I don't think we can label hockey as the reason this guy got beat up, if you're gonna beat up a guy for wearing the wrong jersey and excercising his right to be a little lippy you're probably gonna beat a guy up for any other amount of reasons.

With that said I played hockey for a lot of years in both small town and city competitive leagues and I too won't be putting my kid in hockey if I have any say. I go back to the rink now and again to watch my little brother play, he's in a top tier league and it's fast exciting hockey but the BS in the stands is usually enough to keep me away for a while and don't think I could do it on an ongoing basis as a hockey parent. Pond hockey's where it's at