An 11-year-old Wyoming boy narrowly escaped death after taking a skate to the neck during a hockey game Sunday.

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.

Regardless of NHLPA or CBA negotiations, the New Jersey Devils may be mandated by their general manager to wear neck guards.

The Devils GM's son Casey got 25 stitches in his throat area after a skate-blade cut in an AHL game in December.

A Wyoming family is thankful for safety changes made by USA Hockey that required every player to wear a neck guard, following ...

Now, in Wyoming, a neck guard has saved the life of an 11-year old hockey player, Carter Lein, who was cut to the neck while playing in a game in one of the scariest moments of his life for him ...

Joona Koppanen will usually stand out in just about any room he enters. At 6-foot-5, he is a hard fellow to miss. But even in ...

NOTE: The following story contains injury photos that could be upsetting to some readers. Discretion is advised. CASPER, Wyo. — Lauren Lein was in the ...

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 ...

The hockey world was shaken to its foundations in October of 2023 when a horrific on-ice incident claimed the life of former ...

Casey Fitzgerald was wearing a cut-resistant neck guard, which is mandated in the AHL, but the skate sliced him above the ...

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.