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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Back in minor hockey a team mate of mine was on a breakaway, and a kid gave him a 2 handed chop on the side of the shin pad. His stick broke and sliced into my friends calf and cut him pretty good. No permanent damage but he missed a lot of the season.
So really the argument of a harmless hack to the shin pad isn't the best, because you never really know what could happen.
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i don't think he's saying it can't cause harm, or as much. But the likely hood of what your described or something similar is pretty small comparitively.
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If someone hacks you on the shinpad or the leg anywhere with your stick, the vast majority of instances will leave you with barely noticing what happened or maybe a minor bruise.
If someone punches you in the face, you have been punched in the face.
There are possible extremes in both cases, but the minimal possible damage/pain from the slash is much less than the miniml damage/pain from a punch in the face. And thus, if given the choice, I'll take the hack on the shin pad all day.