Hockey Used to Be Even More Dangerous

 By 
Matt Petronzio
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Hockey Used to Be Even More Dangerous

The fact that the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup earlier this week in an epic comeback reminds us: Hockey is the only sport with large, angled sticks, and blades on shoes -- and oh yeah, fighting is actually part of the game.

In this comic, Josh Mecouch of Formal Sweatpants illustrates a fun fact -- the NHL didn't require helmets until 1979. You'd think that would have been a priority, huh?

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