1. There are three permissible types of protection which can be attached to the front of a skater’s helmet: cage, visor, and full visor.

2. A visor is attached to the helmet and must extend down to cover the eyes and nose in its entirety. It must be fixed to the helmet along the sides such that it cannot be flipped up.

3. Member national associations participating in an IIHF championship event must ensure that their players are equipped with a helmet manufactured specifically for ice hockey and that, as applicable, a visor or cage is properly attached to it.

4. Male players born after December 31, 1974, must wear, as a minimum, a visor.

5. All female players must wear a helmet with cage or full visor.

6. All skaters in the age category Under-18 must wear a cage constructed in such a way that neither the puck nor a stick blade can penetrate it.

7. Skaters are not allowed to wear a coloured or tinted visor.

8. A skater whose visor or cage becomes cracked or broken during game action must leave the ice immediately.

9. All skaters in the age category Under-20 must wear a mouth guard.

Visor | Full Visor | Cage