“Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept”

“Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept” is a hockey saying that has been printed on many images. “Hockey is one of the few forms of disorderly conduct in which score is kept” was written by American columnist Doug Larson (1926-2017) in the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette on January 2, 1987. “Hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which score is kept” was written by Larson in the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette on February 26, 1987.
 
“HOCKEY: A form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. — Doug Larson, United Feature Syndicate” was printed in The Reader’s Digest in 1988. “‘Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept’ WRITER DOUG LARSON” was printed in the Calgary (Alberta) Herald on February 17, 2004. This form—with the words “ice” and “the” added—is usually cited.
   
                     
Wikipedia: Doug Larson
Doug Larson (February 10, 1926 to April 1, 2017) was a columnist and editor for the Door County Advocate (1953–1964) and wrote a daily column, “Doug’s Dugout,” for the Green Bay Press-Gazette (1964–1988), both Wisconsin-based newspapers. The column was originally syndicated through United Media under the title “Senator Soaper Says”; Larson took over authorship in 1980. Previously, it had been written by Bill Vaughn of the Kansas City Star. Larson was born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
           
2 January 1987, Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette, Doug Larson column, pg. B-9, col. 5:
Hockey is one of the few forms of disorderly conduct in which score is kept.
 
26 February 1987, Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette, Doug Larson column, pg. A-15, col. 5:
Hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which score is kept.
 
26 February 1987, The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN), pg. 4A, col. 1:
On The Light Side
Hockey is one of the few forms of disorderly conduct in which score is kept.
 
6 April 1987, The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, TN), pg. 6A, col. 1:
On The Light Side
Hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.
 
Google Books
The Reader’s Digest
Volume 132
1988
Pg. 15:
HOCKEY: A form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. — Doug Larson, United Feature Syndicate
     
11 April 1988, The Home News (New Bunswick, NJ), “Scram-lets” word game by Clay R. Pollan, pg. B6, col. 1:
SCRAM-LETS ANSWERS
After returning from seeing her first game, my daughter commented, “Hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which SCORE is KEPT.”
   
2 December 2001, Edmonton (Alberta) Journal, “Canuck dressing room no land for Oz” by Terry McConnell, pg. D2:
Controlled Chaos
“Hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.”
—Author Doug Larson
   
17 February 2004, Calgary (Alberta) Herald, Pg C3 banner:
“Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept”
WRITER DOUG LARSON
 
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les_stockton
@les_stockton
“Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.”
~Doug Larson
9:48 AM - 4 Sep 2008
   
Google Books
Biteback Dictionary of Humorous Sporting Quotations
By Fred Metcalf
London, UK: Biteback Publishing Ltd
2013
Pg. ?:
Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.
Doug Larson
 
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Michaela Dollins
@michaelaleigh95
Hockey: disorderly conduct with scorekeeping.
8:31 PM - 5 Mar 2015
   
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Hockey Pro Drills
@HockeyProDrills
#IceHockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept.
1:57 PM - 8 May 2019