As we know, in hockey, things can get messy Not bad.
Fights, big body checks and unfortunately accidents and serious injuries can happen.
When Adam Johnson died from a skate cut, it created controversy regarding neck protection. The famous Kevlar turtleneck or a simple “neck guard”.
Some leagues have started requiring the wearing of neck protection to limit cuts like this after this unfortunate death.
The NHL has not yet forced its players and Thursday evening, we came close to another similar disaster.
Former Montreal Canadiens Michael McCarron was cut in the upper neck by the skate of Lian Bischel, who was playing his first career game in the NHL.
Looking at the photo, it’s hard to tell that it’s actually in the upper neck, since the cut seems to go all the way to the jaw and passes near the ear as well.
What stands out the most in this situation is the fact that McCarron mentioned that even with wearing a neck guard, he could not have avoided this injury.
The cutoff was too high.
The fact remains that the neck protector would certainly not have done any harm, it could still have reduced this cut…
After tackling the young defenseman (who is even taller and stronger than McCarron), Bischel’s skate flew through the air and clipped McCarron.
A sequence that is funny reminiscent of that of Richard Zednik, but on a smaller scale.
Here is the sequence in question:
Frank Seravalli makes a very good point, though.
“Every NHL team should be forced to watch a montage of the dozens of games where the worst was avoided this season alone. McCarron was cut, but was still incredibly lucky. » – Frank Seravalli
It happens far too often that the worst is avoided in sequences similar to that of McCarron.
The NHL cannot wait until there is a serious accident to force players to protect themselves.
I understand that some people don’t like having it in their neck while playing, because it can bother them or restrict their head movements. But personally, if my career depended on it, I would do everything to avoid these kinds of injuries as much as possible.
And it first goes through the port of neck guard.
By forcing players to protect themselves, everyone would be on the same level.
Plus, I can’t believe that there will never one day be an invention of an ultra-thin neck protector that doesn’t interfere with your head movements or restrict you in your movements (if that). doesn’t already exist).
We must seriously think about protecting players more, since hockey is a dangerous sport…
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