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This week, The Globe and Mail reported on the first part of the survey – a vast majority of Canadians want bodychecking out of peewee hockey – and today the results are in on the public attitude toward fighting:
Three-quarters of Canadians (78 per cent) – and an identical percentage of fans of the game – want to see fights banned in all junior hockey;
Two-thirds of Canadians – fans as well as the general public – believe fighting should also be banned at the professional level;
Only 16 per cent of the country favours allowing fights at the junior levels;
One-quarter of Canadians (27 per cent) oppose eliminating fights at the professional level, while 5 per cent aren’t sure what to do;
While 95 per cent of fans believe skating is an “essential component†of the game, and 93 per cent believe shooting is important, a minuscule 7 per cent say the ability to engage in on-ice fights is important.
In other words, hockey’s cartoon can go.