Homemade Hockey Pads Offer Little Protection, It Turns Out

For a German TV show, the two hosts planned to strap on their homemade armor and face the wrath of a full-ice body check at intermission of a Eisbären Berlin game. After seeing what happened to the first test subject, the second host decided that one was enough.

Our friends at 25Stanley.com have the full video, along with a suggestion that blowing up media members should become a regular part of the NHL's skills competition. We would pay good money to see if Don Cherry's position on head trauma would change, or if Barry Melrose's hair would move at all.