A hockey goalie wears 50 pounds of equipment and can lose up to 7 pounds in body weight in just a few short hours of a game.
	It is typical for an average hockey player to lose 6 or 7 pounds in fat and lean body mass during the course of the season.
	A professional hockey goalie has split-second reflexes in order to stop pucks traveling 90 mph at the goal.
	San Jose Sharks' defenseman Al Iafrate has the fastest slapshot in the league, clocked at over 100 mph.
	Weight transfer from a player's back legs to the stick in his hand is important for hockey players to hit a fast slapshot
	It takes nearly a ton of force to break a hockey stick.
	Hockey is rivaled only to football as being the most physical professional team sport.
	Players are on the ice for an average of one minute at a time because the workout is one of the most intense in professional sports.
	Hockey players can skate up to 30 mph.