Table 4.

Comparison of local positioning system-derived external load between females and males during regular season ice hockey games.

	Females	Males	Value of p
Peak acceleration (m/s2)
Defense	3.62 ± 0.49	3.98 ± 0.38	<0.001
Forwards	3.70 ± 0.38	4.11 ± 0.45*	<0.001
All Players	3.67 ± 0.45	4.06 ± 0.43	<0.001
Peak deceleration (m/s2)
Defense	−5.51 ± 0.66	−5.82 ± 0.61	0.005
Forwards	−5.51 ± 0.62	−6.09 ± 0.63*	<0.001
All Players	−5.51 ± 0.63	−5.99 ± 0.64	<0.001
Accumulative acceleration load (AU)
Defense	152.1 ± 39.1	189.6 ± 44.4	<0.001
Forwards	131.8 ± 25.9*	178.6 ± 57.0	<0.001
All Players	137.9 ± 31.7	182.6 ± 53.1	<0.001
Number of accelerations
Defense	29.2 ± 7.9	48.5 ± 16.5	<0.001
Forwards	25.7 ± 10.5*	43.3 ± 16.4*	<0.001
All Players	26.7 ± 9.9	45.2 ± 16.6	<0.001
Number of decelerations
Defense	58.7 ± 12.6	65.2 ± 17.0	0.014
Forwards	48.7 ± 13.5*	53.7 ± 17.0*	0.007
All Players	51.7 ± 14.0	57.8 ± 17.8	<0.001
Number of turns
Defense	59.1 ± 19.0	65.6 ± 27.1	0.115
Forwards	51.7 ± 16.5*	66.9 ± 27.6	<0.001
All Players	53.9 ± 17.6	66.5 ± 27.4	<0.001
Number of skating transitions
Defense	82.9 ± 34.3	83.5 ± 30.4	0.982
Forwards	32.9 ± 12.9*	48.3 ± 20.3*	<0.001
All Players	48.0 ± 31.5	60.6 ± 29.5	<0.001
Number of direction changes
Defense	14.7 ± 5.9	17.7 ± 6.6	0.006
Forwards	10.9 ± 5.0*	12.7 ± 5.1*	0.003
All Players	12.0 ± 5.6	14.5 ± 6.1	<0.001
Number of impacts
Defense	0.4 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 1.9	<0.001
Forwards	0.9 ± 5.8	3.2 ± 2.7*	<0.001
All Players	0.7 ± 4.8	2.7 ± 2.5	<0.001

Data are presented as means ± SD. Values of p represent comparisons of means between males and females within the same position.

^*Represents a significant difference between defense and forwards (p < 0.05).