"Shane Hollander has only started one fight on the ice" INCORRECT. While yes he fights slightly less than some of the other guys on his team, my dude is still in a full contact sport with some of the most toxic masculinity on this forsaken earth. He has both started AND finished fights on the ice. There is a racist center in Vegas who can't make eye contact with him anymore because Shane knocked out one of his teeth the last time he so much as dared. There are D-men the league over who would never willingly pick a fight with Rozanov because they know what he can do, but who would LITERALLY rather die than pick a fight with Hollander because they've seen the way his eyes go blank when provoked and they don't wanna find OUT what that guy might do to them. There is a rookie in Tampa who will forever live with the memory of having his shit rocked by Shane Hollander, who grabbed onto the scruff of his neck and snarled, "Keep my husband's name out of your fucking mouth, I will not teach you this fucking lesson again." There are wingers in Montreal who are trauma bonded over the experience of watching Hollander jump the boards, point at them, bare his teeth and drop his gloves.
There is a center in Ottawa who kisses his cross before every game and whispers, "Please God let someone piss Hollander off tonight."
Shane Hollander Can Fight Fic Recs
Nature Offers a Violence series by strawhat_star - an excellent series focusing on this trope, and fits this prompt almost perfectly. Explores Shane’s lifelong struggles with racism and homophobia on and off the ice, having to learn to fight because people are determined to pick one with him. Later on in the series shows him protecting the rookies of Ottawa, and someone Shane fought in his rookie year panicking when one of his new rookies gets mouthy with Shane.
Shane Hollander Doesn't (not to be confused with Can't) Fight by RedDragon11133 - Shane’s first game against Montreal with Ottawa, he attempts to take the high road. Montreal’s new hire, who’s served time for assault, refuses to let him.
Make your white hoodies red series by mrbusinessman (ifyoudo) - Shane has MMA training, things do not go well for people who harass him off the ice. By part 2, opposing teams stop engaging with Shane out of fear of getting their shit rocked, including Montreal.
don't blame me, love made me crazy by writinginasnowglobe - Shane’s first game with Ottawa against Montreal. Montreal plays dirty. When their newest center crosses the line by bringing up Ilya’s mother, Shane finally throws hands.
squabble up by casdoms (moffwithhishead) - part of a series exploring AuDHD Shane. Ilya gets taken down on the ice, and Shane loses his shit.
In the same series as above, slutty little menace (/affectionate) explores Shane’s frustration with being seen as nice (read: pushover) because he delights in being mean and sassy to people who deserve it, and features him destroying Comeau when he tries to harass Shane with homophobic bullshit mid-game. tv off - videos of child Shane fighting on the rink leak. Shane comes out publicly as Autistic. Also, Dallas Kent runs his mouth online, and later gets his face bashed in by the first husbands of hockey. Then Shane Hollander’s Most Infamous Moments in Hockey is a SocMed summary of many of the fights that occur throughout this series, as well as the Stanley Cup final where Montreal starts playing dirty immediately.
