Stinky hockey equipment is a health hazard?

I don’t really consider myself a “Manly-man.” Don’t get me wrong I’m no metrosexual Louis Vuitton wearing poof. I like my beer cold, my women hot and my sports violent. However I’m no lumberjack. While other guys my age have as much hair on their chest as their head I’m still slightly hairier than a newborn. I think my hygiene is definitely pretty good for a guy at least.

However, that doesn’t prevent my hockey equipment from smelling like an animal crawled inside it and died, in the nineties. I guess it doesn’t matter how clean you are, if you soak something with sweat and leave it in a bag it’s going to get smelly. I just haven’t figured out how to get that smell out.
And apparently my smelly hockey bag isn’t only dangerous to the noses of all those around me, it’s also dangerous to me.

"Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikael Renberg had a run-in with group-A strep and nearly lost a hand as a result. While tying his skates for a practice in late December 2002, a lace opened a blister on his left hand. The hand became so infected the next day that he developed a 104-degree fever and ended up in a Vancouver hospital, where doctors considered amputation over fears that the infection could spread and kill him." – Ottawa, Citizen

Perhaps I should buy some Lysol. For the full article click here .