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Yep I've been telling myself for years I should get one after a teammate got his neck cut by a skate, no idea why that wasn't enough to fully convince me, I guess because it fortunately missed his jugular and carotid artery so he was fine, but I'm getting one now. They are already required in amateur hockey in Canada and Sweden. USA Hockey just "recommends" wearing one even though there was a high school player in Connecticut that died from the same thing in January 2022.
Defenseman in red (I found the vid) is an idiot for putting himself in that position. He tried to keep his one foot on the ice like he’s some kind of figure skater. Terrible.
I just saw the video too, didn't watch the whole thing, but yeah it definitely looked like a pretty reckless play. While you're on the ice you never really think of something like this happening though, and I can't imagine being that guy now.
awfulFrom a freak accident on the ice taking a skate to the neck:
Former NHL player Adam Johnson dead after suffering severe cut to neck in ‘freak accident’ during game
Former NHL player Adam Johnson was killed following a “freak accident” on the ice in the UK.
RIP. Horrible story. We used to wear the Cooper version in the last 80’s when I played. I really don’t see anyone wearing them anymore.
That happened in an SPHL game in 2014. I'll probably never forget watching the video, hearing his screams as he left a trail of blood on the ice while trying to get back to the bench until he eventually just stayed down. The cut was an inch and a half deep and six inches wide but fortunately didn't hit any arteries, so he just needed stitches.
The person behind that Twitter account is just trying to stir up controversy and probably never played hockey before. Petgrave was attempting to throw a normal bodycheck, Johnson made a quick move to avoid it, and Petgrave got tangled up with another player which caused him to lose his balance and his leg to fly up. MAYBE once that happened he meant to leave his leg in Johnson's way to disrupt the zone entry, but that's a huge maybe and there's no way he meant to kick him in the neck. Even if he did mean it, to execute it that perfectly with both guys moving like that is almost impossible. The fact that he's a goon is irrelevant. There are guys who play rough, throw dirty hits, etc, but there's a massive difference between that and trying to end someone's life.
My Son's team has kids on it from all over the Country.
My son played travel for 10 years (Squirt through U-20 Juniors) and he wore the Skate Armor for a long time. Does a really good job IMHO. In NJ, NJSIAA requires neck guards, but USA Hockey as correctly pointed out does not. It's big argument with a lot of kids as they get older. My compromise with my son was his "undershirt" had the guard built in.
The more I look at that, the more intentional it looks. That is not a hockey play in any form or fashion.
That video conveniently misses the part where he's lined up and leaning in for a normal bodycheck until he bumps into another player and loses his balance, and it also misses Petgrave immediately looking back at Johnson with concern. Petgrave was crying his eyes out on the ice while the medical staff was tending to Johnson. Certainly reckless and he should have used more care when he stumbled, but there's not a chance he was trying to slice his throat. Not even the most ruthless goons in hockey's history would think to do something like that. Not to mention if he was actually trying to slice his throat, there are easier ways to do it than this.
I saw the original vid and this vid definitely looks very different because of the edit.
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After reviewing this it looks like he intentionally raised his leg up. If he did I dont know how hes gonna live with himself
Matt Petgrave, Sheffield Steelers Hockey Player: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Matt Petgrave is the hockey player for the Sheffield Steelers whose skate blade fatally cut the neck of opposing player Adam Johnson.
It's not anything close to a hip check, it's one of the most egregious looking hits I've ever seen in hockey. Crying doesn't absolve him of his actions, even if he didn't mean to murder Johnson.
This exactly. He leaned forward and purposely (read intentionally) brought his leg up. My thought is there's no way he wanted to make contact that high up but it was extremely reckless. It's a bush league attempt to slow Johnson from skating unimpeded through the zone with a leg block and getting a clean shot on goal.
I never said he was going for a hip check, he was going for a typical bodycheck with his shoulder. If you look at the video that starts sooner than the short clip that End Wokeness account put out, you see his arm tucked in and he's leaning in a way to hit him with his shoulder. Then that gets disrupted by the other player who skates between them and makes contact with Petgrave, which causes him to lose his balance. Perhaps he extended his leg out to try to impede Johnson's zone entry, but there's no way he was trying to kick him in the neck.
Do you even play hockey?
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Jeez...the sharpness of the blade isn't determined by what type of metal it is, it's determined by what hollow each player asks them to be sharpened to. Skate blades have two parallel edges with the space between them rounded out . The hollow is the radius of a circle that would fit flush against the bottom of the blade. Some prefer a wider hollow for more glide and less grip, others prefer a narrow hollow for more grip and less glide. You can get any hollow you want on any type of skate blade, titanium blades aren't any sharper, they just hold their edge longer, but since many pros get their skates sharpened before every game or sometimes even before every period, that doesn't make a difference. Either way, even the dullest of skate blades is sharp enough to cut through skin. So many people acting like they're experts on a topic they know nothing about.The titanium blades are so sharp... and he didn't have to want to murder in order to be charged for murder.. see drunk driving
Matt Petgrave's deadly hit on Adam Johnson reviewed by NHL star
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Adam Johnson died aged 29 following a mid-game collision with Sheffield Steelers player Matt Petgrave.
Tell that to the experts who claim titanium has made a much more dangerous situation. I also think those experts all have your blade-sharpening knowledge.
The "expert" you are referring to is Sean Avery. There's a reason you mostly see him quoted in places like Newsweek and Vogue and not any actual credible source of hockey information. I've been sharpening skates for almost 15 years and I can tell you any skate blade can cut through skin, traditional steel blades are just as dangerous as titanium. They are also the same dimensions, titanium blades aren't thinner. I don't know that there is a way to make blades safer while keeping them practical, I think the answer is neck guards and wrist guards--or at least go back to old school gloves with cuffs that actually reach the bottom of the elbow pads.
