Free: NHL hockey is much more violent than Olympic hockey even with the same pros playing in both.
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Do these players get banned for the rest of the match?
Fighting in an NHL game isn't considered anything that bad. It was FAR worse when I was a kid in the 70s and the benches would clear. Though there are fights less than even 10 years ago, it is not an unusual occurrence in a game.
The penalty for fighting is 5 minutes each. If the referees feel that one player "instigated" the fight, he gets an additional 2 minutes so that the other team gets a power play.
Sometimes the referees will not call a fight "fighting" and the players will then get only 2 or 4 minutes for "roughing".
To stop the mass fights that were so prevalent in the past, no one is allowed to leave the bench during a fight. If a player on the ice gets involved in a fight between two players, they will call a "3rd man in" violation. This player is then removed for the game and is subject to further discipline by the league. 
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