Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin, seen above on the right during the Rivalry Series in February, scored her 100th and 101st international goals on Friday in Canada's 5-1 win over the Czech Republic at the women's hockey world championship in Brampton, Ont.
The Professional Women's Hockey League is discussing whether to adopt a policy on neck guards after the death of American hockey player Adam Johnson in England last Saturday.The Professional Women's Hockey League is discussing whether to adopt a policy on neck guards after the death of American hockey player Adam Johnson in England last Saturday.
Johnson's neck was cut by a skate blade in what his club, the Nottingham Panthers, described as a "freak accident" during the second period of a Champions Cup game against the Sheffield Steelers. Johnson's death prompted tributes throughout the hockey world, along with a reckoning on how to prevent something similar from happening in the future.Earlier this week, the English Ice Hockey Association mandated neck guards from the beginning of 2024.
The NHL can't mandate players to wear the equipment without the players' association agreeing, but some NHL players have already started wearing neck guards. Photos posted by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Johnson's previous team, showed a few players wearing them on Thursday. "I don't think it is a bad thing, and I'll probably try it out for a bit and see if I can get accustomed to it and go from there."Hockey Canada already requires members of its national women's program to wear neck guards.
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