by Christopher Elmgren
I recently wrote an article about the pros / cons of sharpening your skates in different hollow depths and how it can affect your skating technique by trying something new.
You can read that article here.
How do the NHL pros sharpen their skates?
It's not easy to find information regarding the players' own skate preferences, but there is some information out there. Most info are a few years old information, but it does not matter so much as you as a professional very rarely or rather never change your hollow depth as they are very used to what they have used for many years.
Hollow depth on some random players:
Alex Ovechkin - 1/2 ″ - 13 mm
Wayne Gretzky - 1/2 "- 13 mm
Joe Sakic - 5/8 ″ - 16 mm
Paul Coffey - 1 to 2 ″ - 25 mm +
- Mark Messier - 1 "- 25 mm
Pittsburgh Penguins 2015/2016:
- Marc-Andre Fleury - 9/16 "- 14 mm
- Evgeni Malkin - 1/2 ″ - 13 mm
- Sidney Crosby - 9/16 "- 14 mm
- Kris Letang - 1/2 "- 13 mm
- Phil Kessel - 3/8 "- 10 mm
- Carl Hagelin - 3/4 - 19 mm
- Patric Hörnqvist - 1 1/8 - 28.5 mm
- Oskar Sundqvist - 1/2 "- 13 mm
Chicago Blackhawks 2012/2013:
- Jonathan Toews - 3/4 "- 19 mm
- Patrick Kane - 9/16 "- 14 mm
- Patrick Sharp - 5/8 "- 16 mm
Do you know others? Comment below and we will add more as we go!
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