Skating Power:
Powerskating is what you should be looking at in playing hockey - different muscle groups are used for speed skating and power skating.
This first video is half theory, so you understand the main points. The other half gives great analyzes on the actual technique of a scatter.
Teams have powerskating coaches, and there are several independent powerskating coaches, the most notable being Laura Stamm. She was the first NHL endorsed powerskating coach back in the 1970s and the teams were sent to see her every summer.
See also some Powerskating drills:
Striding Drills
Edge Pulls and C-Cuts
Stride at Various Speeds and Tempos
Starts and Stops
Crossovers
Speed Skating
To some extent but they do speed skating over distances rather than for actual speed (except the sprints) which means the stride is different. Powerskating, on the other side concentrates on hockey skating skills like turns and skating backwards as well as stops and starts.
Speed-skating exercises (on hockey skates even), that will help you with your hockey speed because it trains and targets certain muscles in your legs. This second video shows a wonderful training, expertise, advice and steps of practicing for speed skating.
Hockey players must be good at basic skating skills. Good skating makes better players.
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