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The cage makes it harder to see the game at your feet. There's also just the culture of hockey. The last un-helmeted NHL player didn't retire until 1997. Refere
by jdpedrie 7y ago
The cage makes it harder to see the game at your feet. There's also just the culture of hockey. The last un-helmeted NHL player didn't retire until 1997. Referees often didn't wear them for some time thereafter. I remember one ref, Kerry Fraser, who retired in 2010, who refused to wear a helmet so as to not mess up his famously coiffed hair.
The NHL did recently mandate visors for all new players entering the league; it seems quite possible cages will come before too long.
- soperj 7y agoIf you're looking at your feet, you're gonna get run over, no one in the NHL looks at their feet.
- cjaybo 7y agoSure they do. Not while stick handling or skating normally, but while receiving a bad pass, sending a puck between their skates while trying to out-maneuver a defender, etc. Cages affect your peripheral vision, as well.
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