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Originally Posted by Hockey Fan #751
It's not mentioned much, but did you know that in an effort to make the game more marketable, the NHL made helmets optional for forwards and defencemen in 1992-93? I believe the only player who took them up on that was Brett Hull in an all-star game.
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Hull did it for an All-Star game, but Greg Smyth of the Flames did it in a few actual games. I don't think he made it more than a few games before he decided to put a helmet back on.