## 3 Results
### Performance Data
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Defenders (\(n\) = 44)**} & **Forwards (\(n\) = 94)** & **Total (\(n\) = 138)** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Lactate rm 6 \\ [mmol: L\({}^{-1}\)] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & 11.3 & 10.2 & 10.2 \\  & P25 & 11.8 & 12.0 & 11.9 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **14.4** & 13.8 & 13.9 \\  & P75 & 16.4 & 15.0 & 15.5 \\  & P90 & 18.6 & 17.3 & 17.5 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Lactate rm 10 \\ [mmol: L\({}^{-1}\)] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & 9.92 & 9.05 & 9.72 \\  & P25 & 11.0 & 11.0 & 11.0 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **13.5** & **13.1** & **13.2** \\ \cline{2-5}  & P75 & 16.2 & 14.7 & 15.0 \\  & P90 & 18.4 & 16.7 & 17.4 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Heart rate rm 0 \\ [b-min\({}^{-1}\)] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & 171 & 169 & 170 \\  & P25 & 175 & 173 & 174 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **181** & 179 & 180 \\ \cline{2-5}  & P75 & 186 & 185 & 185 \\  & P90 & 194 & 191 & 191 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Heart rate rm 2 \\ [b-min\({}^{-1}\)] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & 125 & 118 & 120 \\  & P25 & 131 & 128 & 130 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **139** & 139 & 139 \\ \cline{2-5}  & P75 & 149 & 147 & 147 \\  & P90 & 160 & 151 & 154 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Heart rate rm 6 \\ [b-min\({}^{-1}\)] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & 97 & 93 & 95 \\  & P25 & 104 & 101 & 102 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **110** & 108 & 108 \\ \cline{2-5}  & P75 & 116 & 112 & 114 \\  & P90 & 126 & 118 & 120 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Heart rate rm 10 \\ [b-min\({}^{-1}\)] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & 94 & 90 & 93 \\  & P25 & 98 & 96 & 97 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **107** & 103 & 104 \\ \cline{2-5}  & P75 & 113 & 110 & 111 \\  & P90 & 118 & 115 & 116 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{\
\begin{tabular}{c} Heart rate rm 6 \\ [b-min\({}^{-1}\)] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & \(-\)0.08 & \(-\)0.04 & \(-\)0.05 \\  & P25 & 0.02 & 0.05 & 0.04 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **0.20** & **0.22** & **0.20** \\ \cline{2-5}  & P75 & 0.34 & 0.30 & 0.30 \\ \cline{2-5}  & P90 & 0.41 & 0.40 & 0.40 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{
\begin{tabular}{c} Lactate degradation \\ rate per minute, rm 6 to \\ rm 10 [mmol: L\({}^{-1}\)/min] \\ \end{tabular} } & P10 & 34 & 38 & 36 \\  & P25 & 38 & 40 & 39 \\ \cline{2-5}  & **MEDIAN** & **41** & **43** & **43** \\ \cline{2-5}  & P75 & 45 & 45 & 45 \\ \cline{2-5}  & P90 & 47 & 48 & 48 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 7: Differences in load and stress parameters (mean \(\pm\) SD) by playing position. Bold fonts indicate performance maximums and significant differences (\(p\leq 0.002\)); recovery minute = rm. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Parameters**} & **Defenders (\(n\) = 44)** & **Forwards (\(n\) = 94)** & **\(p\)** & \({\bf{n_{p}}}^{2}\)** & **d** \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Load parameters**} & & & \\ \hline
10 m sprint without puck [s] & 1.91 \(\pm\) 0.11 & **1.87**\(\pm\) 0.11 & 0.058 & 0.026 & 0.36 \\
30 m sprint without puck [s] & 4.47 \(\pm\) 0.17 & **4.42**\(\pm\) 0.18 & 0.173 & 0.014 & 0.34 \\
10 m sprint with puck [s] & 1.90 \(\pm\) 0.14 & **1.88**\(\pm\) 0.12 & 0.484 & 0.004 & 0.15 \\
30 m sprint with puck [s] & 4.58 \(\pm\) 0.19 & **4.52**\(\pm\) 0.19 & 0.087 & 0.021 & 0.32 \\
10 m backward sprint without puck [s] & **2.30**\(\pm\) 0.11 & 2.38 \(\pm\) 0.17 & 0.005 & 0.058 & 0.57 \\
30 m backward sprint without puck [s] & **5.37**\(\pm\) 0.21 & 5.55 \(\pm\) 0.28 & **<0.001** & **0.097** & **0.74** \\ Transition without puck [s] & **17.1**\(\pm\) 0.66 & 17.2 \(\pm\) 0.82 & 0.538 & 0.003 & 0.14 \\ Transition with puck [s] & **18.6**\(\pm\) 0.90 & 18.6 \(\pm\) 0.94 & 0.968 & 0.000 & 0.00 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 6: _Cont._We did not find any relevant (r \(>\) 0.7) interactions between anthropometric parameters or age on one side and the IHCT performance (load and stress parameters) on the other side.