amendment-Legal Definition. n. 1  The addition, deletion, correction, or other changes proposed or made to a document. 2  The term is usually capitalized when referring to an amendment in the United States Constitution (for example, the Fifth Amendment). 3  The act or process or revising something. 4  See also emendation.
On June 1, 1979, the NHL enacted a rule requiring the wearing of helmets for anyone entering the league after that date, though a âgrandfatherâ clause allowed diehard veterans to continue to go hatless if they wished.
Chicago's Jonathan Toews, Washington's Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom and Philadelphia's Claude Giroux are other NHL skaters switching to the customized gear. The New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist has been wearing OD1N goalie pads.