And Drew Doughty is already the second NHL star, this year alone, to get the point reinforced…big time.

The Los Angeles Kings star was smacked by a shot by James Neal of the Pittsburgh Penguins to the face recently (early November). But of course, the supreme performance and protection technologies employed by Oakley’s unrivaled Hockey Visor saved the day…and his eye.

The performance and safety of the Oakley family are the reason for the company’s unmatched, patented technologies in eyewear and gear.

Exhibit O: NHL Star Francois Beauchemin of the Anaheim Ducks.

During a recent match against the San Jose Sharks, Defenseman Dan Boyle’s third-period shot beamed straight at Fracois’ face, hitting him right above the eye at close to 90 mph.

But there was one thing standing between his face and the ultra-dangerous puck. His Oakley Hockey visor.

It’s not all that hard, of course…being that a whole host of the NHL’s top hockey players are Oakley-equipped smashers rocking their high-tech O visors whenever they suit up for battle. So it was only fitting that some of O’s best scooped up top honors at the NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas – lead by the Anaheim Ducks’ Corey Perry, who grabbed the coveted Hart Trophy as the League’s Most Valuable Player to his team. He also claimed the Maurice Richard Award for most goals during the season.

Fellow Oakley athletes Daniel Sedin (Ted Lindsay Award), Ryan Kesler (Frank J. Selke Trophy) and Nicklas Lidstrom (James Norris Memorial Trophy) all took home honors of their own.

With biting incidents, extra rough fouls, bad blood and some truly World-Class play, the NHL Stanley Cup Finals are raging on. After the Vancouver Canucks powered out of the gates to a 2-0 series lead with commanding victories, Boston’s strong 8-1 victory in game three has momentum shifting for a truly competitive series.

Despite bitter rivals clashing head-to-head, the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins have one thing in common. Both sides are packed with Oakley-equipped warriors.

The O slasher’s heroic efforts and scoring during the last couple weeks of the regular season catapulted the team from a bottom of the barrel playoff position to the middle the pack.

But make no mistake. He’d been doing that all season. (In his Oakley Hockey Visor, of course.)

So much so that the right wing grabbed the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy as the NHL’s top goal scorer for the 2010-11 season: the latest Duck since fellow Oakley athlete and legend Teemu Selanne took the inaugural award for his killer 1998-99 campaign.

And that thing’s name is Corey Perry.

Oakley’s Hockey Star smashed in three goals (and his third career hat trick) in a 6-2 clobbering of the Sharks at the Honda Center, capping off an awesome 19 goals in the last 14 games – and a league leading 50 on the season.

Coincidentally, it was the first time a Ducks slasher hit 50 big ones since fellow Oakley star Teemu Selanne sent ‘em in during the 1998-98 campaign.

But not exactly like you may think.

Oakley’s young smasher Matt Duchene took the first-ever penalty shot in NHL All-Star history…after fellow O star Alex Ovechkin chucked a hockey stick to stop his breakaway, that is.

Ovi and Matt were just two of more than 30 NHL All-Star players proudly rockin’ Oakley Hockey Visors (out of a total of 48) – displaying the Big O’s enormous presence in the league and the trust star pros have in our cutting-edge technology.

Oakley NHL Stars Sidney Crosby of the Penguins and Alexander Ovechkin of the Capitals generally don’t get along very well. Well the two ice chargers’ well-publicized rivalry is set to blaze to new heights, as the two are being highlighted in HBO’s special series, “24/7 Penguins/Capitals: Road to the NHL Winter Classic” from Dec. 15 until New Years Day – when their two bitter rival squads collide.

It’ll definitely be a war. And the buildup is making it that much more intense as both have continued to steal headlines…and TV screens.

That’s three huge quacks for three killer goals netted by Oakley’s own Corey Perry in a raucous Anaheim Ducks home game against the Minnestota Wild at the Honda Center this past Sunday. O’s Canadian Right Wing sent in his first NHL hat trick at just 19 seconds into the game, setting the momentum for a crushing 6-2 victory.

Just ask the Washington Capitals’ Alexander Semin, who dished out his first hat trick of the season this past week in a huge 4-3 win over the Atlanta Thrashers.

His fourth career hat trick went down before fellow Cap Tomas Fleischmann netted the overtime winner in a bona fide thriller.

“I was just trying to get my stick on the puck and make sure it winds up in the net,” said Semin, who rocks his Oakley visor every game, every day. “How many times can you try to get around guys? I was just trying not to think about it and just shoot.”

Selanne announced himself ready to jump back into action after having missed the past eight games because of a broken jaw suffered January 13 during a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins at the Honda Center.