Minnesota Hockey Community Weighs In After IIHF Mandates Neck Guards

By Kirsten Mitchell, CBS Minnesota

December 5, 2023

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Some of the world's top hockey players will need an extra piece of gear. The Olympics and World Championships will now require neck guards after the shocking death of Adam Johnson. The Hibbing native and former UMD Bulldog died during a professional game in England last month when another player's skate cut his neck.

Five-year-old Jameson is laced up and ready to go. Though he's just learning to skate now, he hopes to one day play hockey like his father. Like many parents of hockey players, Nick Trumble said the news of Johnson's death heightened fears about the safety of the sport.

"You're risking your life every time you go out on the ice and one freak thing can end your life," Trumble said.

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