Now this is a Gongshow

If you were to look up the word gongshow in some weird futuristic video dictionary, this is probably what would come up:

 http: a//www.ctvnews.ca/canada/coaches-join-in-as-n-s-high-school-hockey-game-ends-in-brawl-1.2227304

Not just players... but also COACHES getting involved in a rumble at the end of a game? That certainly qualifies for this title. A high school hockey tournament in Cape Brenton, Nova Scotia has caught widespread media attention after the Riverview Redmen and Dalbrae Dragons got into a scrum at the end of a "Red Cup" tournament game, which ended up having coaches and players alike throwing punches at their opponent after an argument escalated in the hand shake line. 

Both teams have since been disqualified from the tournament, and are pending further investigation from the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation.

This type incident however, although rarely to this degree of severity, is a fairly common thing from what I've gathered in my experiences playing youth and high school hockey. Both teams adrenaline is running at a high, and now you're expected to say good game 20 times, and shake hands with the guy that was just butt ending you in front of the net. Words are exchanged very often over the course of the handshake line, and while it hardly ever does break down into a brawl, the organizers do put themselves in the situation of having that be a possibility every time you pit two teams against each other in a sport where such high intensity and aggressiveness is required. 

Here, I'll show you an example:

This story also reminded me of a certain College hockey game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and North Dakota Fighting Sioux. For those who do not know, this was one of the fiercest rivalries in all of college hockey, and games between these two teams more often than not consisted of multiple cheap shots and line brawls. Now, these games have been taken out of the schedule for a few years as the Gophers and Sioux have split up into different conferences for the foreseeable future, but the bad blood between these two schools remains as high as ever. This particular clip is from a game that became so broken down that it just became ridiculous what was going on. 

As always, thanks for reading.