Helmet Combo - composed of a helmet with strap, and optionally a face cage or visor
Neck Guard - helps prevent injury from skates, sticks and pucks to the neck and throat. It is usually optional as it restricts neck movement.
Shoulder Pads - also includes torso and spine protection from flying pucks and most collisions.
Elbow Pads - provides forearm and tricep protection against pucks in addition to a reinforced elbow cup.
Hockey Gloves - protects the hands; player's gloves are constructed with a very thin palm and fingers while providing substantially more padding to the outside of the hands; also reinforces the thumb to prevent it bending backwards.
Hockey Pants - incorporates thigh, pelvic, hip and tailbone pads
Jock/cup or ladies' pelvic protector (jillstrap)
Shin Guards - incorporating a kneepad as well, the shin guard has a hard shell in front to protect against pucks, but usually has little or no protection on the calf.
Mouthguard - many variants exists from standard plastic guards to custom-moldable compounds that make speaking easier.
Ice skates - incorporate a rigid shell, often reinforced with metal mesh to prevent a skate blade cutting through.
Hockey Stick - Many are wood, though most players even at the amateur level prefer a composite shaft and blade for increased flex and durability. Most players use a "right-hand curve", where the blade is curved such that it will "cup" the puck when held on the right side of the player's body. However, some "left-handed shooters" reverse this. The preference is largely immaterial of left- or right-handedness.
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Equipment used by regular players
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