Pat LaFontaine looks to make hockey a much safer game with his new helmet company, Valor. LaFontaine, left, is shown playing for the Sabres in a game against the Rangers in 1996.

While all team sports can be rough, hockey poses a particularly high risk of brain injuries. A new high-tech helmet is designed to warn of such injuries, by detecting and reporting on knocks to ...

No wonder hockey has lagged behind other sports in demanding its helmets provide protection more nuanced than a cranial fracture, a brain hemorrhage or death. Researchers at Virginia Tech want to ...

If you play NCAA D1 hockey, then you can get a helmet painted,’” Davidson said. “So, that was something I was really looking forward to.” ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have devised a five-star rating system for hockey helmet safety, and not one of the 32 helmets tested earned a five or even a four star rating, the team revealed this ...

CCM already produces the most-used helmet in the NHL, and now, Gibson says, pro players themselves have started asking for the Resistance protection, getting more involved in their own safety.