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Originally Posted by terminator
For sprint yes, for hockey no. Even at 10% the muscle would take so much abuse during hits, fatigue would set in relatively fast, whereas some visible fat would reduce damage and provide fuel.
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15% is too high for hockey.
A test done on an unnamed team had the average at 9.2%. It appears this was from 1988, and they were looking to compare defensemen and forwards.
"There were no significant differences between player positions in height or percentage of body fat (9.2 +/- 0.9%)."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3348718