Jamie Roxx's Pop Roxx Talk Radio Show

Pop Art Painter Jamie Roxx (www.JamieRoxx.us) welcomes Michael Messner, Writer, Director, (1ST YEAR CHECKING | Documentary) to the Show!    ● Web: 1styearchecking.com ● FB: www.facebook.com/1st-Year-Checking- 108120947606166 ● IG: @1styearchecking Director Michael Messner’s award-winning documentary 1ST YEAR CHECKING, exploring the violence of check hockey to young players, is now available On Demand.   There is a lot of debate as to when is the right age to introduce the violence of check hockey to youth players in the United States. I have coached players going into their first year of checking for three years and at first I thought it was just unfair, but when my daughter played it for a year with boys, I realized how dangerous it really is.  So when my son, Grayson, an undersized 12 year old was going to into his first year of checking, I decided to document the year. We interviewed experts from The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and shot in Pennsylvania, California, Detroit, Buffalo and Toronto as Grays