US EditionSkate cut protection gets an emotional hockey dad endorsement at the NHL GMs meeting
- A father-son duo from Annapolis, Martin and Martin Negron, showcased their protective hockey equipment on 'Shark Tank', emphasizing safety concerns after a friend suffered a skate cut injury.
- New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald advocated for cut-resistant gear following his son Casey's neck injury from a skate blade.
- Fitzgerald urged players to consider how their decisions impact their families, emphasizing, 'Tell the players you don’t want your parents potentially going through something like this.'
- The NHL is considering ramping up the requirement for cut-resistant gear as awareness grows due to incidents like Adam Johnson's tragic death in the sport.
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Skate cut protection gets emotional endorsement by NHL GM
MANALAPAN, Fla. — Tom Fitzgerald and wife Kerry watched their son Casey's American Hockey League game on a cellphone at a restaurant bar on Dec. 28 and saw him come out of the corner on an otherwise innocuous play holding…
New Jersey Devils GM Takes Action on Rink After Son’s Neck Was Sliced By Skate
New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald is making changes on the rink after his son’s neck was sliced by an ice skate during a hockey game. “They rushed him right into the locker room. All we got was, ‘The bleeding is under control and he’s on his way to the hospital,'” Fitzgerald, 56, said in an interview with ESPN published on Tuesday, March 18. “And they had a team of 12 or 14 people waiting for him when he got there. My wife was a m…
Annapolis father-son hockey gear business to be featured on ‘Shark Tank’
A father-son duo in Annapolis landed on this Friday's episode of 'Shark Tank' for their protective hockey gear.Martin and Martin Negron began the business in 2022, and in just a few short years, they're presenting their idea to the sharks.Son Martin is a junior at St. Mary's High School, and has played hockey for ten years. The idea for the business began with a concern all hockey families have."This started my 8th grade year," said Martin E., M…
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Skate cut protection gets an emotional hockey dad endorsement at the NHL GMs meeting
Roughly a year and a half since Adam Johnson died from a skate cut to the neck during a game in England, the topic was prominent on the second day of the NHL general managers meeting.
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