NHL: Visors Could be Mandatory for New Players

NHL: Visors Could be Mandatory for New Players

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 05: Marc Staal #18 of the New York Rangers is helped off the ice after he was hit in the face with a puck in the third period against the Philadelphia Flyers on March 5, 2013 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.The New York Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

TORONTO (AP) - The NHL competition committee will recommend making visors mandatory for all players entering the league.

Also at Tuesday's meeting, hybrid icing was recommended for testing during the 2013-14 preseason, as were shallower nets.

Any changes must first be approved by the league's board of governors. That also includes a change that makes all four-minute high-sticking penalties subject to video review.

But the decision on visors was the biggest item. Former NHL defenseman Mathieu Schneider, special assistant to NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, said a "clear majority" of players supported grandfathering visors. But he declined to say what percent of players voted in favor of the change in an internal survey.

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