# Are NHL players allowed to wear heart monitors/

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-nhl-players-allowed-to-wear-heart-monitors/561340>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 20, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-nhl-players-allowed-to-wear-heart-monitors/561340 "2010-11-20T16:54:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-nhl-players-allowed-to-wear-heart-monitors/561340/1 "2010-11-20T16:54:40Z")

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Wouldn’t this be a great tool for the coaches? They could optimize shift changes and play their fitter players more at the end of the game.

BTW should be _wear_ not _where_ in the title

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-nhl-players-allowed-to-wear-heart-monitors/561340/2 "2010-11-20T16:58:10Z")

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Heart rate monitors are more of a training tool. There is some use in a long distance race but hockey is more of a sprint type of effort. The coaches, I’m sure, are very aware of how long each player is capable of.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-nhl-players-allowed-to-wear-heart-monitors/561340/3 "2010-11-20T22:02:52Z")

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> [@blood63](#):
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> BTW should be _wear_ not _where_ in the title

Fixed. I am also moving this to the Game Room from GQ.