Why Tom Wilson was ejected for fighting during Canada-France blowout in Olympic hockey
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Tom Wilson got ejected from Canada and France's Olympic men's ice hockey game on Sunday. He dropped the gloves in the dominant win for Team Canada and had an early exit. Olympic ice hockey is conducted with International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) rules. Those rules ban fighting in hockey. They can't keep players from dropping the gloves, but it comes with an ejection, penalties and a possible suspension. The fight was a response to Wilson's teammate, Nathan MacKinnon, taking a hard hit. The initial hit likely came...