On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Eric Rickin wrote:
 
> since there are injuries even with full body protection, then we should
> just get rid of some of it in order to make the players more scared so
> they won't do the things they do now, right?
>
> Wrong.  The # of potential injuries that good equipment saves is
> incredible.  What we need to do is much simpler -- have refs make the
> calls, and increase the penalities for certain stupid moves.  If they were
> REALLY serious about avoiding injuries, boarding and checking would carry
> suspensions.  Kneeing would too.  It's all very simple.
 
In football, some coaches have been known to teach dangerous tactics
wouldn't be possible without equipment, such as using the top of the
helmet as the contact point.  Does anyone know of any coaches in college
hockey that do the same?
 
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