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USA HOCKEY
1775 Bob Johnson Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 576- 8724
Email: comments@usahockey.org
Web: www.usahockey.com

USA Hockey is the national governing body of recreational hockey in the U.S. Their site has links to local junior leagues across the country. More than 75% of their over 29,000 registered teams play in the age classifications of 17 or under. USA Hockey runs coaching clinics around the country, and certifies coaches from beginning the Associate level to Master level.

Ice Hockey Expert: Angela Ruggiero

Four-time Olympic medalist Angela Ruggiero brings a stellar resume to the position of MomsTeam's ice hockey expert. A native of Los Angeles, California and Harper Woods, Michigan, she graduated cum laude with a degree in government from Harvard College, where she was an NCAA First Team Academic All-American, Patty Kasmier Award winner (women's college hockey equivalent of the Hiesman Trphy), as well as one of the top eight student athletes in the entire NCAA in 2004.

Helmets

Hockey helmets are rounder and less elongated than other helmets to help reduce impact injuries sustained while playing hockey. Wire mesh faceguards/visors are utilized to help protect the face from injuries as well. A hockey helmet should cover the child's head, and fit snugly so that it is tight in every direction.

Hockey Helmets Recalled by Reebok-CCM Due to Head and Neck Injury Hazard

Featured Blogs & Forums

Stiffening Penalties For Violent Hits By Minnesota Hockey League Important Step In Improving Player Safety

Ice Hockey: Fast-Paced and Physical

Hockey: Pronunciation: \ˈhä-kē\
a game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates whose object is to drive a puck into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick.

Hockey is a fast-paced, exciting games that is popular in North America, Canada, and Europe. Generally, kids start playing hockey at an early age because it requires skating skills that take years of hard work to perfect.

Hockey is not a sport for every child: it not only requires dedication at a young age from the players, but also dedication from parents (as any parent who has driven her child to 5 a.m. practices will attest!).

Featured Articles

Shockbox Alerts Sideline To Possible Concussion

A revolutionary new product called Shockbox^TM triggers an alarm on a smart-phone whenever an athlete suffered a blow to the head hard enough to cause possible concussion so the player can be immediately removed from the game or practice for a sideline assessment.

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2011-2012 Ice Hockey Rules Revisions Focus on Concussion Prevention and Flow of Game

No contact with an opposing player's head or neck area will be allowed at any time in high school ice hockey, effective with the 2011-12 school year, under a rule approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Ice Hockey Rules Committee and the NFHS Board of Directors. Any contact of that kind could result in a stand-alone minor or major penalty, or even a disqualification.

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Air Quality at Ice Rink

Attention hockey moms and dads: the air you and your children are breathing at the rink may be hazardous to your health. The culprit: gas-, diesel- and propane-powered ice resurfacing machines which spew out a toxic stew of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter, all which can result in potentially serious short- and long-term health problems.

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USA Hockey Approves Ban on Body Checking At Pee Wee Level

In June 2011, USA Hockey approved a rule banning body checking in youth hockey until the Bantam level (13-14 year olds) first proposed at the organization's winter meeting January 22-23) in Colorado Springs, Colorado..

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"Ready" Position May Reduce Concussion Risk in Youth Hockey

Teaching youth hockey players to anticipate collisions by using the "ready" position may reduce the risk of concussions in hockey, say the authors of a first-of-its-kind study of head impact severity among youth ice hockey players. The study is reported in the June 2010 journal Pediatrics.

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