In 2022, Sweden became the first country in the world to allow body checking in women's ice hockey. Major hockey nations are now following Lund University's research on the consequences of tougher ...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has formally ordered the IIHF to return Russia to competition for the 2027 season, which will include the 2027 Women's World Championships and 2027 U-18 Women's ...

In 2022, body-checking became permissible in the SDHL, the top-flight Swedish women's ice hockey league. Sweden was thus the first country in the world to make this change, and the research is being ...

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 ...

Four PWHL Detroit players have been named to Team USA for the annual IIHF women’s world championship tournament, which begins […] Sweden, Finland, Czechia, Norway, Denmark, and Latvia have all ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Make New York Post a Preferred Source LOWELL, Mass. — With an early-season PWHL game between Montreal and Boston winding down, the speakers blared the ...

One of the charms of ice hockey is the powerful "body check." It is a physical battle where players, racing at speeds nearing 40 km/h on the ice, collide with their full weight to gain control of the ...

ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden — 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 tonight ...

A hockey player says her opponent illegally body checked her during a game, leading to serious injuries. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash. A hockey player in Michigan is suing after she says her ...

Hockey’s fight against cancer is taking another powerful stride. The first monthlong Body Check Cup challenge launches on March 6, an initiative of the NHL and AstraZeneca, the global ...