Fighting not part of Domi's game, says father Tie

Despite what your natural inclination may lead you to believe, there wasn't a proud papa in the seats when Max Domi traded fists with Calgary Flames fourth-line forward Garnet Hathaway in December.

"I didn't have to say too much to Max. He knows," Tie Domi told Sportsnet's Luke Fox. "You learn from experiences and try to take a positive out of it. It's early in his career.

"It's OK to play with an edge, but fighting isn't part of the game."

That is, not a part of his son's game.

"I don't like it. I did enough fighting. I did it the most," he added. "So I did enough for our family and many more. He'll just take the positive learning experience out of it. He's just got to realize that he can't put himself in that situation."

The consequence, this time, was a broken hand suffered in the punch-up.

Max has already missed more than a month after having surgery to repair the damage.