While we're at it, I've always wondered why hockey helmets are so different from football helmets. Both are very full contact sports, but hockey has more potential head injury hazards, between the boards, the ice, sticks and pucks -- all at a much higher speeds. Yet hockey helmets are pretty small and flimsy in comparison to football helmets.
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While we're at it, I've always wondered why hockey helmets are so different from football helmets. Both are very full contact sports, but hockey has more potential head injury hazards, between the boards, the ice, sticks and pucks -- all at a much higher speeds. Yet hockey helmets are pretty small and flimsy in comparison to football helmets.