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Originally Posted by silent_jay
There's no fighting in the Olympics, Canada Cup, World Championships because the IIHF and the IOC don't allow fighting in their tournaments, remember the World Jr. Championship back in 1987 when the Canadians and the Russians had their bench brawl? Both teams got DQ'd for that little dance. So that's why there is no fighting in the Olympics, Canada Cup, or the Worlds. As for the play-offs, the referee's always 'put the whistle away' a little more when the post season comes around, and let the guys away with almost murder most times, so they get the guy back with another cheap shot rather than a fight.
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The brawl at the juniors was not one or two guys fighting, it was the entirety of both teams and they just wouldn't stop.
Individuals could fight at the Olympics if they wanted to - but guess what? The coach/manager tends to pick enormously skilled players to play on the team, rather than no talent guys who exist only to pick a fight. Names like Lemieux, Gretzky, Crosby, etc, are a lot more common at the big international events than Domi, Kordic, Probert (who at least could play a little), etc.
Coaches tell their players to fight or not to fight at the pro level - and that's why in the play offs, when coaches either don't play their goons or keep them on a short leash - you don't get a lot of fighting. The cost of losing because of a bad penalty is too high.