Getting hit in the ear is the absolute worst. Not gonna lie, I think the risk/reward isn’t worth it to take the ear guards off. The ears are to sensitive and painful if they get hit and I don’t find that my hearing is drastically better with the guards off vs on. Just my opinion tho 🤷♂️
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I’m putting them back on the bucket.
Bauer 4500 is just the best without them. 
Can’t argue with how clean that looks on the 4500 without them
But that pain at the hospital was some of the worst I ever felt. Risk/reward. Lesson learned. After 20 years 😂
We always seem to learn things the hard way in hockey 😂
Good friend had to have $30,000 of dental work done after a nasty injury ($10K out of pocket).
Years ago but we all saw it & nobody learned. But him. Full cage added by him only. 😂