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B/R’s Greg Eno at the Stanley Cup Finals: Game One Recap
Published by Greg Eno on May 31, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - NHL
The typical NHL shift is around 45 seconds in length.
Sounds easy, right?
Take a spin around the ice for less than a minute, then skate back to the bench for a few, to rest up so you can skate those 45 seconds all over again.
Piece of cake!
Wrong again, hockey socks breath!
Here’s an example of what I saw last night midway thru the third period of game one of the Stanley Cup Finals at the Joe Louis Arena.
The Red Wings’ Kirk Maltby, when he jumped onto the ice, had his helmet on and his breath inside him.
After those 45-odd seconds had elapsed, it took all that Maltby had to make it back to the Detroit bench.
His helmet was off...
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