How to Buy an Ice Hockey Helmet

Video Transcript

"This is Tim McKeig with the UNCW Seahawks here with my buddy, Luke and today we are going to talk about how buy an ice hockey helmet. Now helmets can range anywhere in the price range from $100 to $150. These helmets that you are looking at usually want to be based off of level of play. Some more beginning level helmets you are not going to need as much padding or protection due to the fact that usually check hockey doesn't start until the pee wee age level. Some of the key components when buying a helmet are you are going to want to make sure that it is very snug on your chin as you can see with the chin strap here. You want it to be flush up against your chin. You don't want to have any loose hanging room that can add to injury. Also you are going to want to make sure the level of the top of your helmet is somewhere in between your eyebrows and the top of your hair line, right here in your forehead. That will insure that you are not going to suffer from any severe head injuries such as concussions or maybe some lower spinal pain or anything like that. Also another great thing about the helmet you are going to want to look for are these ear pieces to protect your ears from flying pucks or high sticks. They are very key in getting a good helmet. That would be how you would go about buying an ice hockey helmet."