USA Hockey and Hockey Canada do not allow checking in girls and women's hockey. In Sweden, body checking is part of the rules for boys and girls starting at the age of 12. League officials say being ...
It's not as big as an Olympic hockey tournament, but national pride will be on the line during the 4 Nations Face-Off.
Boston Fleet's Megan Keller gave a knowing laugh when reminded of being on the receiving end of Catherine Dubois’ illegal ...
ucalgary.ca Objectives To compare rates of injury and concussion among U-15 (ages 13–14 years) ice hockey players playing in leagues allowing body checking, but who have a varying number of years of ...
Players were overwhelmingly in favor of introducing body checking to women's hockey when the PWHL was launched some 18 months ...
Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov needs surgery on the lingering lower-body injury he recently returned from and will be sidelined for at least a month.