Sweden blazes trail in women's hockey by allowing body checking and finds health, quality benefits
USA Hockey and Hockey Canada do not allow checking in girls and women's hockey. In Sweden, body checking is part of the rules ...
Forward thinking: Girls’ hockey players are faster, stronger, better, and yes, embracing the physicality
Welcome to the age of the power forward, one in which players such as Kate Sullivan (Westwood), Julia Murphy (Archbishop ...
ESPN is celebrating female hockey analysts. Here’s why 1 broadcaster has mixed feelings about the event
ESPN’s Cassie Campbell-Pascall reflected on the rich history of women working NHL broadcasts in an interview with the Deseret ...
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Women players cut a path for ice hockey in Iran
Iran may seem an unlikely setting for women's ice hockey, but a fledgling league has seen its young players confront the ...
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Women players beat the odds to cut a path for ice hockey in Iran
“We are the only country with more female players than male ice hockey players,” says Sedghi, the president of Iran’s ice hockey association. Iran may seem an unlikely setting for women’s ...
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Women players beat the odds to cut a path for ice hockey in Iran
Iran may seem an unlikely setting for women's ice hockey, but a fledgling league has seen its young players confront the country's deeply conservative values and financial obstacles to blaze a ...
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Women players beat the odds to cut a path for ice hockey in Iran
The Iranian women's ice hockey league played its inaugural round in December 2021 — ATTA KENARE Iran may seem an unlikely setting for women's ice hockey, but a fledgling league has seen its young ...