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Pro Stock Hockey Blog
Complete Hockey Warm-up
It’s crucial to get your body warmed up and moving before you get on the ice, to reduce the risk of injury and prepare your muscles for playing. It also helps you prepare mentally allowing you to get "in the zone" before you get out there. A complete warm-up is a key factor for success at any [...]
Best Hockey Sticks: 2016-17 Season
Let’s just get this out of the way first: The rankings in our list below are determined by their usage among active players in the NHL through the end of the 2016-17 regular season. This is not based off of any sales figures or personal opinions. Let's get to it. #10. Easton Synergy GX – 16 active NHL players Performance Sports Group, [...]
How To Stay Hydrated During A Hockey Game
We’ve teamed up with Precision Hydration, who personalize the hydration strategies of a long list of teams in the NHL, NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball, to give you the lowdown on how to stay hydrated on game day. It’s well worth taking the time to consider your hydration strategy as staying hydrated can have a significant impact on [...]
Pro Stock Insight: Jimmy Vesey
Hockey equipment has changed dramatically over the last several years. Technology has helped make equipment stronger and more durable, yet somehow lighter and more comfortable. While the “average Joe” isn’t able to get equipment tailored and customized to meet specific preferences, those lucky enough to make it to the NHL are given the opportunity to do just that. More than [...]
The Hockey Triad - Why We Should Be Concerned
It's no secret that hockey can take a physical toll on your body - just ask David Speciale, a strength coach at FITS Toronto. Each year, there are thousands of hockey related injuries. While not all of these injuries could have been prevented, educating yourself on injury prevention can go a long way in improving your [...]
Goalie E-Book
There’s a crowd in the crease, just inches away. You feel pulsating pressure, the harsh heat mounting despite the expanse of ice all around. Suddenly, a puck rockets through the tangle of bodies in front of you. Its target: the back of the net. You slow it down in your mind. Freeze it. Throw your glove up. Squeeze it. [...]
Getting To Know Jonas Gustavsson
If you've played hockey before, then you know this simple fact: Goalies are weird. It takes a certain type of person to want to be a goaltender. To voluntarily stand in the way of a vulcanized rubber disc being propelled towards you at 100+ mph is something most people have a little trouble understanding. They're the last [...]
Personalized Nutrition for Hockey Players
Well everyone reading has done the impossible, they’ve survived 2016. As we celebrate 2016 in all its glories and all its tragedies we move onto 2017. As 2017 greets us I can’t help but think back to what the top nutrition trends were of 2016 and whether they still apply for 2017, namely a bigger emphasis on [...]
Getting To Know Shawn Thornton
NHL players can be very particular about their equipment. Players will rotate through a pair of gloves each period. Some prepare multiple sticks as a part of their pregame rituals. Many will opt for new equipment after just one month of use. Florida Panthers forward Shawn Thornton is not your typical NHL player. I sat down with Thornton, a PSH brand ambassador, for [...]
Getting "Post Game" Clean
It’s no secret that hockey can be a stinky sport. Practices multiple times a week, games every weekend and daily workouts make showering an all-too-common occurrence. During the season, hockey players constantly need to shower multiple times a day, every day.Wake up. Shower. Afternoon workout. Shower. Late-night practice/game. Shower.Sound familiar?For much of his teens and 20s, this was the [...]
