The kids are also aware that they can’t fight, or they’ll get kicked out,” said Nelson, whose older brother, Brock Nelson, is an 11-year veteran center for the NHL's New York Islanders.

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Sandhu, who runs a club program that conducts clinics starting with kids as young as second-graders, and has travel field hockey teams starting at U14, cited Pennsylvania as a hotbed for field hockey.

One observer, Maggie Glynn, a co-captain of Pace University’s field hockey team, said the players' reactions were quite familiar. “That’s what we do,” the Pearl River High graduate said.

Youth hockey by all accounts is played as skillfully and respectfully as ever due to developmental advancements and safety enhancements mirroring NHL trends. This is still a contact sport, though.