Day Eight--Synthetic Ice and Hockey Haven

Day 8 was the first day of the synthetic ice and off ice conditioning training. That is one full hour on the energy draining synthetic ice two hours in the gym and then one more hour of open ice to ourselves.

The synthetic ice has 33% more resistance and 30min is equivalent to one hour on the real ice. The focus is on shooting, strength building and in tight control. While in the gym they will be exposed to core strengthening and endurance training.

These will be long days, with the first group starting at 8:30 and getting off the ice at 10:30pm. Very little time to get into trouble, but I am sure they will find a way to squeeze that in!