Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age.
A violent confrontation or struggle
contend: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
battle: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
A boxing match
A battle or war
Full Tilt
Dziurzynski and Cowen mix it up in the first period at The Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon. The Blades defeated the Rebels 7-5. I like this shot for a couple of reasons. One, there's fans in the seats in the lower level, and two, the various expressions of the fans, from excitement to indifference.
Pre-meditated center-ice fight (Devon LeBlanc vs. Brett Ponich)
Ponich currently has a +/- of -39.
He's also 6'7".
Gee, I wonder what his role on the team is.