No two countries in the world are intertwined athletically more than Canada and the U.S. are with hockey, either, making mere ...

“The doctors said if the neck guard wasn’t there, the skate would have gone to his jugular,” said Lein. “We’d be telling a very different story.” USA Hockey has been requiring neck ...

The mom and dad of an 11-year-old Casper youth player said what happened Sunday was “every hockey parent’s worst nightmare” — their son took a skate to the neck. A new rule mandating players wear neck ...

Even with a neck guard, the injury was a serious one. Without it, Carter could have been killed. In August 2024, USA Hockey implemented a mandate that required all hockey players and on-ice ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Private security guards have been hired to protect boarders as they sleep at a prestigious Victorian private school where senior ...

Johnson’s death prompted an investigation and examination of player safety in the world of hockey, which resulted in several mandates to wear neck guards. In addition to the USA Hockey mandate, the ...

It’s not really a room that need convincing, but it reinforces the message that the league has got to get to a place where players are wearing neck guards. He’s not just a hockey father and a ...

but it has yet to become a mandate in the world’s most popular hockey league. NHL general managers are joined at the GM Meetings where the topic of neck guard mandates is being discussed.

New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald speaks during an NHL hockey news conference ... play holding his hand to the right side of his neck. He had been cut by a skate blade just above his ...

(AP) — Tom Fitzgerald and wife Kerry watched their son Casey’s American Hockey League game on a cellphone ... his hand to the right side of his neck. He had been cut by a skate blade just above his ...

He was later shot dead by police. Security guards at Westfield Shopping Centres across the country will be issued body-worn cameras. Picture: Supplied/Scentre Group. “We heightened security ...