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Accidents In Hockey - Term Papers

Accidents In Hockey

Accidents can and do happen anywhere, anytime to anyone. This statement
is very true when dealing with a physical contact sport like hockey. There is a
certain amount of risk involved in playing any sport. When an injury occurs, it
inflicts tremendous hardship on the injured person, the team and the parents as
well. Hockey is a very popular and fun game to play (it is now considered
Canada's national sport, along with lacrosse) but it can also be very dangerous.
As players become better educated about hockey injuries and play by the rules
the game will be even more fun to play. This paper will discuss the importance
of common and catastrophic injuries, protective equipment, an indepth ...

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contact. Of the injuries reported in the 1993-
1994 hockey season, 12% of those were shoulder related. Injury to the acromio-
clavicular joint was the most frequent because of the bodychecking. Every time
a player steps on the ice, he is constantly being pounded into the boards,
shoulder first. The glenohumeral was often being injuried mainly from fighting
and accidental contact. Hockey manufactures are constantly trying to improve
shoulder pads so this injury will not happen.
The knee followed closely behind the shoulder being injured 11% of the
time. A knee injury is very serious in hockey because it can end a player's
career. Knee injuries usually occur in the open ice area when a player is
cutting hard and is kneed or tripped by an opposing player. Accidentally
colliding with an opposing player or one of your own teamates, often ends in
knee related injuries. The medial collateral ligament was damaged in 80% of all
reported knee injuries, followed by the lateral ...

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Canadian players who suffered broken necks, with three
reslting in quadriplegia. In the 1992 season four players suffered broken necks,
two were classed as unavoidable because they involved players losing their
balance and falling into the boards.
Finally, league and executive members are beginning to crack down on
people who hit from behind and cause catastrophic injuries. On December 6, 1994,
OHL commissioner David Branch suspended Steve McLaren for the entire season
after he ran Ottawa 67's Jure Kovacevic from behind. Kovacevic sustained a
broken vertebrae and cracked ribs when hit into the boards. Kovacevic is still
recovering from the injury even though he was not paralyzed. ...

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Added: 8/16/2004 09:24:06 PM
Category: Miscellaneous
Type: Free Paper
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