Any hockey players out there?

Ummmm, am I Canadian? Yesssss!! Mostly road hockey with my kids!! And how many calories do I burn? Who knows, a heck of a lot though, I am sure!! I know that doesn't help lol!

i just type in hockey and put in the time. It gives me around 1100 cal and that is in line with what my HRM used to tell me a few years ago when I wore one.

Big hockey fan here. I have always wondered how many calories the skaters burn. The strength and conditioning needed to participate is impressive so congrats for continuing to play into your adult years! My favorite is college hockey (Go MN Gophers), and in their games I can believe 1000 calories is no exaggeration.

Hockey is a giant interval trainer. I got strong legs (soccer since I was little) and i go out there for 60-90 seconds per shift, some nights with two lines of defense-men, some nights with only 3, (so im out on average 2 min for every 1 min rest). A few years ago I wore a HRM (Polar) for a couple seasons and it was cool downloading the graph of my heart rate. I had 100% spikes on every shift (220 - age), and thats how I play hockey, ALL OUT, when I get off after 90 sec I HAVE to get off, my legs are noodles. By the third period the gear weighs twice as much since you sweat so much, and thats extra challenge. I've done a great many things, but nothing comes close to the workout I get at hockey.. maybe kickboxing a little bit when I get into a good rhythm.

The body heats up, adrelanine flows, I literally don't feel any pain in that zone which is how I tore my bicep tendon on a slapshot that a defender skated into my follow-through, kept playing and scored two goals in that game--a rarity as a defenseman.

I miss the feeling just writing about it.. good thing I got a playoffs weekend tournament coming up with a brutal 4 games in 3 days. (Brutal when you usually play once a week).

I have yet to meet any hockey player who doesn't absolutely love playing hockey.

I love hockey. Play over an hour every few weeks as a reward to myself. I have always leaned to the conservative side with my calories burned, except with excercise that is continuous, like cardio and videos, for those i use the Polar FT7 and use its calories. Also as one guy said in another thread the HRM does not reduce calorie burn by the ammount you would use anyway, say 100 Calories/hour. That said Hockey is on and off the ice, with several breaks for water. So I have been going with the MFP suggested calorie count. This has allowed me to beat the programs assumed weight loss for me for the last two months. It also helps me be more accountable to myself for the calories I take in to my mouth as well.