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Women-in-Hockey Digest Thursday, October 22 1998 Volume 01 : Number 299
In this issue:
Free Women's Clinic in Dale City, VA
Neck Protectors
Re: Neck Protectors
Re: Neck Protectors
Re: Neck Protectors
mouth guards
Re: mouth guards
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:23:19 -0400
From: email@hidden (Dan Lichterman)
Subject: Free Women's Clinic in Dale City, VA
SkateNation of Prince William and the Prince William Wildcats Women's Hockey
Team will be hosting a Women's Hockey Clinic on Sunday, Oct. 25, 1998 from
4:15-5:45pm.
The clinic will be free of charge and equipment will be provided as needed and
as available.
The clinic will go over basic skating, stickhandling, passing and shooting
skills.
SkateNation of Prince William is located at 5180 Dale Boulevard, Dale City, VA
(about 30 mile south of Washington D.C.)
For more information, contact Dan Lichterman at (703)730-8423 or
e-mail:email@hidden
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Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:55:43 EDT
From: email@hidden
Subject: Neck Protectors
We just started two girls teams here in northern Illinois and I am coaching
one of them. I am requiring my girls (squirts) to wear BOTH neck guards and
mouth guards. I want the girls to have fun, but losing teeth, tongue or
speech ability is not my idea of fun. My recommendation: make it mandatory
for your team!
On another note: how does one control the problem of girls and Dads in the
locker room. Our girls are now at the age of "beginning modesty" and having
Dads in there really hampers things....
Terri Miller Piet
Chicago Ice "C" Squad
Coach: Winnetka Girls Travel Team
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 06:48:52 EDT
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Neck Protectors
In Illinois it is a requirement for girls under 18 to wear mouthguards and
they are supposed to be attached to the face mask.
As far as the fathers in the locker room, you are in charge of the team, make
it a rule that parent's are not allowed in the locker room. Most youth
hockey teams have that rule because parent's tend to interfere with the
coaching and they really do not need to be in the locker room anyway, unless
the kids are so young that they cannot dress themselves in their hockey
equipment.
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 06:00:40 +0000
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Neck Protectors
The teams my girls have been with have made it clear that these are
girls dressing rooms - no men allowed except the coaches 15 minutes
before game time. At that point everybody is expected to be dressed.
Anybody who needs help with skates etc comes out to the lobby to find
Dad. We usually have a Mom in with the younger team just to keep
things under control.
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:54:42 -0400
From: Richard Johnston
Subject: Re: Neck Protectors
The issue of neck protectors and mouth guards has come up again and
due to misconceptions needs to be repeated. I have coached girl hockey
teams and I am currently coaching high school and junior college level
hockey. In NYS it is mandatory for players (below juniors) to have a
colored mouth guard attached to the helmut and to wear a "solid" neck
protector. The reasons:
The mouth guard does not protect the mouth/teeth from stick or puck
injury as much as it is designed to prevent further injury when a player's
head hits the boards or ice when falling. The mouth closing upon itself
can cause tougue/teeth damage and further inflict injury such as a
concossion.
The neck protector should have a "solid" member embedded in the
fabric. This is the real protector from stick, slow moving pucks, and
skate injuries. Three years ago a high school player (at one of our local
rinks) nearly died while leaning over the boards watching his team's
inter-squad scrimmage. Another player fell in front of the bench and
his skate kicked up and hit the player in the neck cutting major arteries.
It was a bad scene but due to heroics on the part of the coaches and
the local EMT squad where able to save the kid.
I would heavily stress to every coach and player that the benifits of
wearing mouth guards and neck protectors outweigh any discomfort
that is incurred.
Rich Johnston
Hauppauge Eagles & Suffolk CC
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 13:29:58 EDT
From: email@hidden
Subject: mouth guards
In a message dated 98-10-22 11:56:03 EDT, email@hidden writes:
<< I would heavily stress to every coach and player that the benifits of
wearing mouth guards and neck protectors outweigh any discomfort
that is incurred.
Rich Johnston
Hauppauge Eagles & Suffolk CC
>>
I cannot understand why anyone would want to play without a mouthguard.
(Unlike the boys, it is much harder for a girl without teeth to get a date!!)
Seriously, I wore braces for 4 years and paid a LOT of $$ to have my teeth
bonded. I wear the mouth guard whenever sticks and pucks are involved. I
don't want anything knocking these teeth out!! Probably would not be a bad
idea for public skating, as I have taken a few pretty good falls there too.
(btw, I alwys wear wrist gurads, kneee pads, and elbow pads when public
skating. So what if I look like a dork? It is much less dorkier than sitting
on the bench while my teammates are playing becuase I got hurt durign a public
skate!!
In a game last week, I was backchecking the winger, who jsut crossed her
blueline. The only way I was goign to stop her was to dive in front of her.
(She is a much faster skater than I am.) Well, I did manage to break up the
play - she never did get her shot off, but when I dived, I fell right on the
'ol melon. When I hit the ice, I felt myself bite down. (Among other
feelings of pain!) I was very slow getting up, and I saw 3 refs (even though
we only had one).
I was fine after about 20 minutes or so, and skated 2 more shifts at the end
of the game. I am convinced that the $25 Shock Doctor Mouth Guard is the only
reason why I did not have a concussion.
So it is a little uncomfortable, and it makes you drool, but I'd sya that is a
very fair trade-off for what might have been.
Jill
# 77 Brooklyn Blades
"Only you can prevent hockey stick fires."
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Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:37:40 -0400
From: Debbie Minden
Subject: Re: mouth guards
Just a reminder, not only do mouthguards protect the smile, they also
procect the brain. They help protect against concussions as well. So,
keep wearing them.
Debbie
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