Ways for hockey to clean up its act. The current level of injuries in the NHL is considerably higher than any other professional sport. These injuries range from muscle pulls, concussions, sprains, and some season ending injuries. But there is a reason the injury rate is high. The NHL's schedule is comparable the NBA's, but there is a big difference in the amount of injuries occurring between the two sports.
Hockey is a contact sport.
The NFL is the only other contact sport. NFL players have six days of rest between games while the NHL averages about 2-3 days between games. Therefore, a higher amount of injuries are going to occur. The game of hockey allows too many opportunities for a violent act to occur. First of all the players are carrying a stick all the time.