Regardless of NHLPA or CBA negotiations, the New Jersey Devils may be mandated by their general manager to wear neck guards.

Neck guards have become a major part of hockey in recent times, and now, wearing one has thankfully saved the life of a young hockey player. In recent times, we've seen some devastating and tragic ...

Joona Koppanen will usually stand out in just about any room he enters. At 6-foot-5, he is a hard fellow to miss. But even in ...

The hockey world was shaken to its foundations in October of 2023 when a horrific on-ice incident claimed the life of former ...

“The doctors said if the neck guard wasn’t there, the skate would have gone to his jugular,” said Lein. “We’d be telling a very different story.” USA Hockey has been requiring neck ...

Neck guards are now mandated by USA Hockey, all major junior leagues in North America, the ECHL and the AHL. So Casey Fitzgerald, now 28, was wearing one during that December game in Hartford.

A Wyoming family is thankful for safety changes made by USA Hockey that required every player to wear a neck guard, following a near tragic incident in Casper.

It's kind of amazing there aren't more skate-induced injuries in NHL games, although there are plenty of players who take precautions to minimize those ...

Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald is talking about his son Casey being cut by a skate blade in an attempt to get NHL players to wear ...