Quad City's Adam Vay Knocks Out Cincinnati's Michael Houser in ECHL Goalie Fight

Deemed unacceptable behavior in most other forums, fighting is encouraged in hockey for some reason, so here's a video in which an adult punches another adult at work.

Tensions mounted during Wednesday's ECHL game between the Quad City Mallards and the Cincinnati Cyclones. They reached a boiling point when opposing goalies Adam Vay and Michael Houser removed their masks and skated to center ice to trade fists.

Per Bobby Metcalf of the Quad-City Times, Mallards head coach Terry Ruskowski described the scene leading up to the altercation:

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It got a little spirited. I'd think frustration was probably building up and one thing led to another. Somebody hit our defenseman hard behind the net and Vay just went after him. I don't like the situation but you have to have some sort of spirit or jump and everybody is flat right now.

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Vay got the better of the exchange, knocking out Houser with a two-strike combo. Violence, however, doesn't put points on the scoreboard, and Houser's Cyclones earned the 3-2 victory.

[Patrick Riley, h/t Vice Sports]