The number of Black women playing college hockey is steadily rising. More Black women have been entering hockey at the college level, according to NHL.com. In a sport that has low numbers of ...
Body checking is becoming more and more familiar at the highest level of women’s pro hockey. Checking was previously banned ...
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Sweden is a trailblazer in hockey because it has allowed body checking in the women’s game since 2022 ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden -- Lauren Bellefontaine came off the ice after a game in Sweden’s ...
ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden (AP) — Lauren Bellefontaine came off the ice after a game in Sweden’s top women’s hockey league and detailed the toll her body had just taken. “I got a stick to the ...
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.