The sport of hockey has a large presence in the United States with 547,429 registered

athletes according to USA Hockey. 2 With the increasing

number of participants in the sport it is important to

understand the most common forms of injury. Through direct

and indirect forces, AC-joint sprains account for about 7.3% of

injuries seen at the NCAA collegiate level. The most common

source of these injuries is direct forces seen in player-player

and player-boards impacts.