Just ask Patrice Bergeron. He averaged a little over 18 minutes per game. They are finally diversifying our favorite time of the year. When you go on a date, there are certain topics that are considered "taboo" to talk about. According to an extensive study done by ESPN called Sports Skills Difficulty, ice hockey ranks second behind only boxing among the 60 sports measured. C’mon, bruh.

Basketball players cry and whine at every call, and act like babies if someone’s elbow brushes past them. To us, there’s no doubt hockey players are the toughest athletes on the planet. 9 of 11. All too often players will twist a knee or an ankle and need to be carried off on a stretcher. Man up. Along the way, there are broken noses, broken jaws, stitches, separated shoulders, concussions, high-ankle sprains, black eyes and countless other injuries. You Start Very, Very Young. Ice hockey players are the toughest athletes on the planet and have to endure the harshest physical beating to win the Stanley Cup. Ready or not, here come the holidays, friends, and if you're as obsessed with the spirit of the season as I am, you are much more ready than not. Moreover, the NFL Players Association indicates that the average football player’s career is only three seasons long. Dude. Football is ranked third, basketball fourth, baseball ninth and soccer tenth. There’s a few pre-season games, a long and seemingly never-ending 82-game regular season, and several rounds of playoff action. According to Kip Brennan, “ NHL hits are actually 17% harder than NFL hits even though the average NFL player is 20% larger than the average NHL player.” Kip Brennan studies sports science for ESPN. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/167125836141659881/. Well if you compare the NFL (football) hits and the NHL (hockey) hits, you actually find that the NHL hits are harder.

They need to have all the moves and skills of basketball, soccer and other sports, but do it all on skates, often backwards. At the end of the day they might cry, but on the ice, not in a million years. Madison Franz, Florida Gulf Coast University4. Still, boxers only fight one to three times a year depending on their opponents’ availability and the extent of their injuries following a combat. Fighters must maintain an unparalleled level of physical and mental alertness to avoid falling victim to a technically perfect fight-ending blow from an opponent. Brews! Abby Margaret, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Sign in to comment to your favorite stories, participate in your community and interact with your friends. I don't even think telling them a puppy is dying would do trick. Hockey has traditionally, and somewhat sarcastically, been called “the fastest game on ice.” While none of the other three major American sports (football, baseball, and basketball) take place on the same type of playing field, hockey still may be considered the fastest of the four, making it an incredibly difficult game to officiate.
Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Some people believe some high risks have a high reward, but this one does not. Hockey players play balls to the wall and show no remorse.

The speed these hockey players are traveling can reach up to 25 mph and the ice creates extremely little friction which all makes the perfect recipe for some of the hardest hits in the world. They’ll pull that tooth out right then and there and then pretend they didn’t even get hit in the face in the first place. Many were skeptical that people with diabetes could complete such a physically challenging trip without putting themselves in danger due to their disease. I said ‘Who you protecting yourself [from]?’ There’s no sniper in this building! I don’t understand how they can move like they do,” Kittle told The Athletic’s Adam Vingan . There are many reasons for the state that hockey is the toughest and it has been proven over and over again throughout sports and history.

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