Is there an issue of people skating into the boards looking back at the puck? If anything I'd call this the 'safety zone' as taking a hit into the boards is much nicer than getting laid out open ice.
Is there an issue of people skating into the boards looking back at the puck? If anything I'd call this the 'safety zone' as taking a hit into the boards is much nicer than getting laid out open ice.
Have you ever been hit right on the line into the boards though? That hurts like hell and I've seen guys sent to the hospital from hitting the boards hat far out. That isn't to say that open ice hits don't seriously hurt people but the boards are preventable.
Have you ever been hit right on the line into the boards though? That hurts like hell and I've seen guys sent to the hospital from hitting the boards hat far out. That isn't to say that open ice hits don't seriously hurt people but the boards are preventable.
Oh if you are away from the boards (out near where that track begins) absolutely that is a dangerous area to be hit into the boards.
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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It is great for baseball as it tells you to put the brakes on but for hockey, I really think it might do the opposite. I am wondering how many players would slow up or try and change direction when they see the track and put themselves into a more vulnerable position.
What a stupid idea. The warning track is useful in baseball because fielders are looking up and it's not a visual aid, its' purpose is to feel different. In hockey you are always looking forward and can easily identify where the boards are. Not to mention being up against the boards is safer than being a few feet away. It's not surprising at all this resulted in more injuries.
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