Document Type
Article
Abstract
Hockey has always been a violent sport. Major injuries in sports have made headlines in recent years, so it is important to understand how National Hockey League (NHL) organizations view, use, and sometimes abuse violence. It’s not a secret that some players in the NHL don’t fit the general profile of a skilled hockey player. This paper investigates whether the unofficial title of “enforcer” really exists in the NHL by showing whether teams compensate certain players with non-typical or “enforcer” skill sets. Using a clustering analysis and a regression analysis there is a clear indication that NHL organizations do in fact incorporate this “enforcer” attribute when determining certain players’ salaries.
Publication Date
Spring 2013
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
15
Issue
1
First Page
49
Last Page
57
Copyright
©2013 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zimmerman, Mitch
(2013)
"Do NHL Teams Regard Violence as a Positive Player Attribute and Thus Compensate for Violent Acts?,"
Major Themes in Economics, 15, 49-57.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol15/iss1/6