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I would say mama is gun shy and I don’t blame her. Those pucks come pretty fast and hard.
Oh crap. Its for the children.
“Something needs to be done about that.” Anymore, I shudder when I hear these words.
Man, she got hammered. Ouch!
Not saying this is what happened to this woman, but baseball and hockey require you to pay attention to what is going on.
If I got hit by a puck, I’d be wary about hockey games too.
As an aside, when I was a kid playing baseball, another kid got hit by a line drive in the head. The coach told him to get up and shake it off (this was the 70s). Then the coach tried to demonstrate to us kids that you had to shake things like that off by hitting himself in the head with a baseball as hard as he could. It was pretty amusing. I know he meant well but I doubt lessons like that would go over too well today.
Life comes at you fast.
another example of how tort law and one aggrieved person are going to ruin the experience for everyone by forcing some change no one is asking for.
Also, she has “no plans to sue” but why then does she have a lawyer making statements for her? total BS. This public employee has big $$$ in her eyes.
Maybe they should rent football helmets with face masks for those who feel “unsafe”.... ?
Years ago I was at a Dallas Stars game when a puck came flying up into the stands from center ice. My first reaction was to try and catch it ... second guessed that pretty quick. It was out of reach anyway and ended up flying into the upper level and knocking a kid out cold. The next season, the nets went all the way around the ice. I figured all NHL arenas had the nets all the way round by now.
Two memories related to this (and I only went to a couple of hockey games over the years).
First one a woman gets hit with the puck and falls back into her seat and her husband is scrambling around on the ground looking for the puck and not checking on his wife.
Second one was a member of a groups that I was with and we got to te game a little late and were just getting to our seats when a woman with us gets eclectic clocked by te puck. She went down into her seat and the ushers and medics came running. They checked her out and said she was ok but she got invited back to another game and was given an opportunity to meet the players etc. she ended up with a bump right at her hairline for a couple of days that was about the size of half an egg.
Definitely need to be alert at hockey games.
When fans attend any NHL game, they enter into an agreement that states neither the venue nor the hockey team are liable for any injuries.
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I don’t think what’s printed on the ticket means much, legally.
I LOVE hockey. But yeah, I’d be a little miffed if I got hit in the face with a puck. I realize it could happen, and I hope it doesn’t. Done. I’m not suing the team or venue (unless the venue was truly extra negligent).
When my son was little and played his very first game, another boy slammed into the boards and he lay there unmoving (I am not sure if they told him not to move or if he passed out) and the ambulance and paramedics came. I was absolutely terrified, and another hockey mom had to tell me “This doesn’t happen every game.” The kid ended up fine.
It isn’t badminton. Pucks aren’t beach balls.
A friend of mine was almost killed when a car t-boned his. He was wary for a long time but he still drives.
The second thing I do is pay attention when play is on.