| Ice hockey is a rough game! Hockey equipment is | | | | Goalies are required to do two things, i.e. stop pucks |
| divided into two categories, i.e. General Hockey | | | | and protect themselves. Looking at this, goalies are |
| Equipment and Goal Tending Equipment. | | | | allowed to wear special hockey equipment. Ice |
| General Ice Hockey Equipment | | | | Hockey Equipments for the goalie provide better |
| Ice hockey protective gear includes skates, hockey | | | | protection for the front. Good equipment should |
| socks, shin guards, elbow guards, knee guards, jock | | | | provide optimum rear protection as well. |
| straps, padded hockey trousers, gloves, wrist guards, | | | | Here's all that you would need to know about Ice |
| shoulder pads, face masks, helmets, hockey sweaters | | | | Hockey Equipment for Goaltending: |
| and puck. Other than these, players make use of | | | | |
| woollen and polyester socks as well. | | | | 1. Goal Stick: It has a much larger blade than the regular |
| Let's take a look at why all this equipment is essential: | | | | hockey stick. The stick is mostly used to block but the |
| | | | goalie can make use of it to play the puck as well. |
| 1. Helmets: These are used to protect your head and | | | | 2. Goal Skates: These skates have thicker blades with |
| face while slips and falls. | | | | a larger blade radius and very less ankle support. |
| 2. Neck Guards: These help prevent injury from | | | | These skates enable the goalie to slide to make for |
| hockey sticks, pucks or skates to the neck as well as | | | | easy pad stops. |
| the throat. | | | | 3. Goalie Mask: These masks are carefully fitted to the |
| 3. Shoulder Pads: These provide protection to the | | | | players' face so as to help him withstand high speed |
| torso and the spine from flying pucks and collisions. | | | | impacts from flying pucks. A number of hockey |
| 4. Elbow Pads: These protect the forearm and the | | | | leagues have made it mandatory for players to use a |
| triceps against pucks. | | | | throat protector or a neck pad for protection against |
| 5. Gloves: These provide optimum protection to the | | | | pucks. |
| hand and provide extra support to the thumb in order | | | | 4. Blocker: Blockers are worn on the hand and help the |
| to prevent it from twisting and bending backwards. | | | | player hold the stick in its place. |
| 6. Shin Guards: Good quality shin guards can provide | | | | 5. Goal Jock: A goal jock is used to provide protection |
| great protection to the shins, but do not provide any | | | | to the pelvis. |
| protection to the calves. | | | | 6. Goal Pants: These specially made pants are |
| 7. Mouth Guards: As the name suggests! Mouth | | | | different from that of a regular hockey pant. They |
| Guards are available in a few variations such as | | | | provide better thigh and hip protection with the help of |
| standard plastic guards or guards made up of | | | | extra padding. |
| custom-mouldable compounds to make it easy for the | | | | For more information on Ice Hockey Equipment, we |
| player to speak. | | | | recommend that you visit some good online hockey |
| Goal Tending Equipment | | | | stores as well! |