CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Penguins are exploring options for players to wear neck protection gear, at least for practices, as soon as possible, coach Mike Sullivan said Tuesday.

The American Hockey League has officially announced that all players and on-ice officials will be required to wear cut-resistant neck protection. The AHL Board of Governors voted unanimously for ...

If history tells us anything, the transition of NHL players to wearing neck protection on a broad scale ... needed death or serious injury to occur first. That’s what happened Saturday when ...

USA Hockey is mandating neck laceration protection for all players under the age of 18, the latest development in the wake of the death of a player in England from a skate to the neck that has ...

Johnson's death at age 29 is being investigated, and the on-ice tragedy has sparked significant debate around the sport about the need for more protection of the neck, wrists and legs. The exact ...

Johnson's death led to calls for increased neck protection, and the AHL has mandated ... But this isn't the AHL's first use of cut-resistant gear. "The summer before, the spring before [NHL ...

The American Hockey League is mandating the use of cut-resistant neck protection by all players and on-ice officials. The change, announced Friday, goes into effect for the 2024-25 season ...

DENVER (AP) — At first, the protective undershirt resembling ... referees and linespersons to wear some sort of cut-resistant neck protection. Like the requirement of eye-protecting visors ...

The American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson announced the the AHL Board of Governors unanimously approved a motion to mandate cut-resistant neck protection for all players and on-ice ...

Mandatory neck protection is something the NHL and NHLPA “have been discussing and we will continue to discuss,” commissioner Gary Bettman said on Nov. 16. “In the interim, the players are ...