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Originally Posted by Buckterrier
Correct me if I'm wrong but all the 'stick work' isn't tolerated in international competition?
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Technically there are no rule differences with respect to 'stick work' between the NHL rules and International hockey rules. There is no fighting allowed internationally (still happens occasionally) but at the World and Olympic levels there are no goons on the ice.
There are lots of other minor differences, but they are slowly merging.
If you were to watch some old time time games between USSR and the Czechs you will see more stickwork than in five minutes than a single NHL game....