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Fitness Testing For Hockey Players

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A recommended fitness test battery for hockey players. With the upcoming season occurring after such a long layoff, it’s important…

The NHL Draft Combine: A Value Add Or Just Eyewash?

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The NHL Draft Combine: A value add or just eyewash? The NHL Combine is held each year leading up to…

Does Off-Ice Athleticism Correlate To On-Ice Performance?

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COVID-19 has been a unique challenge for the medical and performance staffs of professional and elite sports teams. Players went…

A Biomechanical Skating Movement Analysis of the Lateral Crossover Maneuver

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By Dr. Michael Del Bel (PhD) In recent years, there has been quite an increase in the emphasis on skating…

Apex Hockey Partners with University of Ottawa Clinical Biomechanics Research Unit for Academic Study

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Apex Hockey is excited to partner with the Clinical Biomechanics Research Unit of the Human Kinetics Department at the University…

A Sit Down with the McGill University Ice Hockey Research Group

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McGill University in Montreal, Canada has been the home to cutting-edge hockey research for the past few decades. This research…

2019 NHL All-Star Skating Competition Analysis

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2019 NHL All-Star Skating Competition: Why Kendall Coyne Schofield’s performance was no fluke. One of the many highlights from this…

A Conversation with Sportlogiq

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By Dr. Brent Smale Analytics is taking the hockey world by storm and every team is trying to get that…

Stretching Your Knowledge About Range Of Motion

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By Dr. Brent Smale You are most likely familiar with the concept of range of motion and how it represents…

The Impact of Concussions: An Interview with David Koncan, MSc

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By Dr. Brent Smale It’s been estimated that 20% of ice hockey players per team experience a concussion each year…