Chessmistress wrote:Asyir wrote:Ice Hockey without contact is called figure skating.
You can't have hockey without contact.
The goal of Ice Hockey is to throw the disc in the net, totally unrelated with contact. It's an idea very similar to European soccer, and contact is not allowed within European soccer.
No. Contact is definitely required. You need the stick to make contact with the puck. The skates must make contact with the ice. So yes, contact is actually required.
Plus, without checking or fighting, I wouldn't play hockey. It's fun smacking the shit out of other players. Don't watch it if you don't like it.
And no. It does not promote "masculinity". My sister plays ice hockey and is far from masculine.