Serious wrist injuries have been one of the topics of discussion this fall.
League informs that it is stepping up monitoring the use of game equipment in accordance with the rules.
Player safety is a key part of the League’s strategy. The league has decided to pay special attention to the players’ equipment and their proper use in the future.
With enhanced supervision, the League and the clubs together want to strengthen the perspective of player safety and general responsibility.
Kärppien’s Ville Leskinen and Joonas Kemppainen wear neck protection, which is mandatory for players in the League. Tomi Natri / AOP
No changes have been made to the rule book. It is a matter of enhanced supervision, where special attention is paid to, for example, missing covers and modified game equipment.
If the referees of the match notice deficiencies or problems with the equipment, they act within the framework of the rulebook in the following way:
Missing mandatory protective equipment or using game equipment modified against the rules will first result in a warning.
The warning is given to the whole team collectively: if any of the players of the same team commits the same foul, a 2-minute penalty follows.
If one of the players of the same team still commits the same foul, he is sentenced to a 10-minute behavior penalty.
If one of the players of the same team commits the same foul even after this, he will be given a match penalty and a report will be submitted to the League.
Wrist / forearm cut protectors are not mandatory equipment for players, but the League encourages all players to use them.
Neck protection, on the other hand, is mandatory, but not all players use it.
Iltalehti has repeatedly highlighted the poor use of protective equipment by players in the League.