Girl, 13, Dies After Being Hit by Puck at NHL Game
Girl's death raises concern for fans' safety. Here is the only national article I've seen which addresses what some of the repercussions for fan's safety might be. I read somewhere that an average of 3 to 8 pucks are launched into the audience in average game. Personally I think if an accident is preventable then you should do whatever you can to prevent it. If it happened once it can happen again. And next time they can't say that it was a fluke. I bet if the NHL wanted to they could approach a research company and explore options for some sort of mono-filament netting which would be practically invisible to the crowd but would still serve quite well to stop the pucks.
posted by dgeiser13 at 01:53 PM on February 15, 2002
Girl, 13, Dies After Being Hit by Puck at NHL Game
Girl's death raises concern for fans' safety. Here is the only national article I've seen which addresses what some of the repercussions for fan's safety might be. I read somewhere that an average of 3 to 8 pucks are launched into the audience in average game. Personally I think if an accident is preventable then you should do whatever you can to prevent it. If it happened once it can happen again. And next time they can't say that it was a fluke. I bet if the NHL wanted to they could approach a research company and explore options for some sort of mono-filament netting which would be practically invisible to the crowd but would still serve quite well to stop the pucks.