Stephen Harper has dropped his prime ministerial gloves and put on his hockey historian helmet to wade in
on the subject of violence in Canada's most popular sport.
And he did it from a beachfront hotel in Bali, Indonesia, of all places.
Harper -- a sharp-elbowed partisan in the political game -- said authorities traditionally have not taken responsibility to keep the roughest parts of hockey within the rules.
Speaking at a news conference following a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, Harper noted there has never been an era in professional hockey, going back to before the First World War, when violence in the game hasn't been the subject of controversy.
In fact, things are less rough today, said the prime minister, who called the level of violence in pre-war hockey "quite shocking."
Harper has been working on a history of the early years of the professional game and the book is due out next month, making his views on hockey violence something of a promotional pitch for his debut as an author.
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