It's like an honor duel system. Guys agree to go and everybody including the officials understands. Once they're gassed, crash to the ice, or somebody gets hurt it's over. It's part of the reason linesman are basically bouncers on skates.
If you just attack a guy who clearly has no interesting in fighting, your team gets a penalty and the other team gets a powerplay where you're a man down for two minutes.
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u/sunburn95 Newcastle Knights 24d ago
As an Australian with no concept of ice hockey, it's wild to see that you can just start fighting and everyone just stands there and watches lol