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Stick and Puck

By Michael Conti

• From the time of the ancient Greeks to present day, sports function as a “safe” form of stylized warfare with rules and boundaries.

• Hockey is the only sport where the game is stopped to let the players duke it out with bare knuckles.

• I think there must be a primitive human need for conflict, as old as the need for art.

• To play, to compete, to dominate, to perform, to watch.

• This gladiator culture takes its toll.

• Just as in theater, the audience experiences a cathartic release during the contest.

• Fans bask in reflected glory and feel the pain of defeat.

• For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• As the demographic changes, the narrative shifts.

• The most interesting thing to me about sports are the stories; on the ice and off the ice.

• Ambition. Desire. Myth. Masculine. Feminine. Conflict. Narrative. Strength. Frailty. Cause. Effect. Adrenaline. Grace.

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