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Anyone else catch NBCSN show Eichel swigging Red Bull in locker room pre-game on Tues? Now, that stuff is way to sweet for me personally, but I find it interesting he's taking caffeine before games. Plenty of studies say caffeine is beneficial to sports performance, though typically it's endurance related, not sprint. My personal experience with coffee + bike is very good. And as a parent of 2 teenagers in youth sports, I've recently considered encouraging them to use it for games/meets via their liquid of choice (energy drink, mt dew, iced coffee (no dairy)). On the other hand, given the anti-caffeine environment around youth, it seems a bit taboo. Curious if this is generational, and if sports science is now pretty clear, fire it up for all sports. Gotta assume Eichel has good (the best?) nutritional consult around him...