Guardian caps for practice?

I remember back in the dark reaches of the equipment room in the late 70s, early 80s there were these old school helmets that occasionally, if the number of kids trying out got too large, had to be brought out. (No one gave a shit if they were safe or anything.) Anyway, the helmets weren't shaped like a normal helmet. They were high in the middle from the front view and more rectangular than round.

We used to call them "Frankies" because they looked like Frankenstein's head. Heaven forbid you got stuck with a Frankie.

'Lighting someone up' is pretty cool.  But it has to be done legally and safely - which are both things that exist.  Leading with your helmet used to be called spearing - it's ALWAYS been illegal.  Leaving your feet (ie: diving into people) is a natural form of leading with your head, and its illegal in every sport that I know of (including, and especially, hockey).

We still see people get 'lit up' in every game, and the hits still make highlights.  Are there less of them?  Sure - its harder to do that when you're not intentionally aiming to hurt the other guy.