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The focus on head shots has moved a necessary first inch toward its next logical step: If it isn’t okay to target the head with a hit when the helmet is on, it ought not to be okay to target the head with a fist when the helmet is off.
— The Globe & Mail’s Jeff Blair questioning why head shots in the NHL are being banned but it’s still okay for fights to happen that involve players hitting each other’s heads.
(Source: The Globe and Mail)