Skate cut protection gets an emotional hockey dad endorsement at the NHL GMs meeting
Cut-resistant protection is mandated in the U.S. and Canada at youth levels and up through the minors is available but not required at the NHL level.
Tom Fitzgerald makes impassioned case to NHL GMs for cut-resistant equipment after son’s close call
The Devils GM's son Casey got 25 stitches in his throat area after a skate-blade cut in an AHL game in December.