Ice hockey is known as a team sport which is played on ice. Skaters in this hockey use sticks for directing a puck into the opponent team's goal. In this fast-paced sport, all the players including the goalies have to be on top of their physical skills. As for the safety and the rule of the game, ice hockey equipments are always important to be worn properly. Material and size of these equipments need to meet higher standard for better performance of the game. Goalies in the two teams in a hockey play need more safety as they have to face the balls from different angles and some of the shots they face are sudden. Ice hockey goalie pad is one of the sets of equipments that the goalies generally wear.

Ice hockey has got the most popularity in places with sufficient cold. Sweden, Russia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Slovakia, the northern United States and the Baltic States are the countries where ice hockey is a popular sports and source of great entertainment. Ice hockey has been included as one of the four major and popular North American professional sports.

Coming to the terms of ice hockey equipments, every player needs safety and easiness to play freely. When one is assured of protection from injury and freedom in a fast–paced game like hockey, the sport itself gets a natural rhythm. Ice hockey players use different pads in different parts of their body. Ice hockey goalie pad is such an equipment that protects a goalie from different injuries. Equipments that an ice hockey goalie uses in general are Hockey Goalie Chest & Arm Pads, Hockey Goalie Leg Pads, Hockey Goalie Skates, Hockey Goalie Helmets, Hockey Goalie Pants, Hockey Goalie Leg Pads, Hockey Goalie Blockers, Hockey Goalie Sticks, Hockey Goalie Catch Gloves. They may also use shoulder pads, elbow pads and heavily padded shorts.

As the goalies have to face the power of shots, they need to wear special equipments like ice hockey goalie pad which are intended to protect their body from direct hit. As for example, Leg Pads are protective to both of their legs and helpful to stop shots. The leg pads are generally 11 inches in width. The leg pads need to be about three inches above the knee. Improper Leg Pads prevent goalkeeper to apply butterfly saves properly in time.

As Ice hockey is completely a contact sport and players, especially goalies are prone to high risk of injury; goalies need special protection equipment on ground. Ice hockey involves the physical contact with hockey sticks, Skate blades, hockey pucks, hips, shoulders and between the players. Proper equipments can protect the players from injuries like muscle strains, hyper-extensions, concussions, broken bones, contusions, ligament tears and lacerations.