Five for Fighting is the stage name of musician John Ondrasik. Ondrasik, an L.A. Kings hockey fan, naturally derived the name from a hockey play. Some of the who’s who of the D.C. area ...

A hockey fan and to kind of poke fun at the ridiculous nature of being a solo act asked to create a band name, Ondrasik said he chose Five for Fighting, a hockey term for the penalty for ...

While attending a Los Angeles Kings game and watching Marty McSorley receive five minutes for fighting, a band name was struck. Here's today's NHL Nugget – this "Celebrities in Hockey" looks at ...

Ondrasik said he doesn’t mind that his singer-songwriter persona is cloaked in the name Five for Fighting, the name for a hockey penalty. “My record company, when I made my first record ...

Fighting is one of ice hockey's unique elements ... While any player who fights automatically receives a five-minute major penalty, the player deemed to have instigated the fight is subject ...