USA Hockey and Hockey Canada do not allow checking in girls and women’s hockey. In Sweden, body checking is part of the rules ...

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada Background In 2013, Hockey Canada introduced an evidence-informed policy change delaying the earliest age of introduction to body ...

Medical registrar Lahti is a researcher in general medicine at Lund University and ... When the authorized body checking rules were introduced in 2022, he contacted Lahti. "He was almost ...

Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Objective The objective of this study was to determine if the risk of concussion differed for non-elite Pee Wee ice hockey players (ages 11 ...

Players were overwhelmingly in favor of introducing body checking to women's hockey when the PWHL was launched some 18 months ago. The one condition was how to safely introduce a more physical ...

In its inaugural season, three suspensions and two fines were issued for illegal hits. Body checking is becoming more and more familiar at the highest level of women’s pro hockey. Checking was ...

In its inaugural season, three suspensions and two fines were issued for illegal hits. Body checking is becoming more and more familiar at the highest level of women’s pro hockey. Checking was ...