Two years before the PWHL ever dropped the puck on their inaugural season, the Swedish Ice Hockey Association was the first to re-implement body checking to women's hockey at the SDHL, NDHL, and ...

Brittany Schussler of Canada competes in the women's 3000 meters speed skating race, Feb. 9, 2014.Phil Noble—Reuters Recent increases in the number of youth hockey players suffering concussions after ...

The Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation (NIHF) has announced that body checking will be allowed in all girls’ and women’s leagues beginning next season. Norway follows Nordic neighbor Sweden, which ...

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 ...