting Americans insult the Canadian beer, which drives both hockey teams into the stands to pummel the Americans.

[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* Himeko of ''Manga/SKETDance'' uses a (field) hockey stick as her signature weapon.

[[AC:Film]]
* Inverted in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. You wouldn't expect the dynamic duo, who are associated with fighting, to play an impromptu hockey with a diamond.
* ''Film/TheToothFairy'' features a hockey player nicknamed "The Tooth Fairy", mostly because anytime he plays, somebody's tooth is going to get knocked out. He gets so brutal, the penalty box has become his home away from home. He ends up getting sentenced to be a real tooth fairy for a week.
* In ''Film/FourBrothers'', oldest brother Bobby Mercer earned the nickname "The Michigan Mauler" during his days in the minor league and several of his fights are shown in the ending credits. He was missing quite a few teeth in those shots, too.
* ''Film/SlapShot''. A down-on-its-luck hockey team hires three brothers that do nothing but prompt UnnecessaryRoughness and beat up the opposing team players to help the team win. The final game of the movie is done between the protagonist hockey team and an OpposingSportsTeam made of the most brutal players that have ever played (some even banned for life). The ensuing (and quite bloody) riot is only stopped by one of the players deciding to strip-tease right there on the game zone (and that MakesAsMuchSenseInContext).
* Several Canadian films are [[BasedOnATrueStory based on a true hockey story]] and feature a notable fight.:
** ''The Rocket'', about legendary Montreal Canadiens player Maurice Richard, has the New York Rangers bring up a minor league tough guy specifically to take out Richard. It fails when Richard delivers a CurbStompBattle.
** An early scene of ''Networth'' has Detroit Red Wings' Ted Lindsay and Toronto Maple Leafs' Jimmy Thomson getting into a lengthy and brutal fight on the ice. However, they later team up to fight the real enemy: the [[NationalHockeyLeague NHL's]] corrupt management. The film's {{tagline}} even references this: "The bloodiest fight in the NHL wasn't on the ice."
** ''Keep Your Head Up: The Don Cherry Story'', a biopic of the ''Series/HockeyNightInCanada'' commentator, begins with his career as a minor league tough guy. Naturally he gets into many fights, most notably right before meeting his future wife's parents.
* ''Film/StrangeBrew'': The inmates at the insane asylum connected to the brewery play hockey games that are directed by musical cues to be all-out brawls, something Bob and Doug have a lot of fun with when they stumble on it. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a major plot point as the inmates have been fed beer laced with mind-control drugs.]]

[[AC:Literature]]
* Referenced in {{Animorphs}}, where Marco says of BloodKnight Rachel that if they were a hockey team, she'd be the goon, always looking for a fight.

[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'' had one in the episode 'Reignited'. The NYPD and FDNY were playing a charity game, and as the game winning play is made, a fight breaks out. One of the instigators is Danny, who's known for his quick temper throughout the series.
* Original ''Series/{{CSI}}'' had 'Primum Non Nocere', where a player was found dead after a pileup and fight during an amateur game. However, even though he did have a slash on his throat, it was actually a drug the team doctor intentionally gave him earlier that really killed him.
* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' ParodyCommercial for Buddweiser [sic] stars guest host Creator/RobinWilliams and cast member Joe Piscopo as rival hockey players; Piscopo gives Williams an uppercut with his stick during the opening puck drop*, and it escalates from there.

[[AC:Music]]
* "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)" by Music/WarrenZevon is the ballad of a Canadian hockey player who was best at beating other players up but who would rather score goals if he could.

[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* ''Hellcats & Hockey Sticks'' is essentially ''Film/StTrinians'' with the SerialNumbersFiledOff, and so naturally the hockey team are the designated muscle.

[[AC:Video Games]]

[[AC:Western Animation]]
* Several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' showcase hockey games that devolve into brutal fights (inside the gaming zone) and/or full-on riots (by the audience).
** A fairly memorable fight turned to riot happens on the end sequence of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E8LisaOnIce Lisa on Ice]]"
** A throw-away gag on a later season is a MortalKombat-esque fighting videogame called "Hockey Dads", which features... well, pee-wee hockey player dads beating the crap out of each other (even having a kid player yelling out a plea to his dad to stop since "It's already assault, don't make it murder!". [[ComedicSociopathy The player can choose to press a button to disregard the kid]]).
* Played UpToEleven in the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short ''WesternAnimation/HockeyHomicide''. For starters, the team captains spend the entire game in the penalty box because they can't stop fighting each other the moment they step onto the ice. The poor referee [[GlassJawReferee keeps getting run over by the players]], to the point that he resorts to wearing a suit of armor. At the climax all hell breaks loose, the sheer chaos intensified by the use of random StockFootage from previous cartoons (even a guest appearance by [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Monstro]]). By the end the spectators join in on the melee, while the players sit on the stands watching.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'', ice hockey is literally depicted as war, complete with explosions. It also depicts field hockey; it's not as rough, but a referee does get SquashedFlat when body slammed between two players.

Most of the time, if a work has a scene involving the characters playing hockey or attending a hockey game, a fight will break out somewhere along the line. UsefulNotes/IceHockey is the most prone to this, as fans of professional hockey can likely attest. TruthInTelevision, although most professional leagues do have rules against getting too violent and will hand out punishment if they have to.

* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' ParodyCommercial for Buddweiser [sic] stars guest host RobinWilliams and cast member Joe Piscopo as rival hockey players; Piscopo gives Williams an uppercut with his stick during the opening puck drop*, and it escalates from there.

* Hilariously lampshaded in the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie]]. While the honor guards watch a hockey game on TV, Casey decides to get them to play for a bit. The guys are confused, so Casey tells them to do "Just like [you] watched it on TV." They procede to clobber the shit out of each other.

* ''Blades of Steel'' on the NintendoEntertainmentSystem was one of the first hockey video games to feature fighting, and the ''loser'' gets sent to the penalty box. There's also a fight depicted on the game's ''box art''.

* Himeko of ''SKETDance'' uses a (field) hockey stick as her signature weapon.

** ''Keep Your Head Up: The Don Cherry Story'', a biopic of the ''HockeyNightInCanada'' commentator, begins with his career as a minor league tough guy. Naturally he gets into many fights, most notably right before meeting his future wife's parents.

* ''{{CSI NY}}'' had one in the episode 'Reignited'. The NYPD and FDNY were playing a charity game, and as the game winning play is made, a fight breaks out. One of the instigators is Danny, who's known for his quick temper throughout the series.
* Original ''{{CSI}}'' had 'Primum Non Nocere', where a player was found dead after a pileup and fight during an amateur game. However, even though he did have a slash on his throat, it was actually a drug the team doctor intentionally gave him earlier that really killed him.
* A ''SaturdayNightLive'' ParodyCommercial for Buddweiser [sic] stars guest host RobinWilliams and cast member Joe Piscopo as rival hockey players; Piscopo gives Williams an uppercut with his stick during the opening puck drop*, and it escalates from there.

* ''Blades of Steel'' on the NintendoEntertainmentSystem was one of the first hockey video games to feature fighting, and the ''loser'' gets sent to the penalty box.

* ''Mutant League Hockey'' has a simple fighting minigame, and every player has a stat that determines his fighting skill. With penalties off, there's no punishment for fighting; with penalties on, only the loser goes to the penalty box (which seems to be a popular concept as seen above)

* ''Mutant League Hockey'' has a simple fighting minigame, and every player has a stat that determines his fighting skill. With penalties off, there's no punishment for fighting; with penalties on, only the loser goes to the penalty box (as in ''Ice Hockey'' above)

* In ''FourBrothers'', oldest brother Bobby Mercer earned the nickname "The Michigan Mauler" during his days in the minor league and several of his fights are shown in the ending credits. He was missing quite a few teeth in those shots, too.
* ''SlapShot''. A down-on-its-luck hockey team hires three brothers that do nothing but prompt UnnecessaryRoughness and beat up the opposing team players to help the team win. The final game of the movie is done between the protagonist hockey team and an OpposingSportsTeam made of the most brutal players that have ever played (some even banned for life). The ensuing (and quite bloody) riot is only stopped by one of the players deciding to strip-tease right there on the game zone (and that MakesAsMuchSenseInContext).

* Slightly subverted in ''CanadianBacon'': the fight at the hockey game starts when visiting Americans insult the Canadian beer, which drives both hockey teams into the stands to pummel the Americans.
* The entire point of the film ''{{Goon}}'', where the protagonist is hired specifically for his ability to fight.

* In ''FourBrothers'', oldest brother Bobby Mercer earned the nickname "The Michigan Mauler" during his days in the minor league and several of his fights are shown in the ending credits.

--> ''"I went to a fight one night, and a hockey game broke out."'' - Rodney Dangerfield

--> "I went to a fight one night, and a hockey game broke out." - Rodney Dangerfield

We've probably all heard the old joke. "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out." Most of the time, if a work has a scene involving the characters playing hockey or attending a hockey game, a fight will break out somewhere along the line. UsefulNotes/IceHockey is the most prone to this, as fans of professional hockey can likely attest. TruthInTelevision, although most professional leagues do have rules against getting too violent and will hand out punishment if they have to.

We've probably all heard the old joke. "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out." Most of the time, if a work has a scene involving the characters playing hockey or attending a hockey game, a fight will break out somewhere along the line. Ice hockey is the most prone to this, as fans of professional hockey can likely attest. TruthInTelevision, although most professional leagues do have rules against getting too violent and will hand out punishment if they have to.

* On ''{{Series/Bones}}'' a murder suspect won't voluntarily give a DNA sample and they can't get a warrant. The suspect is on an amateur hockey team in the same league as Booth's team, so Booth instigates a fight in order to get the suspect's blood.
** Later, Booth proudly shows a video clip of a mate sustaining a broken arm in a hockey fight... and Bones immediately concludes that this kind of fall alone couldn't explain the kind of break he got. [[spoiler: It turns out he has a rare form of vicious bone cancer.]]

* In an episode of ''DueSouth'' a videotape of a hockey game where a fight broke out is an important clue; Fraser & Ray bring it to a friend of Fraser's, who can (somehow) determine which chair someone yelling was sitting in.

* Played UpToEleven in the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short ''Hockey Homicide''. For starters, the team captains spend the entire game in the penalty box because they can't stop fighting each other the moment they step onto the ice. The poor referee [[GlassJawReferee keeps getting run over by the players]], to the point that he resorts to wearing a suit of armor. At the climax all hell breaks loose, the sheer chaos intensified by the use of random StockFootage from previous cartoons (even a guest appearance by [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Monstro]]). By the end the spectators join in on the melee, while the players sit on the stands watching.

* ''The Rocket'', about legendary Montreal Canadiens player Maurice Richard, has the New York Rangers bring up a minor league tough guy specifically to take out Richard. It fails when Richard delivers a CurbStompBattle.
* An early scene of ''Networth'' has Detroit Red Wings' Ted Lindsay and Toronto Maple Leafs' Jimmy Thomson getting into a lengthy and brutal fight on the ice. However, they later team up to fight the real enemy: the [[NationalHockeyLeague NHL's]] corrupt management. The film's {{tagline}} even references this: "The bloodiest fight in the NHL wasn't on the ice."
* ''Keep Your Head Up: The Don Cherry Story'', a biopic of the ''HockeyNightInCanada'' commentator, begins with his career as a minor league tough guy. Naturally he gets into many fights, most notably right before meeting his future wife's parents.

* Inverted in ''BatmanAndRobin''. You wouldn't expect the dynamic duo, who are associated with fighting, to play an impromptu hockey with a diamond.

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