MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - High school hockey players across the country, including Minnesota, will be required to wear neck guards for all games starting in the 2024-25 season. The measure was one of five rules proposed by the National Federation of State High School Associations Ice Hockey Rules...
Watch the latest from ITV News - The English Ice Hockey Association will make neck guards for players mandatory from the end of December after Adam Johnson died following a "freak accident".
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9)-High school hockey players across the country, including Minnesota, will be required to wear neck guards for all games starting in the 2024-25 season. The measure was one of five rules proposed by the National Federation of State High School Associations Ice Hockey Rules...
“Effective immediately, the use of certified protective neck guards during all on-ice activities, including games and practices, for each of its 122 teams, has now become mandatory, subject to equipment availability,”the statement said. #CJHLNews| CJHL announces mandatory use of neck guards. Re...
An arrest has been made after a hockey player's neck was slashed by a skate blade during a match. Adam Johnson was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in a challenge cup game against the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut during the second period of the Elite Ice Hockey Leag...
The Panthers have also announced the creation of an official fundraising page to raise money for the Love for Hibbing and Hockey Memorial Fund - established in Johnson's memory. Around Sky Other Sports Upgrade to Sky Sports Other Sports
Players must wear the protector at all times, according to the NFHS. If it falls off during gameplay, the player must return to their bench and put it back on before returning to the ice. Goalies must also wear the guards in addition to their existing throat protectors. Any modifications ...
Kevin Brown, a minor hockey linesman in Ontario, had his carotid artery cut by a skate while attempting to break up a fight during a hockey game on December 29, 2009. Since the incident the Ontario Hockey Association has made neck guards mandatory for all on-ice officials as of February ...
Nine of the 11 dental fractures sustained by athletes wearing half shields were caused by contact with a hockey stick, 1 resulted from contact with a player's own visor, and the remaining mechanism was unknown. Seven of the 11 players injured in this cohort were wearing mouthguards at the ...
It was announced on Friday that the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL)will not be making neck guards mandatoryfollowing Johnson's death. Ms Johnson thinks they should be. "When kids start playing in youth hockey, if you get them used to wearing it it's just going to be li...