[Gator101]

They ought to design a guard for this. I was thinking of something like a small strip of chain mail that is sewn into the collar of the shirt they wear under their pads. Extend the collar up, a little like a turtle neck, and it could be quite flexible and comfortable but still keep a skate blade from penetrating in a critical area.

How about it Under Armour?

[metmom]

Meat cutters have metal mesh gloves that they wear to prevent slicing their fingers open. Maybe they could make one out of kevlar.

[Phantom Lord]

Thats sounds like a good idea. The article states that the NHL instituted neck guards for goalies. I am not sure what they cover as you can regularly see their necks. The only guards I know of are ones to stop pucks from hitting you in the throat.

Last season, Carolina goalie Cam Ward left a game after getting crashed into. No immediate reason was given. John Forslund and Trip Tracie (their TV announcers) later let people know that Cam had taken a skate to the leg and it cut through his equipment and into his thigh muscle.

Skate blades are razor sharp.

[MatD]

They do make a neck guard but players don’t wear them because they are very uncomfortable.

[maggief]

http://www.hockeymonkey.com/neckguards.html

[blu]

They ought to design a guard for this.

And then, after the company gets the patents on it, they can lobby Congress to make a law requiring use of the "Under Amour".

Yeah, that'll work!