Today is your day Boomer! I can't find the exact numbers....but about one million people play recreational hockey in Canada. I'm sure a few hundred thousand of those are Boomers and/or seniors who play late evening beer league hockey. Ever watch a game? It can get pretty competitive as pucks, sticks and skates are flying everywhere! Now...one person has died and one almost died in games in the past two weeks. The latest is this young man shown in the picture. The stitches come from skate cuts to the neck as players fall on a slippery surface and other skates rise up accidently. The man who survived wore a neck guard, which many players refuse to use. Why? Neal Pionk of the Winnipeg Jets says "It’s kind of like wearing a dress shirt and your tie is all the way up, it feels like that; you feel restricted and it’s a little warm, too.” But it was his friend that passed away in a hockey game in England, so he now uses the guard and says, "I don't notice it much during a game. There’s too much adrenalin flowing through my body; it's just a matter of getting used to it." Good advice Boomers from a NHL player! By the way, they are cheap. Only about 20 bucks...worth your life? Cheers.