USA Hockey and Hockey Canada do not allow checking in girls and women's hockey. In Sweden, body checking is part of the rules for boys and girls starting at the age of 12. League officials say being ...

Scroll to continue... Russia's women's hockey team last competed in the IIHF World Championships in 2021. They have since been suspended from competition due to the nation's unlawful occupation ...

Iran may seem an unlikely setting for women's ice hockey, but a fledgling league has seen its young players confront the ...

The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL ... she played a key role in Canada’s gold medal wins at the 2021 IIHF World Championship and 2022 Winter Olympics. Selected first overall in ...

With an established core of players either still in their prime or close to it, it’s fair to expect a roster of familiar ...

Russia and Belarus will continue to be banned from international ice hockey ... had a women's team ranked in the top pool to be eligible to compete in an Olympics. The ban covers all IIHF events ...

The IIHF World Junior Championships (WJC), established in 1977, is an annual tournament for under-20 national ice hockey teams ... Canada hosted the 2022 and 2021 tournaments in Edmonton, and ...

But let them come too early, that’s not going to be good.” Russia's women's hockey team last competed in the IIHF World ...