Hockey players are not built solely on ice, but rather their creation can be as much about physics as physicality.
Nicolas Hague stands 6-foot-6 in a game where the world’s best league offers an average height of 6-1, a predicament of sorts for an 18-year old Canadian defenseman seeking to one day wear an NHL sweater of the Golden Knights.
He was a second-round pick of the Entry Draft while owning what everyone in Chicago described as first-round talent, which he hopes to display at a development camp for the Knights this week in Las Vegas.
What’s important to know: NHL players are exceptional skaters, which means they own an extraordinary mix of technique and balance and physical strength at the point a blade interacts with the ice surface.