AP exclusive: New skate blade for off-ice training unveiled


              FILE - Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson skates against the Nashville Predators during the second period of an NHL hockey game,  Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Las Vegas. New off-ice skate blade technology has been unveiled with the aim of helping hockey players train their bodies better when they're on the ice. Longtime trainer Kelly Riou and partners have developed DriBlades that can replace ice blades for lifting and other dryland training. Stanley Cup champion Chandler Stephenson is among the NHL players who train with Riou and have already tried out the blades. (AP Photo/David Becker, File)
            
              Vegas Golden Knights NHL hockey team defenseman Brayden McNabb works out in DriBlades that were developed for off-ice training for hockey players, at Kelly Riou’s Next Level Training Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Jason Johnson/Alien Kinetics via AP
AP exclusive: New skate blade for off-ice training unveiled