Ice Hockey Guide: Health Benefits, Rules and Gear Care

Ice hockey offers intense cardiovascular benefits and tones muscles in the legs, core, and arms. Learn the rules for faceoffs and how to properly cut or recurve a composite hockey stick.

Female ice hockey player skating during a game

How Many Calories Are Burned in a Game of Hockey?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Renda Hawwa, Ph.D.

A sport for highly skilled athletes, ice hockey requires a combination of aerobic and anaerobic fitness. The game is split into 3 periods of 20 minutes each, with frequent moments of high intensity. A study in the December 2014 issue of the "Journal of Human Kinetics"

Renda Hawwa started writing professionally in 2005. She has written scientific publications detailing experimental procedures, results and analysis. Her work is published in the Journal of Molecular Biology, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Pediatric Pulmonology. Dr. Hawwa holds a Doctor of Philosophy in medicinal chemistry from University of Illinois at Chicago.