More on bigger NHL players
by James Mirtle on Oct 21, 2009 8:24 PM CDT
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PrintWith full credit to ESPN for the data, here's a look at how NHL players' heights (in inches) and weights (in pounds) have increased over time, sorted by position:
You can see the levelling off of forwards and the decrease in size for defencemen postlockout (think Mike Green), as well as the continuing trend toward taller and taller netminders (think Ben Bishop). It's going to be interesting if things continue on this path, as goalies could soon be the tallest — yet still the lightest — players in the game.
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Context?
How does this compare to the population at large?
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On the other thread, someone mentioned the average American male has gone from 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds in the 1960s to an inch taller and significantly heavier now. I haven’t looked the figures up, though.
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by James Mirtle on Oct 21, 2009 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Besides Darren Pang...
what caused the drop in goalie size during the 80s? Does it have anything to do with the higher scoring during that time period?
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Maybe Tiny Thompson had people thinking you needed someone small and mobile for a while.
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Purely speculation
but people didn’t have a lot of money, and food was harder to come by. I’d guess NHL players, like everyone else, were eating a lot less.
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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 22, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Probably not
since it’s only really goaltenders,
With as few goaltenders as there were then it’s probably purely a normal statistical glitch.
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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 22, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes. For one thing, there are no error bars on these points, and without a baseline (ie: how the general population’s height and weight have changed) it doesn’t really mean anything.
In fact, even with those additional pieces of information, this study still doesn’t mean anything. Professional athletes have grown over the years as general lifestyle, sports medicine, training and the size of the talent pool have all improved? No kidding.
Well, it tells you how large players have been in these competitions over time. The are larger masses at play, etc., and we’ve quantified just how much larger they are.
People are trying to read into this too much.
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by James Mirtle on Oct 22, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Que?
What are those numbers on the vertical axis of the height chart?
by garth the hoser on Oct 21, 2009 9:19 PM CDT reply actions
Inches. 72 inches = 6 feet tall.
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by Mike Rogers on Oct 21, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions
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