A lot of hockey players are told (frequently by figure skating coaches, BTW) that they should take figure skating, to learn better edges, and maybe some other things.
Maybe it should really be the other way round!
At USFSA Nationals, the TV sportscaster mentioned that a lot of the male freestyle skaters at that competition were hockey players first.
E.g., the first place winner switched to figure skating because a fracture in the back made him unfit to play hockey.
(Now he does quads - is that really so much more gentle than hockey? Maybe there are just no doctors with the authority to stop would-be figure skaters, the way there are for many hockey teams...)
The 2nd place winner switched because Vermont, his original home state, had a lot more hockey players than figure skaters, so he figured he had a better chance of doing well.
In other words, they couldn't make the grade in hockey, so they became figure skaters, and took the top two places at U.S. Nationals.
(I don't really believe Hockey is desirable for figure skaters. This post was just for fun. Sorry. But it sure looks that way.)