U12 (age 11)
Is there quite a bit of bodychecking or is it more sporadic? In Canada there are probably, at the same age, 20 bodychecks per game.
We start at the same age. I was wondering if there is a lot of contact at young ages.I dont know, but bigger ice means less contact. There is also some talk about that the late start for bodychecking makes it a less natural style of play, although we might have lowered the age limit the last couple of years. When is it ok in Canada?
Not really. Everyone defines checks differently but I would say there are no more than 3-5 obvious checks per game at the age of eleven. It starts to pick up two or three years later, then we're talking about 15-20 checks per game.We start at the same age. I was wondering if there is a lot of contact at young ages.