| An indoor sport that can be played all year round, and | | | | hockey helmet you wear during games and practice is |
| is played all year round is hockey. It is played by both | | | | required to have a cage on it. A cage will protect the |
| youth, teens and adults. The sport requires a lot of | | | | player from inadvertent sticks to the face, screaming |
| equipment to be worn. One key piece of this hockey | | | | slap shots where the player falls to the ice to try and |
| equipment is the hockey helmet. Hockey helmets | | | | block the shot and from impacts against the boards |
| protect the one part of the body that controls the rest | | | | when checked. Some inexperienced players will |
| of the body. This part of the player would be his or her | | | | sometime ask for a hockey helmet with a cage that |
| head. | | | | will allow them a 360 view. Even with out a helmet on, |
| The other equipment ice hockey players have to wear | | | | you can not see 360 degrees. |
| do serve the purpose of keeping them injury free from | | | | The price of this equipment will vary by manufacturer |
| a frozen disc of solid rubber. Just about their whole | | | | and the type it is. A hockey helmets retail price will |
| body is padded. Even the ice hockey skates have | | | | probably be higher than if you were to search around |
| steel in the toes to protect the player. Hockey gloves | | | | on the net. A hockey stick may be a different story as |
| protect the hands. You can get all of these things from | | | | it is an awkward shape and may be difficult to ship. |
| different company's. There are a few names that are | | | | Besides, when buying a stick, you want to make sure it |
| above the rest when it comes to quality. These would | | | | is the right length for you.the hockey helmet will protect |
| be CCM for Helmets, Bauer for hockey skates and | | | | the head and brain from bruising, Otherwise known as |
| easton for hockey sticks. Granted all of these | | | | a concussion. One concussion is one too many. As |
| company's make other equipment besides what is | | | | they will effect you later in life. Be sure to check that |
| mentioned here. They all make an ice hockey helmet. | | | | the hockey helmet you get has been tested and has |
| Unless you are playing professional ice hockey, the | | | | passed. |