Pros and Cons of Different Hockey Face Protection
Since 1917-18, the National Hockey League’s inaugural campaign, countless hockey players have suffered severe facial injuries. Some...
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Customising your Hockey Skates
Customizing hockey skates can be smart and even advisable, assuming you’ve first done your research and purchased a pair of skates that...
Your Hockey Bag
Your hockey equipment bag is one of the most important pieces of gear you own. It carries your skates, helmet, and pads, but it’s also...
Hockey Player Gloves
Unfortunately, there’s no standard lifespan for hockey mitts. If you’re a parent, you can expect to replace your child’s hockey gloves...
Ice Hockey Helmets
Your ice hockey helmet isn’t going to last forever. If you’re a hockey parent, you probably know how quickly a growing player goes...
Ice Hockey Manufacturers
Considering the earliest known ice skates are 4,000 years old and an early depiction of hockey as played on ice dates to the late 1700s,...
The History of Ice Skates Part 1
The next time you’re sitting in the locker room lacing up your hockey skates, take a moment to consider that the modern combination of...
The Oldest Hockey Stick In the World
When you explore the wide range of high-tech composite hockey sticks on the market today—innovative models such as the Bauer Nexus ADV or...
Hockey Stick Flex Guide
WHAT DO THE FLEX NUMBERS MEAN ON A HOCKEY STICK? Hockey stick flex numbers refer to the stiffness of the stick. The number is a...
Athletes Nutritional Requirements
For someone from the general public, a balanced diet must consist of: 50-60% of kcals from carbohydrates 10-20% of kcals from proteins...
Vitamins - what they do for our bodies and where we get them from
Water soluble vitamins B1 (thiamin) • Helps release energy from carbohydrates • Is needed for proper working of the heart, digestive and...
Nutrition - Nutrients, Vitamins and Minerals
MACRO AND MICRONUTRIENTS NUTRIENTS Nutrients are chemical substances we obtain from food to provide energy for our bodies, regulate and...
Hockey Equipment
Your most important decision before starting hockey should be to purchase properly fitted and comfortable equipment. When equipment is...
Diet Planning
Ice-hockey is a power based, anaerobic activity that requires a great deal of energy as the ATP-PC system is the one that is used the...
Ice Hockey Rules
Aim of the Game The objective in a game of ice hockey is to score more goals than your opponent. That simple aim is similar to that in...
Hockey Lingo
Like most sports, players have developed their own 'language' to describe and comment on hockey related activities, actions and people....
History of Ice Hockey
The roots of modern day hockey are widely debated amongst hockey historians so in this article I have read all the theories and compiled...
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