IIHF mandates neck guards in international hockey after ex-NHLer Adam Johnson's death
The International Ice Hockey Federation has mandated the use of a neck laceration protector at all levels of its competitions.
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The International Ice Hockey Federation has mandated the use of a neck laceration protector at all levels of its competitions.
The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Monday that it is making neck guards mandatory for all levels of competition in the tournaments it runs, including the Olympics and men's and women's world championships.
Two-time champions India will look to make a winning start against Asian rivals Korea in their pursuit of another podium finish in the FIH men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament starting here on Tuesday. India have won the tournament twice, in 2001 in Hobart and 2016 in Lucknow, besides finishing runners-up once in Milton Keyes, England in 1997. In the last edition of the event in Bhubaneswar two years back, the Indians finished fourth and they would be hoping to clinch their fourth podium at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil here.
Players with the newly formed Professional Women's Hockey League hit the ice earlier this month as training camps got underway.
Canada opened the 2023 Para Hockey Cup in Quispamsis, N.B., with a 4-1 victory over China on Sunday.
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When the six teams in the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) take to the ice at the Utica University Nexus Center in Utica, N.Y., on Monday, it will be the first time coaches and general managers get to see how their teams stack up to the others.