Incase you haven’t heard the Minnesota State High School League is requiring players to wear masks while playing hockey. This is dangerous for a number of reasons. First of all hockey is played with your peripheral vision, a mask takes that away. That creates potentially very dangerous situations if player have to look down and find the puck. Secondly hockey is a very intense sport, masks limit the amount of air a player can inhale or exhale. This becomes dangerous to players with asthma not being able to breathe. Thirdly how are you supposed to wear a mouth guard? Some players attach there mouthguard to there helmets the would require the mask to be cut. It also creates a potentially dangerous situation because if you happen to get hit hard you won’t be able to get the mouthguard out of your mouth which now becomes a choking hazard. Lastly it limits communication trying to speak through a mask. That is a big part of hockey so you can help your teammates avoid big hits and to make a good play.

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