What have I gotten myself into?” was a comment I heard from a parent while outfitting a first-year Mite for hockey. This is a question many of you might be asking with the holiday season here.

USA Hockey, the governing body of the sport in the U.S., instituted a rule requiring coaches to wear helmets for on-ice ...

Policy mandating use should be considered in youth ice hockey. More research is needed to identify other helmet characteristics (eg, quality, fit) that could lower concussion risk. Data are available ...