Are shin guards necessary?

Are shin guards necessary?

It is a requirement that you use shin guards when playing a match, and the referee can actually refuse you to play if you are not wearing shin guards. You may well risk that a refereee does not approve your shin guards up to the start of a match if he considers that they do not provide adequate protection.

Why do hockey players wear shin pads?

Why do you need Shin Guards for Hockey? Shin guards are primarily designed to protect your shins from pucks and hockey sticks (hacks and slashes) and protect your knees from the ice when you fall. Mid and high-end models also protect your calves.

Which is an example of body checking in hockey?

Body Checking (Body Contact Categories) Examples include: Makes deliberate physical contact with an opponent with no effort to legally play the puck. Uses overt hip, shoulder or arm contact with the opponent to physically force them off the puck.

Are hockey hits legal?

A player drives the shoulder, upper arm and hip and elbow, equally into the opponent to separate them from the puck, using the body to knock an opponent against the boards or to the ice. This is often referred to as simply checking or hitting and is only permitted against an opponent with possession of the puck.

When can you start checking in hockey?

USA Hockey, the United States’ governing body for the sport, allowed checking at the Pee Wee level (ages 11-12) but raised it to the Bantam level (ages 13-14) in the 2011-’12 season. Hockey Canada increased the age for legal checking to the Bantam level starting in the 2013-’14 season.

Why is checking illegal in women’s hockey?

By the 1990 IIHF Women’s World Championship, bodychecking in women’s hockey was on its way out. So, sure, it was a bit of sexism. They got rid of checking in women’s hockey and not men’s. But a lot of it was because the men were professionals and the women were playing in addition to their day jobs.