More injuries following the policy change of body-checking in women's ice hockey—but the players are positive

Four years after body-checking was introduced, have injury rates in Swedish women's ice hockey changed? Yes, markedly. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now been able to show that, in the ...
Reuters

Ice hockey-Body checks a hit with players as women's tournament welcomes chippy play

MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Pushes, shoves and hits have been abundant in the group stages of the Milano Cortina women's ice hockey tournament, where players say they are pleasantly surprised by the ...
Yahoo! Sports

NCAA Discussing Move Toward Body Checking In Women's Hockey

44.4% of NCAA women's hockey players this season will be international. Of the 44 programs that will play at the D1 level beyond this season, only five currently sit at 20% of fewer international ...
The Durango Herald

Sweden blazes trail in women’s hockey by allowing body checking and finds health, quality benefits

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 collarbone ...