I made my first hockey games at the new Ralph last weekend, 4 games in 3 days, *what a vacation* and well worth the effort to do so in my opinion.
I was quite impressed with the speed of the womens game, (ie the supposed lack of check). Personally, I prefer the faster version with the clean skating so it was great. It was unfortunate that they got swept.
The saturday game almost looked as if they were playing a 'man' down the entire game, while with the exception for portion of the 2nd period Sunday they looked much better. Is that how, they've played all year?