>remove the helmets...
>wood sticks only....
>decrease the size of the goalie equipment or increase the size of the net
>and the game will go back to being as great as it was...
>
>if things continue along the current trend .. players will be stomping each other with their skates....
>
>injuries like the ones Zednik and Ryan Smyth suffered are becoming more and more frequent.
>
>its only a matter of time before someone dies from an NHL Hockey injury.
>
>Steve Moore might not be dead.. but he still can't exercise...
>he is permanently injured... and Bertuzzi will get sued into the ground for it....
>
>Dave.

It was a lot less safe way back.

Stickfights. No helmets. Less pads.

Remember Ted Green of the Boston Bruins (the plate replacing part of his skull gave him severe headaches if he went out in the sun)?

Minor league hockey is cool too!!

http://www.topekaroadrunners.com/ (the guy standing with the horn is yours truly)..