I used to be super into hockey but I've completely lost interest since they've all but eliminated fighting in the NHL game. It used to be something to look forward to, a game within a game, and I really loved the instant justice that was dispensed when someone broke one of the unwritten rules. Hockey in the 90's and early 2000's (and before that as well, but that's my era) was probably the most wonderful team sport I've ever witnessed... just this super fast marriage of athleticism, skill, finesse, toughness, and violence.
I know it's better and safer for the players now, and I know that being an enforcer was a really difficult way to make a living, but I miss it for selfish reasons. I did some work for Lyle Odelein a few years ago and he was just the coolest dude, after I figured out where I was (his wife booked the job and I had no idea I was in his house at first) and told him I was a fan he ordered a pizza and we sat in his kitchen watching his fights on youtube while he told me war stories and it was fucking amazing. I just feel like there aren't a lot of guys like that around anymore.