Talk:Hockey helmet

occidental v occipital

"Hockey helmets comfortably grip the head from inside by cupping the back of head, or the occidental protuberance".

Doesn't the writer mean "occipital protuberance"? Wiwaxia 09:21, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Non-Professional Helmet Requirements

The article discusses NHL requirements, but doesn't address amateur and minor-league requirements. I am aware that there are different age-based requirements regarding cages versus shields in the United States (over 18 can wear a shield, under 18 must wear a cage ... I think .... in different leagues). There is also some confusion regarding the necessity of ear shields and J-clips - both of which are sometimes removed by some players. Finally, the article doesn't address the controversy regarding whether coaches on the ice should be required to wear helmets. USA hockey and at least one Canadian league have made helmets for on-ice coaches mandatory. USA Hockey has stated that sanctioned practices will become un-sanctioned (and uninsured) if coaches fail to wear the helmet. I'm willing to do some ground work on this, but I'm not an expert. Nightmote (talk) 13:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

It only mentions one league, in one country. It doesn't bring up the history of the ice hockey helmet outside the NHL. I doubt that was the first league to make the helmet mandatory.Lejman (talk) 23:22, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Images

Images of the caged helment and full face visor helmet should be added to this article. 70.29.208.247 (talk) 06:35, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

The full face visor pic is already there, does anyone have a pic of a caged helmet? --Funandtrvl (talk) 23:27, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done --Funandtrvl (talk) 00:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

This article is very NHL-centric. Where is the european side of the story? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.231.134.48 (talk) 21:43, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Who is Bruce Fogarty?

"A series of eye injuries, most notably that to Bruce Fogarty, have led to a call from many to enforce their wearing."

There has never been a Bruce Fogarty in the NHL. There was a Bryan Fogarty, who passed away in 2002, eleven years before the NHL mandated visor use, and his troubles were less injury-related than they were alcohol-related.

In 2013, when the NHLPA and the owners were in a heated discussion over how mandatory visors needed to be, Marc Staal--one of the most vocal players against requiring visors--nearly lost his right eye to a stray puck, and practically overnight, everyone had a shiny new visor on, including all of the Staals. In the sudden quiet, the NHL was able to pass the grandfather clause we have today to little or no opposition.

In my mind at least, the Staal accident is more pertinent to the discussion than Fogarty.

Just gonna make a response here that Bruce Fogarty does not appear to exist as a player at all, let alone in the National Hockey League. I replaced him in the artice with Greg Neeld, the first player to wear a visor in professional hockey who lost his eye in a junior game, and Bryan Berard. Any queries or objections to my edit, reply to this message and tag my username or send me a message on my talk page. Tay87 (talk) 10:18, 28 July 2019 (UTC)