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Originally Posted by troutman
I think they should only have hitting at the elite level, for kids that might be going on to Junior hockey.
I gave up hockey at 12 because I was small and was getting creamed.
Why risk concussions for kids that are just playing for fun?
How many gifted players do we lose, because they are small for their age?
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Agreed. I played top level community and enjoyed the contact (was also extremely small), but by 15 (when i knew i was not going anywhere) I would have switched to non-contact to avoid injury.