OHL over reacts.

I believe the OHL has over reacted. The league has decided that if you take your helmet off before or during a fight you will be suspended for a game. I think it is a stupid rule. Fighting is a part of hockey. This rule isn't going to stop guys from ripping their opponents helmet off.

OHL bans helmet removal in fighting
TORONTO (CP) -- The Ontario Hockey League has instituted a game misconduct and an automatic one-game suspension for players who remove their helmets or undo their chinstraps before or during fights.

The OHL, one of Canada's three top juniors leagues, previously fined a team $100 when a player took off his helmet to fight.

But when 21-year-old senior league defenseman Don Sanderson died Jan. 2 after striking his head on the ice during an on-ice fight, OHL commissioner David Branch said his league had to look at stiffer sanctions.

Sanderson played for of the Whitby Dunlops, who are a senior men's AAA league and not part of the OHL.

"I would suggest to you the fine isn't working. It's not enough of a deterrent," Branch said then. "The issue of removal of helmets for the purpose of fighting is something we must address in a much stronger fashion."

Also under the new rules, if a player removes his helmet and releases his chinstrap to fight and the opposing player doesn't, the former gets an additional two-minute minor penalty in addition to the game misconduct and game suspension.