Hockey Usually a young man is a game. Do not tell that Sydney Crossbie, Alex Ovechin, Brad Marchand, Corey Perry and many others who are still at the top NHL His 30s in the late 30s and beyond.
Crossbee produced a point-a-game speed last season last season, the same age marks were scored when he scored six goals in the Stanley Cup final. Florida Repeat AdmontationWho counted 40 -year -old Corey Perry as one of his better players. Alex Ovechin broke the NHL career goals of Wayne Greatzaki to 39 and should cross the 900 points at 40 at the beginning of this season.
Thanks to the changes in sports science, training and technology over the last 20-plus years, the window for stars staying in its prime is getting longer and longer. And it is only improving the game.
“We are coming to that age,” said Paul Maurice, the coach of the panthers. “The science that has changed in the last 20 years will allow these players to recover faster. … They are better fitted, air -conditioned athletes throughout their life.”
Maurice credited the owners to invest a tremendous amount and resources in the care of the owners. His team is on the leading edge of recovery methods at all ages, which is a major part of why the league’s southern team is going to threepets.
Everyone is looking for a lead
Patrick Kane turns 37 in November and is at the speed to pass Mike Modano for the highest points by a US -born player this season this season. She was the first pick in the 2007 draft, three months before the number 1 option of this year, Matthew Shefer was born.
Three -time cup champion with Chicago, Kane credited the longevity of himself and others for the decision that there is no offsen anymore.
“This is incredible The way people are treating it like a job of almost the year,” Kane said. “Everyone is trying to find that edge, whether it is nutrition or what you do in summer, how you train, how you recover. Everyone is doing something.”
Sam Renehart noticed that when he “made it easier at the Olympic Orientation Camp in Canada and in Marchand. Soon a 30 -year -old child found this inspirational.
“It is inspiring that if you take care of yourself, you do hard work, you train, you know that when you are a little younger, there is no reason that you cannot be in your best form when you are a little older,” said Reinhart. “It doesn’t seem that they are slowing down soon. They are both machines in the gym and both look young and agile as usual.”
There is some luck, but more work is work
Tampa Bay Captain Victor Headman is on the small side of the curve with his 35th birthday in December, and yet in 6 -Foot -7 and 244 pounds, he is still one of the best defensemen in NHL. Hadman should make his Olympic debut for Sweden in February.
Headman is healthy for his career and is durable. He played between 76 and all 82 games in each of the last four sessions.
Headman said, “I am not hurt much, but it is training.” “This is a combination of many things. Sports science, you can get so much data of what you want at some points of the season, so that it helps a lot. … But I think it is just knowing your body and trying to live with these young children because the game is getting faster and faster.”
Ovechin caught and passed Greatzaki in a large part as he is almost never injured. The Washington captain recalled 16 games with a broken leg and still worked.
Capital coach Spencer Carberry said, “This is one of the things he will remember. Many people talk about their durability as a player and do not hurt.”
Playoffs occur when old dogs thrive
Maurice admitted a quarter century after the fact that it was a mistake to scratch the Future Hall of Famer Paul Coffee’s Future Hall in Carolina’s playoff opener in 1999. Coffee was one of the best players of the storm on ice game 2, and it provided a valuable lesson on the way to the back-to-back title.
“These old players see the playoffs differently. They understand,” said Maurice. “Older people have a perspective that young players do. Young players can be great, but I think you may be almost confident that you are going to get the best of your old players in the playoffs.”
Marchand, who rode the exercise bike in Edmonton before his double-overtime game 2-winner goal in the final, has been a clutch artist for his entire career in Crossbie’s eyes. But the player known as “Sid the Kid” tells Maurice’s principle to grow up in the greatest moments.
“Certainly in the playoffs, I think the experience, that kind of game probably lends themselves to the older people who have been through it and understand it,” said Crossbie. “We need big people to keep going.”
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