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Was watching some hockey fights that someone posted. There was a Greg Campbell/Joe Vitale fight in which Vitale left his left glove on. It was a pretty heated battle til the end when Vitale clocked Campbell with a good gloved left.
Is there any rule that prohibits keeping a glove on? I know I had seen this in the minors. The guy who kept the glove on had an injured hand, but I almost want to say he never used that hand.
Yeah I think fighting with a glove is an additional penalty. That's what it used to be at least. Don't know if they changed that rule. They probably just call it unsportsmanlike.
Fighting with any sort of foreign object on your hand is a match penalty.
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46.15 Match Penalty - Any player wearing tape or any other material on his hands (below the wrist) who cuts or injures an opponent during an altercation will receive a match penalty in addition to any other penalties imposed including for fighting under this rule.
This could very easily apply to gloves. as well as the movie things like tape or foil. However, a single gloved punch that does not turn into a full fledged fight is simply a two minute minor for roughing.
The reason they penalize gloved fighting is because gloves cut up the face a lot more than just fists. The material on the outside of a hockey glove will just rip skin if you fight with them on. I remember seeing the result of a few gloved punches back in the 70s and it was not pretty.
The reason they penalize gloved fighting is because gloves cut up the face a lot more than just fists. The material on the outside of a hockey glove will just rip skin if you fight with them on. I remember seeing the result of a few gloved punches back in the 70s and it was not pretty.
I looked back to the box score for that game and Vitale was not assessed an additional penalty for it.
I know for certain it's an unwritten rule. The common thing to do is dropp the gloves or your labeled a pu$$y but you usually get an unsportsmanlike penalty. No rule on the glove thing but it's just not cool to do it.
And that shows that sometime during that scuffle his face was cut. It does nothing to support your claim, especially since the cut was inside the visor and probably done by the helmet. Thanks.
And that shows that sometime during that scuffle his face was cut. It does nothing to support your claim, especially since the cut was inside the visor and probably done by the helmet. Thanks.
If you don't believe us, feel free to volunteer and let us test it out on you.
And that shows that sometime during that scuffle his face was cut. It does nothing to support your claim, especially since the cut was inside the visor and probably done by the helmet. Thanks.
No offense, but I think it you go back and read up on hockey history, you'd quickly discover that they specifically banned this way back when because gloves will absolutely rip up your face in a fight. Forgeting for a moment any hard plastic in the glove, the outer material on most gloves is much more abrasive than skin and it will cut you badly if it's moving quickly across your face. That's why they don't allow gloved fighting.
If you don't believe me, press your fist up against your forehead hard and rub it across quickly. Then put a glove on a do it again. Tell us which one feels worse.
No offense, but I think it you go back and read up on hockey history, you'd quickly discover that they specifically banned this way back when because gloves will absolutely rip up your face in a fight. Forgeting for a moment any hard plastic in the glove, the outer material on most gloves is much more abrasive than skin and it will cut you badly if it's moving quickly across your face. That's why they don't allow gloved fighting.
If you don't believe me, press your fist up against your forehead hard and rub it across quickly. Then put a glove on a do it again. Tell us which one feels worse.
+1
I got punched in a beer league game once. I usually wear a cage but had the visor on for a stretch. It scratched my cornea and my eye swelled up like a balloon. The cage went back on after that, and have had it ever since.
However, a single gloved punch that does not turn into a full fledged fight is simply a two minute minor for roughing.
Depends on the force of the punch and if it's a jab or a full out cross. Players in the NHL have been suspended for a single gloved punch. It's both dirty and adds extra momentum to the punch.
I got punched in a beer league game once. I usually wear a cage but had the visor on for a stretch. It scratched my cornea and my eye swelled up like a balloon. The cage went back on after that, and have had it ever since.
One of many reasons I wear a cage. I've taken a few punches to the cage (of wondering, I am wearing a cage, your punch is only going to send you off).
Back when I was a kid, the neighborhood kids and I would box on skates with gloves and without helmets. They were older and I would always get the wrong side of the outcome. Looking back, it was stupid bc the gloves are still firm but protect the fists by softening the blow.
the glove has a lot more surface area than a bare fist. Even if it isn't as hard, it can do more damage than just a fist. Do you think Bertuzzi would have broken moores neck with just his fist? The glove provided a bigger surface to impact his entire head.
