The Butterfly Effect in Hockey

02/04/2014 23 min
The Butterfly Effect in Hockey

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Episode Synopsis

A 2010 study from the Mayo Clinic reports that NCAA Men's hockey players experience 46% fewer concussions than their non-checking counterparts, NCAA women's hockey players.

How is this possible? If it's true, why is checking and fighting being attacked?

Here the link to the article referenced in the soundbyte: http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/at-the-mayo-clinic-womens-hockey-a-most-dangerous-game/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0