Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic for Minnesota Hockey’

February 3, 2012

Check please! The state of bodychecking in youth hockey

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…As part of a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic for Minnesota Hockey, the hits to the head dropped from 12.4 per 100 youth games in 2004-05 to just two per 100 youth games the following season. Also, checking from behind penalties decreased approximately 23 per 100 games in 2004-05 to roughly 8.5 in 2009-10. […]

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Tags: Mayo Clinic for Minnesota Hockey, spinal or head injuries