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.
The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a skate cut to the neck during a game in England has led to plenty of talk about how to prevent such injuries, including a new mandate for young ...
It has also opened the door for new technology when it comes to on-ice protection from skate blades. The gear already widely available for wrist and leg protection is fairly modern, though nothing ...
It has also opened the door for new technology when it comes to on-ice protection from skate blades. The gear already widely available for wrist and leg protection is fairly modern, though nothing ...
Skates sit in a Conicity Technologies’ grinding machine designed to remove tiny burrs from the metal blades, at the Washington Capitals NHL hockey team practice facility in Arlington, Virginia, Nov.