Tag: Does height matter hockey?
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Are hockey players short?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]While some scouts think that being short is an obstacle to playing at the NHL level, there are plenty of players throughout NHL history that have proven those skeptics wrong. … To qualify, a player has to be less than…
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Can hockey players be short?
[mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]Hockey players can be short. Since the 2004 NHL lockout, hockey has favored quicker, faster players. If you are short, your center of gravity is lower, favoring speed. The current state of hockey still brings a physical approach, but the…