TRAVERSE CITY, MI – The routine for NHL players is usually the same after games.



They get back to the dressing room. They start to strip away gear as the media arrives. Usually, right about then, a team employee will start passing out game sheets with the same stats the league has been tracking for years. Players check out their point totals, their shots, their ice time and even the confusingly useless giveaway/takeaway columns.



At the Red Wings prospect development camp, there was an entirely new wrinkle for the players after their game and workouts. Shortly after wrapping up Sunday’s scrimmage, a pack of players walked up the stairs and surrounded a table featuring a couple of laptops full of physiology data.



All camp long, the players have had a heart rate monitor strapped to their chest that take real-time measurements tracking the intensity of each player’s training session.



It’s fascinating to watch play out live as the...