I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. IT IS THE BLADE FROM AN ICE SKATE. AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THE RAZOR SHARP BURRS CREATED WHEN THE SKATE IS SHARP. AND AND THOSE BURRS ARE WHAT’S BEEN ...

NEW YORK — It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn't until 2013 that eye-protecting visors became mandatory — grandfathered in for veterans, of course.

TAMPA — Pat Maroon still feels horrible about what happened. Nearly two weeks after the Lightning forward’s skate blade sliced Oilers forward Evander Kane’s left wrist down to the bone and sent Kane ...