21-year-old Don Sanderson died 3 weeks after hitting his helmetless head on the ice during a fight. As the story was recounted,Don Sanderson, the defencemen, was fighting with the forward, Corey Fulton, when Sanderson's helmet came off. Near the end of the brawl, both players fell and Sanderson's head hit the ice causing him to go out cold for 30 seconds before regaining consciousness. Unfortunately, Sanderson fell in a coma over time and was on life support until his death on January 2nd 2009. Presently, Sanderson's death requests for firmer rules on wearing helmets.
Perhaps one of the greatest issues in hockey is the fighting that is seen as "part of the game." Should brawls be banned in hockey? Although the security of helmets play an important role, it was ultimately the fight that began the perils towards death. An increase of penalty towards those who choose to fight on ice must take action as to decline the amount of possible misfortunes. The "enforcers" on ice are not completely neccessary when one could simply raise the punishment. Therefore, the presence of penalty instills the hestiation to those who may choose to break the rules thus minimizing the amount of 'accidentts.'
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