{"id":420086,"date":"2025-12-02T18:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/420086\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T18:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:41:15","slug":"nhl-to-remind-teams-about-mandatory-helmets-during-warmups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/420086\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL to remind teams about mandatory helmets during warmups"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New Jersey Devils did not wear helmets during warmup ahead of their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday. Ed Mulholland \/ Imagn Images<\/p>\n

NHL teams can expect to hear from the league about rules that require players to wear helmets during warmups after three teams took to the ice helmetless over the last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe intend to send a reminder to all Clubs as to the applicable rules as they apply to the use of helmets in warm-up,\u201d deputy commissioner Bill Daly said in an email to The Athletic Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Daly did not elaborate on when or how the notice will be sent to teams.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Devils players traded their helmets for caps during warmup before their Monday night game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Newark, N.J. The hats read \u201c1,000 Dilly\u201d to commemorate defenseman Brenden Dillon\u2019s 1,000th NHL game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks ditched their helmets<\/a> for warmups before games against the Golden Knights in Las Vegas. Only goaltenders Alex Nedeljkovic and Yaroslav Askarov wore protective headgear.<\/p>\n

Sharks forward Will Smith described it as \u201ca team decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was Saturday night in Vegas, so all the guys were pretty easy (to sell on it),\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

The Senators decided at a team dinner the night before their Nov. 26 game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a little discussion over a team dinner last night,\u201d Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson said during a TV interview the night of the game. \u201cWe\u2019ll see if it happens in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NHL would prefer that it not.<\/p>\n

The league mandated helmets in warmups during the 2023-24 season. The rule applies to any player who joined the league during or after the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n

Aside from the traditional rookie lap, in which a player appearing in his first NHL game takes to the ice for warmup first and skates a lap around the rink before others join, the NHL frowns upon violation of Rule 9.6. That rule states that \u201cit is mandatory for all players who entered the NHL beginning with the 2019-2020 season or later to wear their helmet during pre-game warm-up. To be clear, all players who entered the League prior to the 2019-2020 season and who are currently playing are exempt from this mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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