Inside the NHL’s Surprising Shift: Why Top Players Are Ditching Beer for Better Sleep—and What It Means for the Game
“If you have one drink, it might screw up your HRV levels,” Lettieri said. “It’s crazy what it does to you.”
Lettieri, 30, has 155 games of NHL experience. He has played 324 in the AHL. For a player fighting for every varsity appearance, anything that would compromise NHL shifts is not under consideration.
“It’s not even a thought,” Lettieri said of regular in-season drinking. “I just want to try to recover as much as possible.”
Earlier the better
Coyle understands why team dinners are times when players order drinks to facilitate socialization. In fact, some veterans believe the decline in drinking has come at a cost to team bonding.
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