Tom Wilson said his Olympic fight with Pierre Crinon stemmed from emotion and loyalty, explaining he wanted to stand up for Team Canada after a hard hit on a teammate.

Olympic hockey rules, explained: How icing, fighting and more differ from NHL games originally appeared on The Sporting News.

In general, IIHF hockey errs on the side of player safety.

France's hockey federation said Monday that Pierre Crinon will be benched for the remainder of the Winter Olympics after fighting Canada's Tom Wilson.

Tom Wilson dropped the gloves late in Canada's game against France, going after the player who delivered a forearm to the head of teammate Nathan MacKinnon minutes earlier.

NHL players are heading back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years, so hockey's biggest stars will need to brush up on the international rulebook. The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics will be the ...

There seems to be some confusion at the moment regarding the rules of fighting in hockey at the Olympic Winter Games. On Sunday in the game between Canada and France, Pierre Crinon of France fought ...

Cameras caught Chicago Blackhawks fans fighting each other in a wild scene during Thursday's game in Nashville.

Andrei Vasilevskiyof the Tampa Bay Lightning fights against goalie Jeremy Swayman of the Boston Bruins during the second period during the 2026 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series game at ...

A lawyer for former NHL players suing the league over concussions says that a 2011 email from deputy commissioner Bill Daly to commissioner Gary Bettman linking fighting to concussions, depression and ...