Are players allowed to wear watches during games or do the rules say „watch out“?

[CaptainShark]

I just saw that Nico Sturm is wearing what I suppose is an Apple Watch during the game.

Is that within the rules? What about risk of injury?

And have you ever noticed that before?

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[snag]

why wear a watch? you in a rush to be somewhere else that pays you more?

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

Could be for health reasons and may be monitoring heart rate or something?

 

[snag]

Could be for health reasons and may be monitoring heart rate or something?

I would think then if that is a concern they should likely not be cleared for action.

 

[deleted user]

Risk of injury? He's not fabricating stuff or running machinery. I don't think injury is a concern in this case.

 

[Great Makohead Shork]

Freak things happen. Last year during a game a coach's ring got caught between two glass panels and his finger popped off.

 

[Breakers]

A “Whoop” looks like a watch

I know quite a few NHL players wear them
Boeser, coyle, killorn, Marchand etc etc wear them for tracking a variety of health metrics

Ekblad says he uses it for tracking performance and metabolic data when trying to find the ideal calorie intake before games and stuff like that.

 

[JabbaJabba]

Finnish AHL player Aatu Räty wears a smart watch in games. There was a short article about him in Finnish two years ago Aatu Räty, 19, paljastaa, miksi pelaa jääkiekkoa älykello ranteessa – ei ota pois ilmoituksiakaan: "Jäähyaitiossa sillä voi tietenkin katsoa Youtube-videoita"

 

[Iggys Dome]

Players wear necklaces and stuff, a watch isn’t much different

 

[Oddbob]

Risk of injury? He's not fabricating stuff or running machinery. I don't think injury is a concern in this case.

Yeah, but what if he gets hit by two players and the three of them go into a spin-o-rama caught by his wrist, could shear that thing right off.

 

[RRhoads]

I would think then if that is a concern they should likely not be cleared for action.

It doesn't mean that it is a concern. It's more about keeping heart rate and O2 at acceptable levels so you don't develop lactic acidosis.

It is just a tool to help maximize performance.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Why in the hell would you wear a $100-200,000 watch to a game? Even the eight figure guys feel that hit.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Why in the hell would you wear a $100-200,000 watch to a game? Even the eight figure guys feel that hit.

I think there's a difference between a fitbit and a rolex here......would probably be a safe bet that any NHLer would have a fitbit on to maybe track cardio, or heartrate, that sort of thing.

Surprised I haven't seen it more often.

 

[NVious]

Why in the hell would you wear a $100-200,000 watch to a game? Even the eight figure guys feel that hit.

We play on ice, we stay icy, feel me homeboy?

#StayFlexxin

 

[Stammertime91]

I honestly thought the title of this thread was some sort of riddle, not a serious question.

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

I would think then if that is a concern they should likely not be cleared for action.

Could be more of a personnel thing for his own knowledge and nothing serious

 

[McShogun99]

A “Whoop” looks like a watch

I know quite a few NHL players wear them
Boeser, coyle, killorn, Marchand etc etc wear them for tracking a variety of health metrics

Ekblad says he uses it for tracking performance and metabolic data when trying to find the ideal calorie intake before games and stuff like that.

A lot of players in various sports leagues are wearing Whoop now. It's probably the best fitness tracker out there right now.

 

[luiginb]

Players wear necklaces and stuff, a watch isn’t much different

I was very surprised when I noticed that. In soccer they're not allowed because of risk of injury, I can imagine the risk is even higher in hockey.

 

[DeltaSwede]

Never seen or thought of it but I guess that's pretty neat.

 

[MadLuke]

I would imagine the whoop type bracelet are more made with sport-impact injury risk than wedding ring or regular old watch.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

I just saw that Nico Sturm is wearing what I suppose is an Apple Watch during the game.

Is that within the rules? What about risk of injury?

And have you ever noticed that before?

I've wondered this too when I see necklaces. I'm really surprised the NHL doesn't have a "no jewelery or watches" policy. There's no point to wearing them, but the potential for an accident is real. Imagine a necklace falling off, a guy skates over it and gets injured.

 

[Travis093]

I currently wear my fitbit to every ball hockey game. It's nice to check out my heartrate and such after

 

[GrumpyKoala]

If monitoring heart rate and other biometric are deemed necessary, there plenty of devices that would be more safe both for the players that wears it and for others.

The sport is dangerous enough to not introduce other cosmetic elements even if the chances for injury are slim.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Also this comes to mind.

 

[Calderon]

I wish OP would've made this thread just for the pun which was great