What’s the old joke, “I went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out?” Casual hockey fans and die-hards alike can agree, the best thing about hockey is the fact that at any time two players (or entire teams) might drop gloves and just start beating the everloving crap out of each other, and the refs will let them do it! So get your copies of Slap Shot ready and check your false teeth. Here are some of the best hockey fights of all time.

Now that the Detroit Red Wings have finished off the Chicago Blackhawks in the West, the NHL is looking forward to its iconic figurehead avenging last year’s Stanley Cup Finals loss against the league’s marquee franchise – Sidney Crosby and Co. vs. the Detroit Red Wings, who are now at 1-2 in the Stanley Cup Finals, which game four schedule for Thursday.