yet shoulder pads have long been something of an afterthought, with many players unsure of which model they wear and long-accustomed to simply throwing on whatever the equipment guy hands them at ...

which are placed inside the pads between a player's shoulder blades. "It tells them how much you're running and how hard you're working, so I'm trying to run as much as I can so the coaches will ...

Our favorite model is the STX Stallion 50 Shoulder Pads, which have a high level of protective covering for young players. Youth hockey shoulder pads fit underneath the sweater, so they’re not ...

Russell Athletic's new carbon-fiber shoulder pads also happen to ... pros and NCAA Division I players (no youth sizes are available), where the highest-end models from Riddell, Rawlings, and ...