Why Does Fighting Exist in Hockey: The Story of Hockey's "Enforcers"
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Our American Stories, as mysterious as it is sacred, the Code is an unwritten set of rules—the Bible of hockey sportsmanship, if you will—that has been handed down from generation to generation. Ross Bernstein, author of The Code: The Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the NHL, spent two years researching this story and is here to share it with you.
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