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Originally Posted by mikephoen
He should expand this concept to also make full face shields for forwards and defensemen. It would eliminate the problems of visors fogging up and the problem of players not being able to see well enough through full cages.
It would greatly increase player safety, while still providing a full view of a players face which should make the marketing departments and player endorsement people happy.
And if it works to improve player safety, then you could eliminate incidental contact high sticking penalties and also allow goals where the tip comes from above the crossbar, as those would no longer be dangerous plays. Obviously you would still need a penalty for a player taking a swing at another player's head with his stick or crosschecking them in the face, but situations like that almost never happen. Most high sticking penalties are more accident than intentional.
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Am I the only one who sees razor thin (sharp) wire here? Would we be introducing further unintended injury risk?