Scovone Star Magazine 2016-2017 | Page 32

DOMINICK WILLIAMSON LIFE ON THE ICE I magine you are on the ice and you forget an elbow pad when someone takes a slap shot to the elbow and fractures the main bone in your arm and can’t play in the first play off game. You're sitting on the bench with your helmet on and a cast on your arm. GEAR YOU WEAR AND EQUIPMENT ON THE ICE Forgetting one piece of equipment can be crucial, All hockey players must have all their equipment before getting on the ice, If you don’t have skates then you can’t skate or play hockey.When the players sharpen their skates it puts a better edge on them so that you can skate quicker. If you don’t get MICHIGAN’S TEAM your skates sharpened you could not skate good. In hockey if you do not wear a jersey with a number on the back when you score it will not go on your score records and you most likely won’t get the point for it. MICHIGAN HOCKEY HELMET All players need to wrap tape around a hockey stick for better grip when you shoot the puck or stick handling the puck. You also need a mouthguard to protect your teeth or they will all get knocked out. All players must wear gloves to protect their hands so that don’t get beat up and so they don’t bleed when a puck hits them. All players must also wear padded pants so that when you fall it does not hurt. MICHIGAN’S TEAM – 32 – All players must wear shin pads so that when you get hit in the shin it will hit the shin pad and not your bone. You must wear a protective helmet that will keep the head from getting hit from a puck or a stick by accident.All players must wear shoulder and elbow pads to protect their upper body and arms. The goalies were a lot more padding than the players because the MICHIGAN HOCKEY PLAYER