At 12:26 AM 2/1/96 -0800, Jeffrey Partnow wrote:
>>If I remember correctly, the rule change would involve outlawing all
>>checking either along the boards or into the boards.
>===========REPLY==============
>Hockey without checking? There's a name for that. It's..., it's..., it's
>badminton!
>
 
 
Jeff,
 
Don't *even* go there.  I'm sporting some partially torn ligaments and a bad
back from playing the game of "badminton."
 
Women play no-check.  This does not mean no-body-contact.
 
Hockey gods forgive me for saying this, but squeak-ball doesn't have
checking, and damn if that isn't a physical game.
 
I love the good, hard checks as much as the next person and I don't think I
want the game to change; but I can imagine the finesse game hockey would
become without them and it wouldn't be badminton.
 
Jill.
 
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