Welcome to The Definitive Fan – The online guide from PowerPlayGoal.com to the types of fans who you’re likely to meet (or not meet) at a game.
Some of these fans clearly have a true passion for the game, others, well, they are just there for something to do.

Fan Type #4 – The Fights Fan

Apparently, this is the only reason for some to attend a Hockey game…

Bio:
So there’s no WWE, UFC or Boxing on at the moment? Doesn’t matter for this type of fan who, much like many British Football/Soccer Fans, may instead decide to attend a Hockey game purely because they know that there are fights, and lots of violence, and… well, that’s the only reason.

While fighting does play a key part in the game of Hockey, the Fights Fan will attend a game under the strange assumption that Hockey is only about thuggish players getting angry all the time and pummelling the crap out each other, with this supposedly happening every five seconds. What they seem to forget is that the main objective of Hockey is for one team to score more goals than the other, not who can beat up the most players.

Sometimes they will sit through an entire game, always confused and/or not caring about the rules, and they may notice that not one fight has broken out. As a result, they may buy a beer, get drunk and harass other fans in attendance, winding them up enough to start a fight in the stands, or they will find a way to harass the players on the ice and get a piece of the action themselves. Otherwise, they will get bored quickly and leave the game early, only to miss a fight that takes place later on.

It’s because of the Fights Fan that there are some who believe Hockey seems to have a mainly “Caveman” appeal, while there are others who have been led to believe that Hockey is a horrid, barbaric sport. We’ll cover the latter of these people another time.

Characteristics:
Notably male – aged 15 up to their mid twenties. They won’t be wearing any team specific clothing, and they may have a certain generic, thuggish look to them.

Favourite Team:
Who cares? They only go to games to see the players beat each other up. They couldn’t give a rat’s arse about the team’s history and traditions, and for all they know, the team names are just “The Brawlers” and “The Bullies”.

Other:
“I went to a fight and a Hockey game broke out”… classic. That joke NEVER gets old.

I’m Wildwing64, hoping you enjoyed this issue of The Definitive Fan.