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It doesn't need a point, just like why is there a 3 point zone in basketball, or why does a football look like an egg and is played with the hands 99% of the time. I grew up playing hockey and the fighting is just tradition. You don't watch it or play it so of course you don't understand. I don't play cricket and can't understand why anyone would want to watch it but it's the most popular sport in India.
Different strokes for different folks.
I mean if brawling in an NBA game is normal then I would not find it weird in NHL. Different sports have different rules. I get that but fighting in-game? This doesn't happen in other sports (at least in NBA, football). If players started punching, refs (and/or the court security guard if necessary) will stop the fight right away.
Boxing, MMA, sumo wrestling, lots of sports have physical contact. From the beginning it was in hockey. Not the same for basketball. If hockey was invented today I can guarantee it wouldn't have it now but it wasn't. It was part of the rules from the beginning and the people who play and watch it don't want it gone. To be honest I can't stand to sit and watch an entire basketball game, too slow and boring for me.
Hell, the NBA used to have physical contact before it got boring.
It definitely doesn't look like the same game I grew up watching. That's for sure.