Ranger-#8 1 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 I have been hearing that now you dont have to have your mouth guard connected to your cage now in the US. I was wondering if this is true or just some bs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 That's what I heard too. A ref corrected me the other day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ambro 0 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 True. It has been for at least 2 years now. I even confirmed with with a local ref here before I cut the strap off of mine. He also refs Wisconsin Badger games occasionally, so he knows his stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 I can't find any rule that requires it to be attached. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 I can't find any rule that requires it to be attached. That is what he told me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joshy207 15 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 It might vary state-to-state. I'll ask around and see what I can find out, but a lot of kids in Michigan aren't wearing strapped mouthguards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR Boucicaut 3801 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 Might be a rink requirement... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icedog03 0 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 The rule was changed a few years ago...it does not have to be connected anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LkptTiger 1 Report post Posted October 8, 2004 I hate the damn strap. I know we here in New York haven't been required to wear them for the past two or three years now. Alot of guys still do, but I sure as hell don't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EBondo 233 Report post Posted October 9, 2004 Same here, can't stand the strap, we don't have to have em connected, so off it went Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prenny207 1 Report post Posted October 9, 2004 doesn't have to be strapped... but has to be colored... can't use clear without a strap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyler33 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2004 Ive been using a clear strapless mouthguard for 4 or 5 years actually, and no ref has ever said anything to me about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kosydar 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2004 doesn't have to be strapped... but has to be colored... can't use clear without a strap. I was told that it can be clear, so thats what I've been wearing. If a ref doesn't think you're wearing one, he just makes you chomp your teeth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyler9 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2004 You guys have to wear mouthguards ? In Alberta its all personal preference, theres no rule stipulating we have to wear one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kosydar 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2004 I'd wear a mouthguard even if I didn't have to. I'm scared as hell of biting off the end of my tongue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted October 10, 2004 USA Hockey Rule 304-cAll players, including goalkeepers.......are required to wear a colored (non-clear) internal mouthpiece........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kosydar 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2004 Wow, I was just talking to our head ref about that one the other day and he said it didn't have to be colored. Its weird how much the rules can vary from place to place, even when they're wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
