Imagine you’re a parent sitting in the front row of an Arizona Coyotes game with your young daughter. She’s wearing her kid size, oh I don’t know, Shane Doan jersey probably. She’s marveling at the speed in which her heroes are flying around the ice. And she’s got a huge smile on her face. Life is great.
But then a fight breaks out two feet in front of you. A real fight. Not one of these baseball brawls where nothing happens. A hockey fight. What do you do?
I suppose one option is what these parents did; you shield her face as best as you can.
Personally I think they missed out on golden teaching moment, as we can assume immediately after the fight was over, both players congratulated each other on a job well done.
“Nice punchin’, Kyle.”
“You too, Brenden. See you after the game, aye?”
