Hockey Edmonton Has Banned Body Checking In House Leagues...

This is kind of bizarre..

Hockey Edmonton is the organization that runs all minor hockey in our city. They have voted to get rid of body checking in all house league play, and it will no longer be a part of the game. From here on out it will be called Community Hockey…

Teams that don’t have the ability to go to provincials will no longer be allowed to use an integral part of the pro game known as the body check.

Leagues that can still body check are as follows:

Bantam

Midget AAA

AA

A

B

…

For more on the story Global Edmonton has it here:

Hockey Edmonton bans body checking at many levels of Bantam and Midget hockey

What are they going to replace it with hugging?

In all seriousness though, probably nothing…

— @IsTylerJordan