As I watched my youngest son learn to play hockey this morning with other Timbits 'future stars', I wondered if one of them would one day purposely hit another player on the head.
I have to admit that I don't play hockey or follow the sport so I don't have personal experience with this. But it seems to me that there just isn't any excuse for Patrice Cormier's behaviour last month.
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League called the hit "dangerous and unacceptable”.
While I might not be qualified to comment on this, I am glad to see that a majority of Canadians believe that hits to the head are unnecessary and usually done on purpose in hockey. According to a recent Harris Decima survey, 2 in 3 Canadians believe hits to the head are targeted and done on purpose. 65% were of the view that hits to the head are unnecessary and usually done on purpose in hockey, while 26% felt head shots were unavoidable in a fast-paced game like hockey.
Quebeckers most likely to feel that hits to the head are something that can and should be avoided.
Residents of Quebec are particularly convinced that hits to the head are unnecessary and done on purpose (80%), fully 16 points higher than Ontario (64%), the region with the next highest belief that hits to the head are done on purpose.
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