What's in those Gatorade bottles at the bench?

[longchange]

Crown Royal and lots of ice. Nature's way of telling you to put the biscuit in the basket because a basket is waiting for your biscuit at the bar.

 

[canadianguy77]

Concrete mix.

 

[Mr Positive]

that's just all pretend to make the game look intense

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

Boost juice

 

[schpaff]

The carbonation in soda helps to break down lactic acid build up.

 

[talkinaway]

I hear some players drink Brawndo. It's what hockey players crave! It's got electrolytes. Also great for plants....

 

[IslesNorway]

Gatorade?

 

[Legionnaire]

I hear some players drink Brawndo. It's what hockey players crave! It's got electrolytes. Also great for plants....

Exactly.

Coconut water? Like from the toilet?

 

[drugold]

I can't believe you like money too. We should hang out

 

[JA]

Aloe vera.

 

[Hot Water Bottle]

Roadkill soup

 

[nmbr_24]

I am pretty sure that any time you see a player spray himself in the face like we see goaltenders do from time to time it is plain old water in the bottle. There may be several different things available to each player.

 

[FinnishJet]

Kovi and Radulov prefer Pepsi

But IIRC, some hockey doctor or other assistant said that they have mostly water bottles and some bottles containing some sort of energydrink-mix.

 

[supsens]

lol they brag about all natural then they use coconut concentrate. They also use rebiana a sweetener, the only time coconut water needs sugar is when it's from old nuts that taste bad.
This product is bottom of the barrel stuff, magic cure all in a bottle

 

[MD]

That is probably a 2 liter.

 

[WingedWheel1987]

i would imagine some type of liquid.

 

[Shesty31]

Brawndo

 

[Chardo]

How hard would it be for a staffer to drug the other team's bottles? Maybe a mild undetectable sedative to slow the reflexes just a bit?

There's a TV script in there somewhere.

 

[Danton Heineken]

How hard would it be for a staffer to drug the other team's bottles? Maybe a mild undetectable sedative to slow the reflexes just a bit?

There's a TV script in there somewhere.

Bill Belichick likes this.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

I hear some players drink Brawndo. It's what hockey players crave! It's got electrolytes. Also great for plants....

That is probably a 2 liter.

My sides hurt so much from laughing right now.

 

[PopeInTheWoods]

How hard would it be for a staffer to drug the other team's bottles? Maybe a mild undetectable sedative to slow the reflexes just a bit?

There's a TV script in there somewhere.

According to X-Files, that happened to Tretiak at Lake Placid in 1980.

 

[Highmarker]

i bet most of them contain gatorade

 

[Appleyard]

I imagine most players have one bottle with straight water and one bottle with an energy drink/mix of their choice.

It is was most athletes in team sports that last some time have once you get to a ~youth national/international level in my experience, and was influenced by trainers/nutritional staff.

Personally I have three bottles when I play in my sport... to be consumed at different time frames:

Evil, nasty, filled with rubbish energy drink: Half an hour or slightly more before the game.
Water: During play.
Diluted red Powerade: During intermissions, but I almost never finish the bottle.

 

[hisgirlfriday]

I've seen some bottles have BioSteel in them. Sports drink made by a former Leafs trainer.

The article mentions some players mix coco5 and biosteel together

 

[Riseonfire]

I won a contest a few years back and got to train with the Islanders training staff before a game. They use their own blend of electrolytes and water.