While fights between enforcers rarely have any influence upon the game itself, the consequences for the players involved can be far more serious. As the medical profession’s understanding of concussion injuries increases, it is becoming perfectly clear that receiving punches to the unprotected head will have terrible results in the long term. As Cherry (2004) points out, impaired mental functions are one risk, while the NHL has already witnessed the suicides of two enforcers in recent years, with inferences being drawn that the players’ on-ice role was a significant factor behind their tragic decisions (Morgue, 2007). When the NHL does not take measures to eliminate fighting, the NHL must accept upon its conscience the fate of these two players, along with those who will surely follow in the future.