You really gotta have a face mask... Being a '91 RPI graduate I watched Joe Juneau for four years of college hockey and not once did he need stitches in his face... Being from Boston I have now watched Joe Juneau need stitches in his bottom lip twice so far and he got an nasty cut on his chin... It is a little over halfway into the NHL season... In college he wore a full mask and now he is wearing a half shield... 4 years of ~30 games with no facial injuries vs. 40 games with 3... Need I say more?