2006-07-26 15:41:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
Usually a coach will have his players stay on the ice for about 45 to 75 seconds but it can last longer depending on the circumstances like penalty killing and if your name is Chris Pronger.
2006-07-26 15:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by Sly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One minute is the max, unless you are on the power play or shorthanded. Anymore than that, and you're simply not an effective player.
Some people who answered your question are simply not correct. I'm assuming they've never played hockey. Saying that a shift is 1-2 minutes long is a joke, they have no idea what they're talking about.
Some players do in fact have much longer shifts (ex. Chris Pronger in Edmonton this year). That is pretty rare.
Also, different lines have different times they spend on the ice. For instance, the top line will have more ice time and longer shifts than say the fourth line.
2006-07-26 17:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by Babber420 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anymore it is about 45 seconds. To the one who said 1.5 to 2 minutes, do you watch hockey? Seriously do you think those players are out there THAT long on a shift. The only way that happens is if there is a timeout, which resets the shift. Sorry but they aren't going to be out that long for a normal shift. On a penalty kill yeah one line normally kills most of the penalty, that is why you will hear the goalie hitting the ice right around the end of the penalty. That is fresh legs about to hit the ice. Both teams keep the same line out for the whole power play alot of times, althouth the defense may change late in the power play. That way they are fresher for the guy coming out of the box at them.
2006-07-27 04:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
45 seconds. You've seen Nike's CM with Iginla. You go flat out for that long and you'll be sucking air. Average ice time of top players (esp. defensemen) for the entire game is usually between 20 to 30 minutes.
Who are these idiots who think hockey shifts are 1.5 to 2 mins? Do you guys play hockey or watch it at all? Maybe Jags when he's not listening to the coach but this is not the 1960s anymore.
2006-07-26 16:45:36 · answer #4 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30-45 Seconds
2006-07-27 13:19:21 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30 to 45 seconds. Anybody who thinks 1-2 min does not know what they are talking about. Witht he new rules about icing and line changes sometimes they get stuck out there but after 1 min they are sucking air big time.
2006-07-27 07:22:16 · answer #6 · answered by Shazzam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's probably somewhere between 45 and 75 seconds. When i'm on the ice for over a minute I can't wait to get off.
2006-07-27 08:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by lupering 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a good Coach, and during the regular season. about 45 seconds. That's for a forward. A little higher for a defenseman. and during the playoffs the numbers for star players goes up.
2006-07-27 01:51:09 · answer #8 · answered by Tex2027 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most shift changes come after 1.5 to 2 mins of playing time.
depends on other teams subsitutions, age and abilities of player, and even to a degree the score at the time.
2006-07-26 15:46:33 · answer #9 · answered by f4fanactic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one of these answers is remotely close to fact. I would say 30-45 seconds, if you are out for a minute, you are not skating hard enough.
1-2 minutes, hillarious.
2006-07-26 17:25:59 · answer #10 · answered by ryno83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋