There are many misconceptions surrounding fighting in hockey. Let’s try to clear them up.

Dave Brown earned his reputation as the NHL's premier fighter in the mid-1980s and is likely the second-best hockey fighter of all time behind Bob Probert.

Fighting in the NHL peaked in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1985-86, Detroit recorded a league-record 154 fighting makors and that was the first season four teams had more than 100 fighting ...