Sporting danger
An ice hockey player died in Sheffield after his throat was cut by an opponent’s skate blade. How dangerous is ice hockey?
– There were 7,668 visits to US emergency rooms as a result of ice hockey-related head injuries in 2018. This compares with 51,892 for American football, 24,516 for baseball, 38,898 for basketball and 26,955 for football. These figures are not adjusted for the participation rate.
– An analysis of 13 seasons in the US found that an average of 3.17 ice hockey players per season suffered from concussion
– A 2013 Canadian study claimed 44.3% of all traumatic brain injuries in children resulted from playing ice hockey
– Since 2010 at least 5 professional ice hockey players have been killed on the ice. Meanwhile, 15 were killed in a bus crash in Canada and 26 in a plane crash in Russia
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