Reflective Punch DATA, OBSERVATIONS & STATISTICAL ANALYSIS RESEARCH FIGHTS – 2018-19 BOOK NHL Regular Season by Nadine Arseneault Reflective Punch RESEARCH BOOK a Reflective Punch RESEARCH BOOK DATA, OBSERVATIONS & STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FIGHTS – 2018-19 NHL Regular Season Research project for York University MDes thesis. Reflective Punch: A graphic design examination of the representation of the violence in the 226 hockey fisticuffs that took place in the NHL Regular Season of 2018-19. By Nadine Arseneault Data collected using NHL.com, hockeyfights.com and hockeydb.com Images collected using screen grabs from hockeyfights.com © 2020 Contents 5 DATA & OBSERVATIONS FOR FIGHT NUMBER 1 TO 226 235 FOUND MOMENTS Children Watching Fights _____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 230 Parent(s) of Fighter Watching Fight _____________________________________________________________________ PAGE 240 Fans Cheering Fight _______________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 244 Fans Filming Fight with their Mobile ___________________________________________________________________ PAGE 246 Miscellaneous __________________________________________________________________________________________________________PAGE 250 Notes from Fight Number 211 _______________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 252 265 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS NHL Percentage of Games with Fights per Regular Season _______________________________ PAGE 267 NHL Team Leaders in Fights ________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 268 10 Fighters ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 272 Fights per Month ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 274 Fights per Day of the Week ____________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 275 Fights per Period ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 276 Fights: First Period ________________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 277 Fights: Second Period ____________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 278 Fights: Third Period _______________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 279 Nationality of Players ___________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 280 Nationality of Fighters __________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 281 Canadian Fighters Per Province __________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 282 Number of Fights employing “The Code” ___________________________________________________________ PAGE 284 Players Position ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 286 Weight & Height of Fighters _________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 288 Number of Fights with Visible Blood on Video ____________________________________________________ PAGE 290 Numbers of Punches per Fight ______________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 292 0 to 5 Rating per Fight ___________________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 294 Data Collection & Observations PUNCH BOWEY: 4 KURALY: 3 TOTAL: 7 RATING: 2.5 DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT: Kuraly tripped Bowey, once standing they started to fight. 1 DESCRIBE THE FIGHT: Four players trying to get the puck, then Kuraly tripped Bowey. October 3, 2018 Fight was about 10 seconds long. 2nd Period – 6:45 VISIBLE BLOOD: No Madison Bowey (defense) (Born: Winnipeg, MB) ANY VISIBLE EXPRESSION FROM AUDIENCE AND/OR BENCH: — Washington Capitals Height: 6 '1" HOCKEYFIGHTS.COM COMMENT: Weight: 195 lbs. Nothing to see here. Bowey not a fighter, yanked down from behind. BS frustration evident. Sean Kuraly (forward) Posted by CapsYapp (Born: Dublin, Ohio, USA) Boston Bruins Height: 6'2" Weight: 205 lbs. Kuraly 10 lbs. heavier. Reflective Punch RESEARCH BOOK 7 BLOOD THE CODE PUNCH GUDBRANSON: 3 HAMONIC: 2 TOTAL: 5 PUNCH ELLER: 2 MARCHAND: 5 TOTAL: 7 RATING: 3.5 RATING: 3 DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT: DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT: Lars Eller said something to the Boston Bruins bench after he scored. Announcers describes Hamonic going after Gudbranson for an earlier hit on 2 Next shift on ice, Marchand finds him and starts hitting him. a Flames teammate. Hamonic answers the call to fight for him. The Code. 3 October 3, 2018 October 3, 2018 DESCRIBE THE FIGHT? Eller didn’t see it coming, Marchand just attacked DESCRIBE THE FIGHT: Fight breaks out on centre ice. Gudbranson punches 1st Period – 4:22 3rd Period – 13:54 him and started to hit him. Marchand hit him in the face multiple times. Hamonic in the face a few times and Hamonic falls to the ice. Clearly in pain They fell to the ice and Marchand continued hitting him. from last punch to the face. Refs ends fight. Lars Eller (forward) Erik Gudbranson (defense) (Born: Redovre, Denmark) VISIBLE BLOOD: Yes. Cut on Eller’s head. Lots of blood dripping VISIBLE BLOOD: No (Born: Ottawa, ON) Washington Capitals down his face. Vancouver Canucks Height: 6'2" ANY VISIBLE EXPRESSION FROM AUDIENCE AND/OR BENCH: — Height: 6 '5" Weight: 207 lbs. ANY VISIBLE EXPRESSION FROM AUDIENCE AND/OR BENCH: — Weight: 216 lbs. HOCKEYFIGHTS.COM COMMENT: Brad Marchand (forward) hockeyfights.com comment: Brutal uppercut to end it. Looks Travis Hamonic (defense) (Born: Halifax, NS) Dirt bag rat doesn’t even have the like a facial fracture for Hamonic. (Born: St.Malo, MB) Boston Bruins stones to square up before ripping Not sure he’ll be the guy to “take one Calgary Flames Height: 5'9" Eller’s helmet off and start attacking for the team” ever again. Height: 6'2" Weight: 181 lbs. his head. No win when you jump Posted by hughtrain Weight: 203 lbs. an unsuspecting opponent. Eller 26 lbs. heavier. Posted by Jujuman Gudbranson 13 lbs. heavier. 8 Reflective Punch RESEARCH BOOK Reflective Punch RESEARCH BOOK 9 BLOOD PUNCH BEAULIEU: 5 McLEOD: 1 TOTAL: 6 PUNCH RITCHIE: 9 LOWRY: 15 TOTAL: 24 RATING: 5 RATING: 3 DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT: DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT: — They drop the gloves and get ready for the fight. A spinning fight. 4 Linesmen end it but a lot of chirping between the players. DESCRIBE THE FIGHT: Very fast fight. Started at centre ice. Beaulieu punches 5 McLeod three times. Last hit, McLeod falls to the ice and linesmen end fight. October 6, 2018 DESCRIBE THE FIGHT: Announcers describe a lot of chirping between October 6, 2018 1st Period – 20:0 the players while on the bench. Long fight. VISIBLE BLOOD: No 1st Period – 14:35 Brett Ritchie (forward) VISIBLE BLOOD: Yes, Brett Ritchie cut on upper cheek. ANY VISIBLE EXPRESSION FROM AUDIENCE AND/OR BENCH: — Nathan Beaulieu (defense) (Born: Orangeville, ON) (Born: Strathroy, ON) Dallas Stars ANY VISIBLE EXPRESSION FROM AUDIENCE AND/OR BENCH: HOCKEYFIGHTS.COM COMMENT: Buffalo Sabres Height: 6'3" A lot of empty seat in front row. Crowd is cheering loudly. Good for Beaulieu, clearly not afraid of anyone. McLeod looked like he was Height: 6'2" Weight: 220 lbs. mentally on another planet. Weight: 205 lbs. HOCKEYFIGHTS.COM COMMENT: Posted by Aud Fellow. Adam Lowry (forward) Spin a rama draw. Cody McLeod (forward) (Born: St. Louis, MO, USA) Posted by jellyczar (Born: Binscarth, MB) Winnipeg Jets New York Rangers Height: 6 '5" Height: 6'2" Weight: 210 lbs. Weight: 204 lbs. Ritchie 10 lbs. heavier. Beaulieu 1 lbs. heavier. 10 Reflective Punch RESEARCH BOOK Reflective Punch RESEARCH BOOK 11 BLOOD THE CODE THE CODE PUNCH MUZZIN: 5 JENSEN: 8 TOTAL: 13 PUNCH FOLIGNO: 1 REAVES: 5 TOTAL: 6 RATING: 4 RATING: 4 DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT: DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR THE FIGHT: Muzzin hits Red Wing player Reaves blindsides and hits a Wild player. The Wild player is hurt and in the boards. Players flips in the air. It looked like a big hit. The Code. 6 bleeding. Foligno answers the call to fight Reaves. His Wild teammate 7 all standing and hitting their sticks on the board as a sign of respect. DESCRIBE THE FIGHT: Jensen goes after Muzzin right after the hit. Looks October 6, 2018 like an equal fight until the end when Jensen punches Muzzin helmet off October 7, 2018 3rd Period – 13:44 DESCRIBE THE FIGHT: and continues to punch him on the head. Muzzin looks surprised. 2nd Period – 6:16 Foligno going after Reaves to fight. Reaves is sort of making fun of him Marcus Foligno (forward) and taunting him to hit him. A few punches and Reaves clearly takes VISIBLE BLOOD: No Jake Muzzin (defense) (Born: Buffalo, NY, USA) over him. They fall to the ice and linesmen end the fight. Reaves makes (Born: Woodstock, ON) Minnesota Wild fun of Foligno in the sin box. ANY VISIBLE EXPRESSION FROM AUDIENCE AND/OR BENCH: Los Angeles Kings Height: 6 '1" A lot of banging on the glass and cheering. Height: 6'3" Weight: 225 lbs. VISIBLE BLOOD: Yes. But not fighters. (Wild player) Weight: 216 lbs. HOCKEYFIGHTS.COM COMMENT: Ryan Reaves (forward) ANY VISIBLE EXPRESSION FROM AUDIENCE AND/OR BENCH: — That kid in blue was hyped as fuck. Nick Jensen (defense) (Born: Winnipeg, MB) Posted by WhoWearsHelmets (Born: Rogen,