GEAR/SAFETY

In hockey, gear is probably the most important thing to keep yourself safe. Hockey is one of the roughest sports ever. Some people can get concussions, broken arms(or worse!), and loose a bunch of teeth(Mostly in the NHL or AHL.) People get in fights if they do an illegal check, if another team scores, or bad language. Sometimes, if a player hits the puck really hard and it hits the glass, the glass might shatter. If this happens the teams leave the rink while the engineers fix it. Some of the gear looks like this:

When you go out and play some hockey remember to wear some gear!

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