More than a quarter of all helmets worn by hockey players, from the NHL to youth leagues, are unsafe, according to an independent study provided to "Outside the Lines" that ranked hockey helmets based ...

Which hockey helmets are best? As we all know, ice is slippery. On top of this, ice hockey is an aggressive contact sport where injuries are common and sufficient protection is a must. This is why ...

Hockey helmets are far from being concussion-proof. Results of a Virginia Tech study, which give a failing grade to hockey helmets, come as no real surprise to Rhonda Shishkin, head athletic therapist ...

Football has been the focus surrounding a spate of concussions (specifically with regards to litigation) in recent years, but it is not the only sport that suffers from an onslaught of brain injuries.

In a back room of a lab at the University of Ottawa is a cabinet full of heads. The “headforms” come in beige, blue and charcoal hues, and they’re built to take a beating. This is the Neurotrauma ...

It seems fitting that, as Olympians caper about on the ice up North, a review hockey helmet turned up in the Gadget Lab mail today. The lid is the brand new Easton Stealth S19 Z-Shock. For the ...

John Varrasi is a senior staff writer for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. As a new hockey season ...