Saw this on CBC and the doctor doing the study found that it made injuries worse or more plentiful. Because players tended skate at the edge of the warning track instead of closer to the boards as they normally would. So when they were getting hit they were more often at that dangerous spot to begin with and were getting hurt more often or the injury was more severe than it would have been had they been closer to the boards.
It was named and implemented after some player that had died getting hit in that area. Can't remember the name though.
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