The Slovak even used the German’s own helmet as a weapon, which came off in the brawl, repeatedly hitting Goldmann with it. Bondra was the aggressor, taking three swings at Goldmann, while slamming him onto the ice – along with the refs. Despite referees’ attempts to break it up, Slovakia’s Peter Bondra and Germany’s Erich Goldmann dropped the gloves and had a go on Olympic ice. The last Olympic hockey fight was a rather brutal one at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games. According to the New York Times, only eight fights have occurred in more than 500 Olympic hockey games since 1960. Players will jaw back-and-fourth, but it is rare to see gloves dropped. Unlike the NHL where fights on the ice frequently occur, the Olympics tend to be more docile.
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