Does this sound right?

[Unheard]

"During a typical practice or game, you will likely burn between 3,000 and 6,000 calories."

Source

Sounds a bit high to me. Looking @ other calorie calculators online, it shows it as only being around 1500. Any opinions?

 

[maximus maximus]

sounds right... you should see how many calories a F1 driver burns, you will be amazed. :Q

 

[Scouzer]

I guess *maybe* if you spent the entire 2 hours going full bore on the ice. (IE: No multiple lines)

But really...that's not how hockey is played.

 

[vi edit]

Tough to say exactly. If you are doing *very* strenuous exercise you are burning in excess of 1000 calories per hour. But that's just for something like running/biking where you aren't carrying around another 20-40 pounds worth of equipment on you.

With all of the pregame warmups and exercises and then a typical two hour game I could see burning off a couple thousand calories, but six thousand seems a bit of a stretch.

 

[bignateyk]

Maybe if there were no line changes

Originally posted by: maximus maximus
sounds right... you should see how many calories a F1 driver burns, you will be amazed. :Q

what.. you mean they dont sit there eating potato chips from their lap the whole race?

 

[Koing]

It seems very high a figure. I think it would be quite a lot less for the actual hockey game.

Koing

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: bignateyk
Maybe if there were no line changes

Originally posted by: maximus maximus
sounds right... you should see how many calories a F1 driver burns, you will be amazed. :Q

what.. you mean they dont sit there eating potato chips from their lap the whole race?

No, you're thinking of nascar. 😉

 

[shortspanishguy]

Obviously that does not include the goalie. It does seem high overall.