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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Much of the under 13 hockey these days is played without contact at all (or very limited) and some of the kids develop very good skills at a young age. However, puthim in a game and let him get checked a couple of times, and there will likely be a difference.
Sydney Crosby is a stunningly good player... but it has taken him a while to learn how to really take a check and keep going.
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Not sure where u live but here in NorCal all hockey under 18 is full contact. We have a bar on the second floor where we play some of our games and we have beers and watch these 17 year old's practice after our *old people* league games. We see some of those moves and our jaws drop. And those kids are FAST and mean when it comes to full contact hockey so I don't think checking them hard is going to do anything other then piss them off, which is when they score 7 goals then slowly pull away.