"Injuries will happen," says physical therapist Lenny Macrina. "Unfortunately, you just hope it doesn't happen to you... it's up to us to try to train [athletes] with jumping correctly, working on ...

Globally, women are less active than men by an average of 5 per cent, a differential that has not changed for 25 years.

Checking was previously banned but players overwhelmingly demanded that it be included when the PWHL was launched 18 months ...

USA Hockey and Hockey Canada do not allow checking in girls and women's hockey. In Sweden, body checking is part of the rules ...