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Hockey’s goon show set to run and run

Concussion has become the elephant in the room with ice hockey, writes Michael Moynihan

Hockey’s goon show set to run and run

Sat, 18 Feb, 2012 - 00:00

Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan is an associate editor and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a best-selling author and documentary maker.

On your weekly trip to the cinema the movie Goon may have caught your eye.

It has nothing to do with British radio comedy of the ’50s and everything to do with ice hockey, which has a defined role for the goon, or enforcer.

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