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It’s recency bias by me, but it seems like skaters have been hitting the ice with the back of their heads after a hit a lot recently.
Makes me wonder why the rear of the helmet doesn’t have a bit more protection - it’s probably the least obstructive part of the helmet. They’d look ridiculous I bet, like how Jordan staal used to look like darth helmet, but maybe they should add like 1/2 to 1” more to the backside and make it like a crumple zone. It’s rare that the event happens, and when it does the helmet is trashed as the crumple would be used up, but it would probably save a lot of injury time and not restrict player motion.
Helmet manufacturers would love this idea.