London Knights vs Saginaw Spirit

All stand up to listen to the national anthems of US (Saginaw Spirit) and Canada (London Knights), sung by a choir of children. Some people sing along with them for the Canadian anthem, but not many, and not loud.


















A few punches get thrown around. The first move is usually to take the helmet off your opponent. Then punch the hell out of him until he drops.













Fighting is more or less allowed. There are penalty points for fighting and players are sent off, but there are plenty of others to replace them. Crucially, nothing is done to stop fighting. The umpires only intervene when one of those fighting falls down.










The typical fan.









The game is fast paced and actually quite exciting, even though we know nothing about the teams or the rules.









The Knights are far more agressive initially. Later it's the Americans turn.









We leave when our boys are winning 3-1. Boo America!