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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
You can puck battle, you can't hit. You can't open ice hit or hit/rub someone out along the boards like you can in the men's game.
Still physical yes, but not, IMO, physical enough.
For the life of me I can't understand the reason for the different rules.
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If I recall, body contact was allowed for the first World Championship in 1990 but the IIHF changed the rule afterwards. It was because the European teams were already disadvantaged skill-wise with respect to the North American teams.
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Originally Posted by troutman
ESPN Body Issue
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