USA Hockey has passed a new rule, effective Aug. 1, that requires players under 18 years old to wear a neck guard. FOX31's Kim Posey spoke with one mother whose son had a blade injury to his neck.

Ever since the tragic death of former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Adam Johnson, there has been a massive debate in the hockey world regarding cut-resistant protection for players. Johnson died ...

Tom Fitzgerald and his wife, Kerry, were sitting in the bar of a Legal Sea Foods in New Jersey eating ... world mandated neck guards. Neck guards are now mandated by USA Hockey, all major junior ...

Nearly three months after his son, AHL Hartford Wolfpack captain Casey Fitzgerald, was cut in the neck mid-game by a fellow hockey player ... additional required padding and guards—in place ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW ... Hockey League game on a cellphone at a restaurant bar on Dec. 28 and saw him come out of the corner on an otherwise innocuous play holding his hand to the right side of his ...

NHL general managers are joined at the GM Meetings where the topic of neck guard mandates is being discussed. It’s unlikely to happen any time soon, but New Jersey Devils general manager Tom ...

Nearly three months after his son, AHL Hartford Wolfpack captain Casey Fitzgerald, was cut in the neck mid-game by a fellow hockey player ... additional required padding and guards—in place ...

New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald is making changes on the rink after his son’s neck was sliced by an ice skate during a hockey game ... was the chin guard,” Tom explained.