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Despite claims, there is "no quantifiable evidence" that in-game NHL fighting deters more undesirable violence, per analysis of a decade of hockey penalties

06.22.22 | PLOS

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Despite claims, there is "no quantifiable evidence" that in-game NHL fighting deters more undesirable violence, per analysis of a decade of hockey penalties

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0269889

Article Title: Tooth for a tooth: Does fighting serve as a deterrent to greater violence in the modern NHL

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0269889

Tooth for a tooth: Does fighting serve as a deterrent to greater violence in the modern NHL

22-Jun-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, June 22). Despite claims, there is "no quantifiable evidence" that in-game NHL fighting deters more undesirable violence, per analysis of a decade of hockey penalties. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOYVQ2L/despite-claims-there-is-no-quantifiable-evidence-that-in-game-nhl-fighting-deters-more-undesirable-violence-per-analysis-of-a-decade-of-hockey-penalties.html
MLA:
"Despite claims, there is "no quantifiable evidence" that in-game NHL fighting deters more undesirable violence, per analysis of a decade of hockey penalties." Brightsurf News, Jun. 22 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOYVQ2L/despite-claims-there-is-no-quantifiable-evidence-that-in-game-nhl-fighting-deters-more-undesirable-violence-per-analysis-of-a-decade-of-hockey-penalties.html.