It's kind of amazing there aren't more skate-induced injuries in NHL games, although there are plenty of players who take precautions to minimize those ...

Three months after Hartford Wolf Pack captain Casey Fitzgerald had his neck sliced mid-game, his father Tom Fitzgerald, the general manager for the New Jersey Devils, recounted the scary experience.

Neck guards have become a major part of hockey in recent times ... we've seen some devastating and tragic injuries caused from players taking skate cuts all over their body, but as a result ...

Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald is talking about his son Casey being cut by a skate blade in an attempt to get NHL players to wear ...

(AP) — Tom Fitzgerald and wife Kerry watched their son Casey’s American Hockey League game on ... his hand to the right side of his neck. He had been cut by a skate blade just above his ...

CASPER,Wyo- After a horrific incident where a youth hockey player, Carter Lein from Casper, Wyoming, was seriously injured ...

Fitzgerald's son Casey, a defenseman with Hartford of the American Hockey ... Fitzgerald's injury and the realization that the neck guard did not offer him protection from the cut, Pasma said ...

(AP) — Tom Fitzgerald and wife Kerry watched their son Casey’s American Hockey League game on ... his hand to the right side of his neck. He had been cut by a skate blade just above his ...

Casey’s neck was cut in the middle of a play during ... 25 stitches in his neck and even returned to hockey just days after the injury. However, Tom emphasized that the situation could’ve ...