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Methods: A total of 52 male trained ice hockey players (14.6 \u00b1 1.4 years) from U13, U15, U17, and U18 competitive teams of the same hockey program were classified into three maturation groups\u2014Pre-, Mid-, and Post-peak height velocity (PHV). Participants performed two 40 m maximal skating efforts while velocity data were collected using a radar device to derive F\u2013V parameters (e.g., theoretical maximal force (F0), velocity (V0), power (Pmax), and related metrics). The maturation offset was computed using the following formula: Maturity offset = \u22128.128741 + (0.0070346 \u00b7 (Chronological age \u00b7 Sitting height)). Results: Results revealed significant effects of puberty on most performance variables (F(2,49) = [5.58, 31.72]; p \u2264 0.07; \u03b72 = [0.19, 0.56]). Differences in acceleration (0\u201310 m time) and F0 improved markedly between Mid- and Post-PHV stages (|d| = [1.38, 1.92]), while V0 and maximal sprint velocity (30\u201340 m time) improved constantly across maturation stages (|d| = [1.03, 1.99]). Conclusions: This is the first study to provide reference skating F\u2013V profile values across puberty in trained youth male ice hockey players. Coaches and practitioners are encouraged to prioritize acceleration and skating technique early during puberty to maximize velocity development and emphasize strength development after reaching peak height velocity. Conclusions should be considered with care as the Pre-PHV group was small (n = 5) and the used F\u2013V method remains to be validated on ice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jfmk11010002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,22]],"date-time":"2025-12-22T08:35:27Z","timestamp":1766392527000},"page":"2","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mechanical Characteristics and Skating Performance of Trained Youth Ice Hockey Players at Different Maturation Stages"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4593-7422","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julien","family":"Glaude-Roy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Kinetics, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada"},{"name":"Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Hockey UQTR Score, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5766-2203","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jean","family":"Lemoyne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Kinetics, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada"},{"name":"Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Hockey UQTR Score, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, Trois-Rivi\u00e8res, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"261","DOI":"10.5114\/biolsport.2018.77826","article-title":"Updated analysis of changes in locomotor activities across periods in an international ice hockey game","volume":"35","author":"Brocherie","year":"2018","journal-title":"Biol. 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