Colorado Avalanche forward Cody McLeod led the league last season, according to the site, with 12 bouts. The Philadelphia Flyers forward doesn’t like what he’s seeing from the OHL, though, as it reshaped its fighting rules for the coming season. “It seems like (the OHL is) clearly trying to take it out of the game, but slowly,” Simmonds said. “I think that may be dangerous because when guys get to the pro level, I don’t think it’ll ever be taken out. I think fighting definitely has a place in the game.”The OHL says that since their 10-fight rule was introduced, fighting has dropped 50 per cent, with no one going over that limit the last two years.

Source: thestar August 23, 2016 22:07 UTC