The players wanted to have their heads protected, but as individuals they couldn't afford to jeopardize their effectiveness on the ice.
Making helmets compulsory eliminated the dilemma: the players could protect their heads without suffering a competitive disadvantage.
Gina McCarthy, who heads the EPA, said in a press call last week that her agency had found that 80% of small business owners supported the rule, as did a majority of those individuals and organizations who submitted public comments in the run-up to the rule's introduction.
And he heads a business empire that includes vastly more than just his three television channels.
During evidence on the behaviour of nuns from the Sisters of Nazareth order at two Catholic church-run children's homes in Derry, the inquiry heard that children were beaten for bedwetting and had soiled sheets placed on their heads to humiliate them.
I am certain heads of state and governments in the EU, and all Eurocrats, can afford 10 cents a cup.
He should have added, for any voters distracted by the recent Lynton Crosby-led mind games, that a coalition of the Tories and UKIP – formal or not – will ignore Scotland, however strong the SNP, as it heads towards exit from the EU.
Welcome to Uzbekistan, a country bigger than Germany, with a population of 31 million, where Islam Karimov is now embarking on a fourth term of office, even though the constitution stipulates a two-term maximum for heads of state.
At Westminster the loyalists look at the likes of Nadine Dorries, "Mad Nad" to her detractors, and shake their heads in despair.
David Hopkins – senior advisory manager: charities and grant making, at CAF philanthropy services David heads up the Charities and Grant-Making Solutions team at the Charities Aid Foundation.
Instead, the plinth has become a place for rubberneckers to congregate, shake their heads and wonder what on earth has become of the club.
