Mixed Reaction to Rock'em Sock'em Enforcer Face Off

Friday, June 17, 2005 03:59 AM

The promoters of a "who’s the toughest hockey fighter" event have met all the safety measures for their proposed fight night set for CN Centre on August 27th says George Winter, Chairman of the Athletic Commission. "We have been speaking to them for the past six months and we can’t see anything wrong with their plans. They have lined up a double safety system."

Under section 82, the Athletic Commission must sanction the fights and Winter says he can’t see anything different between this promotion and a martial arts fight.

This will be the first time that such an event has been staged either in Canada or the USA; other centers that have looked at the idea have turned down the promoter. Promoter Darryl Wolski says he intends to put 16 men in full hockey uniforms on the ice, two at a time, without hockey sticks so they can duke it out for 60 seconds in front of a panel of five judges.

Some local residents have slammed the event saying it will hurt the image of Prince George. Says one resident
"I'm not saying we need to be prudes, but this will set us back and make it harder for us to shake that Prince George-redneck image so many people have." Another told Opinion 250 News "This could only be more damaging if the event was sponsored by Hedy Fry."

Winter’s says "I don’t see why the confusion, they have met every regulation we have and we can’t now say these are our preferences."

Seats for the Hockey fights would range from bleachers at $20 dollars to tables around a small ice area that would cost $200 dollars a seat. Winters says "We are getting lots of inquires from as far away as the USA".
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Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 03:59 AM in News by Elaine Macdonald

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Posted by: rock on June 17 2005 11:00 AM

Bring it on let em go,this event will not hurt the image of the city anymore than any other event(the naked bike ride last week comes to mind).For the people who are against it,you have to think of it as having a rental house with no tennants,you may not like your tennants but you still need them to pay the bills,which just in case any of you might not know they(the bills)keep coming in whether you like it or not.
ROCK and roll baby

Posted by: gypsy on June 17 2005 6:15 PM

Jeez, why do we want to bring those "goons" to Prince George to give a disgusting performance? We have our own bunch of "goons" right here at Prince George City Hall!!!!! Get them on skates, out on the ice, and let the average Joe citizen have a 60 second go at them. Now that would be entertainment if people go for that crap. Not me-I hate violence, and cannot even strike out at my pet when he pees on the floor-because I didn't let him out!!!!!! Those goons at city Hall have no excuse for the idiotic message they are handing out to the world by thinking this repulsive show will be entertainment. Just another example of the brain power we are to respect and admire. Just for the record--WHO IS RESPONSIBLE for this craziness. 20 Lashes are in order, and immediate dismissal. The majority of parents are going to "boycott" this event.
I despise this adverse publicity Prince George is receiving-from all our dead and dying trees, to the worst air pollution in Canada, to being a city that must consider our pets as disposables and we are the the killers of thousands every year, to condoning violence in any form, etc etc. Maybe all the goons aren't at city hall in Prince George, but for heaven's sake-don't count me in. Cheers!! But only to the non goons in Prince George.Bet the majority are still decent folk!!

Posted by: Chadermando on June 17 2005 11:02 PM

I would rather have a battle of the hockey enforcers event any day of the year rather than a gay pride day.

Both are forms of abuse, or is liberalism selective?

If the gay community can have parades and the Canadian Labour Congress celebrating sodomy, than why do they then complain when a couple of consenting adults wish to enter a sanctioned sporting event fully clothed? It makes no sense.

PS The College of New Caledonia celebraites Hedi Fry as a person of distinguished contributions to the City of Prince George in a granite plague in the main concourse across from the book store. It just goes to show that there are all sorts of different perceptions to reality.