Non-checking leagues may also refer to this penalty as simply 'body checking'.

Most leagues punish fighting harshly, and body checking is usually a penalty.

The last time I looked, this was a physical game and body checking was allowed.

In women's ice hockey, any body checking is a penalty and is also not allowed in leagues with young children.

While body checking is allowed, the use of the stick increases the risk of injury to an opponent.

There wasn't any fighting, but the body checking was frequent and furious.

In the real mode, penalties are given for every body check while most body checking is allowed in normal.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that body checking be banned for children under 16.

So it may be, the study said, that body checking should be taught earlier.

She complained about the Americans' body checking "in a sport where body checking is not legal."