Hockey Enforcers and the CODE

Onto Moore's side, I think he should be able to turn and face Bertuzzi and just do whatever he could.  He shouldn't be avoiding him anyways. Maybe if he had fought Bertuzzi, it wouldn't hurt him that bad.

And most of all, everybody would respect him for doing that, and the whole thing is over.

Okay...Here's a unreal one...

Say it's Boston versus Pittsburgh.

If the Boston Bruins' big guy Zdeno Chara decided to take a shot at Pittsburgh's young captain Sidney Crosby, then he'll have to face one of the Pittsburgh's enforcers. 

Chara KNEW it was coming, and he KNEW it's probably going to be tough guy Georges Laraque who said he'll hold Crosby's back.

So Laraque goes up to Chara and goes, "wanna go, pretty boy?"  Chara will HAVE to square off with him no matter how tough Laraque is, else he'll be a guy who broke the CODE. A part of the CODE is about respect the opponent's retaliation.

Speaking of the CODE, the responsibility I had mentioned previously is a big part of it.

A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY PLAYER HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO HIS ACTIONS AND RESPECT THE OTHER PLAYERS. That's what the CODE is basically about.

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