The gear that the pros wear is used to keep them safe. Hockey is a rough sport and the players need to be protected from all of the tough contact they take from other players and the walls.

The first and most important part of the body that a hockey player should protect is the head and the face. The helmets the players wear has to fit snugly and leave little horizontal or vertical movement. The helmets protect the players from suffering a concussion. The chin guard should be used with the helmet. A vital piece of safety equipment is a mouth guard. It guards the players from losing any teeth.

Another piece of gear the hockey pros wear to stay safe is a facemask. This will keep them out of harm’s way in the event they run into a high stick or a super fast flying puck. A lot of padding is used to protect other areas of the body. Elbow pads and slash guards are used to shield the arms. Shin guards will protect the lower legs and the knees from devastating and sometimes career ending injuries. Finally, the pros wear an athletic cup that protects them from painful groin injuries. So the next time you see them racing down the ice, you will know they are protected to the max.

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