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In women's IIHF ice hockey, body checking is considered an "illegal hit" as well as in non-checking leagues, and is punishable by a minor penalty, major penalty and automatic game misconduct, or match penalty. [1] Body checking was allowed at the first women's world ice hockey championship in 1990 but has been considered illegal since.
In the rules of the National Hockey League, cross-checking is defined in Rule 59, [1] while the International Ice Hockey Federation rules define it in Rule 127. [2] While body checking is allowed in boys and men's ice hockey, the use of the stick increases the risk of injury to an opponent.
Like the Swedish Women's Hockey League, the PWHL breaks women's ice hockey and IIHF conventions and allows body checking, with the rule-book outlining that checking is permissible "when there is a clear intention of playing the puck or attempting to 'gain possession' of the puck", allowed principally along the boards.
A study published by one of Canada's top brain injury experts is recommending youth hockey leagues move the age of bodychecking to 18 years old.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Team winter sport This article is about the contact team sport played on ice. For the overall family of sports involving sticks and goals, see Hockey. For the sport played on fields and using a hockeyball, see Field hockey. For other uses, see Ice hockey (disambiguation). This article ...
Other leagues typically assess penalties for additional infractions. For example, most adult social leagues and women's hockey leagues ban all body checking (a penalty for roughing or illegal check is called), and in most amateur leagues, any head contact whatsoever results in a penalty. If a player commits a hair pulling violation on an ...
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The men were playing softball. the women were trading pie recipes. the kids were swimming in the pond. Mayhem ensues. Gastro-Explosions erupt in every last one of those that ate the salad.