Over the past 30 hockey seasons in Canada, 1914 eye injuries have been reported including 311 legally blinded eyes. 302 of the blind eyes were suffered by players wearing no eye protectors, 9 by players wearing visors whose helmets were … Continue reading →

We strongly recommend that all hockey bodies, amateur and professional, wherever played, introduce a No Head Check Rule, in bold print, in their rule books and enforce it with severe penalties. The OHA introduced such a rule with success. Never … Continue reading →

Spinal Cord Injuries Declining Due to the financial support of the Fund and the efforts of others toward prevention, statistics now show that the incidence of broken necks in Canadian hockey is on the decline. 65 hockey players in Canada … Continue reading →

In 2002 the Canadian Hockey Association introduced a No Head Check Rule following a similar rule in USA Hockey and in the International Ice Hockey Federation. Thus, in amateur hockey, there is no such thing as a “clean” head check … Continue reading →