EIHA to make neck guards mandatory from 2024 following death of Adam Johnson

Tributes have been paid outside the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham following the death of Panthers player Adam Johnson. Pic: Jacob King/PA

The English Ice Hockey Association will make it mandatory to wear a neck guard during “all on-ice activities” from the start of 2024 in a change to regulations following the death of Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson.

The 29-year-old American was playing in a Challenge Cup match at the Sheffield Steelers when he reportedly suffered a slashed neck following a collision.