JaskulaR
Registered User
Since high school I've played with no cage (visor for juniors, now just nothing). Only time I've been seriously hurt was in an alumni game against my old high school team that I played in. I was THAT GUY wearing the visor when all the kids still wore cages, and a kid who was a friend of mine took a run at me and knocked out my 2 front teeth (wasn't wearing a mouthguard since we weren't checking hard). I kicked the crap out of him since it really pissed me off that he'd come at me with a stick like that. It's really the only time I've been seriously hurt for not wearing a cage, but there is a BIG difference in stickwork between guys who have always worn a cage, and guys who have never worn one.