Originally Posted by ConciergeMike

Fighting is a piece of hockey, and if you want to see out-and-out violence masquerading as hockey you would be best served by going to a Philadelphia-Pittsburgh or a Philadelphia-Ottawa game. Both would be excellent choices if you want to see blood on the ice and sit through numerous delays of the game thanks to referees having to sort out multiple players earning multiple penalties at the same time. Philly and Ottawa combined to set the NHL record for most penalty minutes issued in a single game...IIRC it was north of 500. When you pause to consider that penalties are handed out in two, five, and ten minute increments to individuals...