A closer look at the neck guards, designed to fit around the player’s neck and built with cut-resistant material to prevent accidental slices from a skate blade, among other things. David Buchanan ...

To the naked eye, it just looks like Dylan Coghlan is wearing a mock turtleneck under his pads, like European hockey players of old, Alexei Yashin or Tomas Plekanec. It’s not for style. Anything but.

As many in the Northland mourn the tragic death of Hibbing native and former UMD Bulldog Adam Johnson, the incident has also re-ignited the debate over whether neck protection should be required in ...

The International Ice Hockey Federation is mandating neck protection at all levels of IIHF competitions, it said in a statement Monday. The equipment mandated, neck laceration protectors, are ...

When hockey players lace up their skates, they don't often ponder the risk posed by the razor-sharp blades attached to their feet. Dr. Michael Stuart has thought about it for years, as both a hockey ...

Decision comes 3 months after American Adam Johnson died after taking a skate blade to the neck during a game in England. USA Hockey is mandating neck laceration protection for all players under the ...

PRETORIA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Australia’s wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Inglis says he will have no problem wearing a neck protector on his helmet from next month despite not using them previously.

In late October, the global hockey world was shaken by a tragedy that happened on the ice in Sheffield, England. Playing for the Nottingham Panthers, Adam Johnson died after being cut on the neck by ...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Four Pittsburgh Penguins players donned neck protection gear during practice Thursday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. The players — forward Lars Eller and defensemen Erik ...

Center Jayson Megna, front, playing for the Colorado Avalanche in the first period of an NHL preseason hockey game against the Dallas Stars Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, wears a cut-resistant neck protector ...

The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Monday it is making neck guards mandatory for all levels of competition in the tournaments it runs, including the Olympics and men's and women's world ...

SEATTLE – If history tells us anything, the transition of NHL players to wearing neck protection on a broad scale won’t happen overnight. But if history really does tell us anything, it most certainly ...