Any hockey players out there?

I always log what MFP says.. which is i think 391 for 30 mins? i definelty feel like i burn way more than that though!

I usually log between 20-40 minutes depending on how much I play and go with what MFP says. The number always seems kind of low to me but I figure its better to underestimate calories than overestimate them. It's good that you have a heart monitor, though >1000 does seem like a lot.

What type of HRM do y'all use. I am looking for one for when I do Karate and working out. But I don't know much about them.
Any ideas would be great!

I'd love to play hockey, but there aren't any coed rec leagues for adults in my area. I play broomball and typically burn @ 200 calories for 2 20-minute periods.

I love that all the hockey players responding are women! :flowerforyou:

If only I could skate!!!!!!

I love that all the hockey players responding are women! :flowerforyou:

If only I could skate!!!!!!

I found that so awesome..

Funny how I play Ice hockey, yet we NEVER actually go ice skating lol

I never go ice skating either! So weird!

I only wore my HRM twice, because I found that it was annoying under all my equipment. I also had a reading of over a thousand. It didn't seem right to me, so I met it somewhere in the middle and recorded it as about 700-800 calories burned.

Apparently I already commented in here - weird!

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.