A new hockey season has begun. Goals will be scored, bodies will crash and fights will ensue. Fights are part of the game of hockey, from the beginnings of the sport to the current day. It seems this season has started out with a bang. Fists against helmet, against face. And one of the toughest fighter in the National Hockey League is a slight youngster on the Vancouver Canucks named Rick Rypien, all 170 lbs of energy and feistiness.