Yahoo! Sports

AHL Mandates Cut-Resistant Neck Protection for All Players and Officials

The American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson announced the the AHL Board of Governors unanimously approved a motion to mandate cut-resistant neck protection for all players and on-ice ...
Yahoo! Sports

Player's death from a skate cut to the neck in England leads to more NHL talks on cut protection

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a skate blade to the neck in a game in England is leading to further discussions about cut-resistant protection in ...
WGRZ

Death of a player from a skate to the neck reignites hockey's stubborn debate over protective gear

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn't until 2013 that eye-protecting visors became mandatory — grandfathered in for veterans, of ...
The New York Times

Tom Fitzgerald makes impassioned case to NHL GMs for cut-resistant equipment after son’s close call

Warning: This story contains a graphic photo of a skate-cut wound. MANALAPAN, Fla. — Tom Fitzgerald and his wife, Kerry, were sitting in the bar of a Legal Sea Foods in New Jersey eating dinner on Dec ...
Chicago Sun-Times

NHL considers more cut protection after player dies from a skate cut to the neck in England

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The Hill

Player’s death from a skate cut to the neck in England leads to more NHL talks on cut protection

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The death of American hockey player Adam Johnson from a skate blade to the neck in a game in England is leading to further discussions about cut-resistant protection in ...