- Neck laceration protection required at all times (see usahockey.com/playersafety)
- All players (including goalies) must have a mouth guard.
- All Middle School goalies must wear a goalie neck guard, and it must be the flapper style that hooks to the goalie mask.
Helmets:
- All player helmets must have all the screws, ear pieces and the chin strap needs a working buckle and the chin strap is no looser than 2 finger widths below the chin. The chin strap can NOT be a skate lace or a piece of tape.
- All player helmets must also have “J” clips, which are the plastic pieces on the side of the helmets that stop the cage from going into the players face.
- All helmets must have a HECC sticker with a current effective date for that helmet.
- If any of these helmet conditions are not met, it is an equipment violation and the player shall be sent off the ice.