Episode 71

In this episode, the Sick Man steps onto the ice to talk about one of hockey’s strongest traditions: fighting. How it began. How it survived. Who does it. And why the sport that prides itself on speed and skill still makes room for a man whose job description includes punching people in the face. Along the way, he examines the culture that produced it, and the enduring legend of the “Polite Canadian.” Featuring real-life hockey enforcer Steve Hughes, who explains the mentality, du...