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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
And I am 100% with you on expanding the size of the rink. The last Olympics produced some of the best quality hockey I've ever seen. It brings skills to the fore, which I always thought would disadvantage the Canadians who rely more on hitting, but apparently not.
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Hmm. I always thought the ugly americans were the dirty brawlers. Didn't Canada only recently allow body checking in youth hockey? All I remember about youth hockey was that since no one had any skating or stickhandling skills, most players' objective was principally to smash into other people. Of course, that was Mass., where dads encourage their children to "smash him, kill him" and then beat up and kill the other kid's dad after the game. I always thought it would be much more fun to ban checking until high school or so, and actually learn to skate and play the game.
