You know, one of the things I have always thought was cool about hockey was in the Stanley Cup playoffs, at the end of every series, before anything else, the two teams line-up and shake hands. It's friendly, it's genuine and it's expected. This is after seven games of absolutely beating the crap out of each other with sticks on ice. I would have to say in all the years I've coached, I've rarely had an opposing kid come over and shake my hand that was being anything but a gentleman.
What a waste of the South Dakota Athletic Association's time.