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I don't think hockey players can do a 3 turn very well. But practicing mohawks might help.
One of my coaches also teaches hockey power skating - he can do junior moves in his hockey skates. Excluding the toe turns obviously. He swears the rockers are easier in his hockey skates. He also can do axels in hockey skates....There is an ice dance coach near me who partners students through dance tests in hockey skates and bootcovers (solid black). I've seen him take students through PreGold tests.
I am at Germain in Estero, Florida. On Saturday morning, we have a great line up of classes. Figures are from 9:45-10:15. There is also high power, low power, spins, jumps, (I think Dance) and sychro. Many times, there is a freestyle from 8-9. Then, throughout the week at the 10:3ish-11:3ish hour, there is choreography, spins, jumps, power, sparkle, skating moves. All levels of figure skaters.
"Sparkle" ? Cause I don't care what that is, I want to take that class.
There was an athletic and pretty teen age girl at the rink where I've worked as a rink guard who gleefully did figure skating tricks in her hockey skates whenever we told the hockey players the center area was for figure skating tricks. (She seemed to live on the ice. Not sure she ever went home. ) I've no doubt she could have done figures if she felt like it.