169 pounds tuukka rask yes the lightest and the heaviest goalies are both 6 foot 3 average age. As seen in the table below over the past five nhl entry drafts the average height of goaltenders chosen has risen 074 of an inch from 7258 inches in 2000 to 7332 inches in 2004. Height isnt a requirement to play in the nhl. Unless youre a goalie. The average nhler is 7333 6 1 13 tall weighs 20442 lbs and is 2736 years old. With the average height of an nhl goalie being just over 62 a 57 goalie would need to be a freak of nature to crack an nhl lineup today.
The most common starting nhl goalie height is. The lightning are decidedly not. 6 foot 6 anders lindback and devan dubnyk shortest. The deck is pretty much stacked against anyone under 511 from making it to the nhl today unless hes a phenom who is somehow doing something different than the rest of the goalie pool. If you take all the goalies shown above and average their heights it comes out to 749 inches or just about 63. So the average height of a starting nhl goalie today is 63.
The average height of a starting nhl goalie is. In such a short of period this increase in goaltender height is not an insignificant increase. Nhl goalies by the s. 5 foot 10 chris osgood average weight. Nhl average weight this season. 230 pounds jason labarbera lightest.
In the same period the average height of skaters rose only 03. And the most common height for a starting nhl goalie today is 62. The average forward is 7293 6 1 tall weighs 2024 lbs and is 271 years old.