Fighting in the N.H.L. Reveals Few, if Any, Winners
When the Rangers and the Capitals dropped their gloves to settle a score, the old-school spectacle was greeted with disgust, nostalgia and excitement.
Rangers forward Derek Boogaard fighting Colton Orr of the Maple Leafs in 2010. Boogaard died 10 years ago this month and was later found to have had C.T.E.Credit.Mike Cassese/Reuters
May 7, 2021, 12:01 a.m. ET
Ten years ago this month, a popular Rangers enforcer, considered by some to be the toughest man and the most fearsome fighter in the N.H.L., died alone in his apartment from an accidental overdose of painkillers and alcohol.