Checking (ice hockey)
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Checking in ice hockey is any of a number of defensive techniques aimed at disrupting an opponent with possession of the puck or separating them from the puck entirely. Most types are not subject to p
Young boys are taught proper body checking technique. (c. 1956)
Foley Martin displaying the hook check while with the Calgary Tigers.
Bandy
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Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. Bandy is sometimes considered th
Checking (ice hockey)
…the movement of an opponent's stick by placing pressure over the top of the opponent's stick. Body checking is disallowed in the winter team sports of bandy, rink bandy, rinkball, ringette, spongee, and some broomball and ice hockey leagues, though other forms and levels of body contact may occur during…
Swedish Championship, Women's final, 2015
Detail from Brueghel's 1565 The Hunters in the Snow
Making of a historic bandy ball in stages, from the original cork on the left to the final ball painted red, with a modern bandy ball to far right
Kazakh stamp featuring bandy (допты хоккей dopty khokkey, "ball hockey")