tarheelhockey
Offside Review Specialist
To put those skating speeds into context, I took a stopwatch and timed the Fastest Skater contestants' time from blueline to blueline on the second leg of their skate. I figure that's as fast as an NHL skater can conceivably go, since they've had time to build up speed.
Typically it took them between 1.3 and 1.6 seconds to travel the 50 feet from blueline to blueline. That converts to 26.22 miles per hour.
I'm afraid the 1968 numbers are almost certainly inflated.
Typically it took them between 1.3 and 1.6 seconds to travel the 50 feet from blueline to blueline. That converts to 26.22 miles per hour.
I'm afraid the 1968 numbers are almost certainly inflated.