Quote Originally Posted by AngeloV View Post
Even in non contact hockey collisions happen. When you have 10 skaters on the ice moving as fast as they do, it happens. A lot of hockey injuries also come from non contact situations. Skating at the speed people do, it's not hard to lose your balance and fly into the boards.
You'd be surprised, maybe not, at how many people get injuries that are concussion related pleasure skating. You mention 10 skaters at once, I could remember 50-100 people pleasure skating, and you always have those risk takers (usually boys) that end up knocking people over like bowling pins trying to skate fast and carelessly around everybody. Used to know a lifeguard and he said the worst injuries were when people fell and had their fingers skated over, so any activity carries some form of risk. Bumps in the head were also common, especially playing British Bulldog...it was basically one man chase from one end to the other until everyone was tagged, akin to returning punts with no blockers. That activity could potentially lead to injuries especially near boards but man was that good exercise improving speed and agility.