Hockey players' body weight

[Bjornar Moxnes]

There's also a ton of hockey players with twink-esque bodies, which isn't something you see in other sports.

 

[Masked]

I'm 6'2 and weigh around 185-190 lbs. My body type is mesomorph as well and I'm toned. I recently filled in a web form for my ideal body weight and supposedly it's only 165-170 lbs.

A 6'2" man should be 200+ pounds. To weigh 165-170 would be emaciated.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Well, here is Kaprizov trying a tug of war against Kovalchuk (who is 6'2, 220-230 lbs). His size stats seem believable to me:



Remember that hypertrophy training isn't nearly as important for hockey players as it is for the gym bros. I still remember that guy from like 2012 who claimed that his cousin was in a better shape than Chara because of larger pecs

It may make some sense for prospects (I remember how concerned people were about Michkov's size before the draft, and the guy is pretty stocky), but I don't think pro teams pay much attention to height and weight of established players. We've discussed the other day that Malkin had been listed at the same height and weight for 15 years before growing taller and heavier at 38 lol.

Kovalchuk is such a beast

 

[LemonSauceD]

I don’t think it’s very accurate all the time.

I am 6’4, and I remember 2 years ago seeing Elias Pettersson in person and I was about 2 metres away from him but he only appeared to be barely half an inch shorter than me and he’s listed at 6’2. He’s closer to 6’4 (I assume 6’3.75) than he is 6’2.

For reference Demko is listed as 6’4 and Petey is 6’2:

Garland is 100% exaggerated and I believe he’s admitted it. He’s listed 5’10 but he’s very obviously 5’7, maybe 5’8 at most. He is tiny as hell.

Gaudreau (RIP) was also much shorter than the listed 5’9. He was 5’7 for a good while and I remember like in his rookie year or something he suddenly was listed at 5’9 which I always found it hard to believe.