The Hitting Age

This article talks about the hitting age in Canadian and American hockey. In Canada the age in which kids can start hitting in hockey is 11, but the people behind these studies believe that it should be raised to 13. According to the study, conducted by the University of Calgary, body-checking in Pee Wee hockey, ages 11 and 12, more than triples the risk of concussions and injuries. However, Charles Tator, a University of Toronto neurologist, doesn't believe that the study done in Calgary has enough evidence to support raising the hitting age in Canada.

When I was 11 I played hockey and I never got injured from getting hit. The reason for this is that I was one of the bigger kids on the ice, but a lot of the smaller kids in the league would get hurt on occasion. This is why I think that hitting in hockey at the age of 11 and 12 is some what of an issue, but not something that should be taken out of hand. I think that if they're going to raise the age of hitting that they should only raise it one year because what's hockey without a little contact?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/21/concussion-hockey-bodycheck-age.html