Honestly its one of those pieces of equipment that pros stop using and I dont understand why. A visor vs cage I can understand for vision to some degree, but getting rid of the neckguard? What, it chafes their necks? With pro money they could be wearing silk lined neckguards.
I would probably stop wearing my shin pads before I stopped wearing a neck guard.
Parkway_drive_fan
that was a actual accident.
Ilkley_dipper
Seems like a no-brainer to me and I wouldn’t be happy to see my kid playing without one.
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khutuluhoop
I wore one in high school, didnt bother me at all
Individual-Main-5036
It’s the players choice wether or not they want to wear them. They understand the risk when they aren’t wearing them.
Educational_Chef4220
They have been mandatory in Canadian minor leagues for decades.
Sam_Porter
Make it mandatory. We don’t need to lose anybody else.
TyKC03
We are a new hockey family. My boys just started playing and I have joined a beer league. I didn’t even know these were a thing and I immediately went and purchased them for my boys and I to wear. No brainer.
HardOyler
Growing up here in Ontario playing hockey if you didn’t have yours on you weren’t on the ice so it wasn’t ever a thought. Just remember it being hot as fuck and was always the first thing I took off.
hotdogswithbeer
This whole thing for me is a new fear unlocked. I didn’t know cuts were so prevalent.
SorryiLikePlants
It is crazy that *every* comment here is pro neck guard, yet currently it is extremely rare to see neck guards. I played HS, club college, and now mens league in the states and after the age of 10 nobody wore one.
I dont think neck guards are a bad thing at all, it is just interesting to see the vast difference in reddit opinion versus what is more common to actually see in the wild.
hockeymanbl
It was definitely annoying when I played as a kid and it looked pretty dorky too. But I’d always rather look like a dork and be slightly uncomfortable than the alternative.
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That’s crazy
Is there a rule against wearing them in the NHL?
Honestly its one of those pieces of equipment that pros stop using and I dont understand why. A visor vs cage I can understand for vision to some degree, but getting rid of the neckguard? What, it chafes their necks? With pro money they could be wearing silk lined neckguards.
I would probably stop wearing my shin pads before I stopped wearing a neck guard.
that was a actual accident.
Seems like a no-brainer to me and I wouldn’t be happy to see my kid playing without one.
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I wore one in high school, didnt bother me at all
It’s the players choice wether or not they want to wear them. They understand the risk when they aren’t wearing them.
They have been mandatory in Canadian minor leagues for decades.
Make it mandatory. We don’t need to lose anybody else.
We are a new hockey family. My boys just started playing and I have joined a beer league. I didn’t even know these were a thing and I immediately went and purchased them for my boys and I to wear. No brainer.
Growing up here in Ontario playing hockey if you didn’t have yours on you weren’t on the ice so it wasn’t ever a thought. Just remember it being hot as fuck and was always the first thing I took off.
This whole thing for me is a new fear unlocked. I didn’t know cuts were so prevalent.
It is crazy that *every* comment here is pro neck guard, yet currently it is extremely rare to see neck guards. I played HS, club college, and now mens league in the states and after the age of 10 nobody wore one.
I dont think neck guards are a bad thing at all, it is just interesting to see the vast difference in reddit opinion versus what is more common to actually see in the wild.
It was definitely annoying when I played as a kid and it looked pretty dorky too. But I’d always rather look like a dork and be slightly uncomfortable than the alternative.