
Why Are So Many Hockey Players Left Handed?
Why Are So Many Hockey Players Left Handed? With an estimated 90 percent of the population right-handed, some hockey fans have wondered, "Why are there so many left-handed hockey players?" After all, the percentage of hockey players in the National Hockey League who shoot left-handed can be 60 percent, or even as high as 70 percent. But it's not that hockey is somehow the realm of the left-handed—it's more a matter of hockey players learning to play the game with a shot that goes against their normal dominant side. Kind of like a right-handed baseball player learning to hit from the left side of the plate. And a lot of hockey players shoot left-handed.
Why Are So Many Hockey Players Left-Handed? | Pure Hockey
With an estimated 90 percent of the population right-handed, some hockey fans have wondered, "Why are there so many left-handed hockey players?" After all, the percentage of hockey players in the National Hockey League who shoot left-handed can be 60 percent, or even as high as 70 percent. But it's....
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