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Post yer gear! Just signed up for the league down the street again. This time as goalie. Can't wait to get lit up and have it mean something.
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Gah, we lost 3-1 tonight with 53 shots on me. My team had 20 shots on their net. Bothersome. If we could stay the gently caress out of the penalty box, maybe they wouldn't have had so many drat chances. The good news was that of all of the breakaways, I stopped 100% of them. So I got that going for me...which is nice.
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Apr 4, 2008 07:50
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Last night, the fuckhead who played before us had ArmorAll or Crisco or some poo poo on his pads and they couldn't clean it out of the crease. It was loving awful, and I'm going to Jonathan Roy the guy next time we play them.
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Apr 8, 2008 15:00
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I'm sure you were in that end for 2 periods too.
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Apr 8, 2008 15:03
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UnmaskedGremlin posted:I'm sure you were in that end for 2 periods too. Sure was!
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Apr 8, 2008 15:10
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At risk of inspiring another " PMA's a dick " post, I am fully supportive of straight up murdering pricks who put that slippery poo poo on the floor. It caused me to pop something painful two years ago and my right leg still doesn't move quite right.In conclusion: if you play roller hockey and put anything on your pads that isn't plastic, you should die.
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Apr 8, 2008 15:13
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sba posted:Last night, the fuckhead who played before us had ArmorAll or Crisco or some poo poo on his pads and they couldn't clean it out of the crease. Did you complain to the rink? That guy should be suspended or banned from the rink for that.
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Apr 8, 2008 15:40
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Tim Thomas posted:At risk of inspiring another " I agree with this post.
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Apr 8, 2008 15:55
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Aniki posted:Did you complain to the rink? That guy should be suspended or banned from the rink for that. I did, they said that it was a new guy, so they didn't notice it until I said something, but they will warn him next time he plays.
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Apr 8, 2008 15:56
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I finally tried taping my knee pads last night and it was nice to spend an entire open hockey session without worry about whether or not my knee pads were sliding around or if my knees were exposed. We also had a fight at open hockey last night. We had two guys that were fighting for the puck and evidently one of the said something to piss the other guy off and they started shoving eachother. One of the guys turned around and then the guy in a teal sweater unloaded a slapshot into the back of the other guys calf. At least the rink staff broke it up pretty quickly, but it was just more weird than anything.
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Apr 12, 2008 19:16
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Open hockey fights are just awkward.
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Apr 12, 2008 21:09
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Deliberate shots at the unprotected part of a guys leg aren't exactly the classiest things ever, either. I would probably run a guy for doing that.
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Apr 12, 2008 22:01
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Martytoof posted:Open hockey fights are just awkward. I know. You would think that skaters would come to open hockey with the attitude that it doesn't matter, so they should just try to work on their game and have fun. However, every once in a while you get an rear end who takes themselves way too seriously. I guess it would be one thing if someone felt that a player was deliberately trying to injure them, but even then it's not really worth it. P.S. Inline fights are the only thing more awkward than open hockey fights. Pleads posted:Deliberate shots at the unprotected part of a guys leg aren't exactly the classiest things ever, either. I would probably run a guy for doing that. I was wondering how much protection players have on the back of their shin guards. I assume that it wraps around at least somewhat, but it was definitely a classless move. I was surprised that they let both people continue to play after that, but it was kind of funny to watch some of the ex-pros waiting for the guy in the teal sweater to start things up again.
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Aniki posted:I know. You would think that skaters would come to open hockey with the attitude that it doesn't matter, so they should just try to work on their game and have fun. However, every once in a while you get an rear end who takes themselves way too seriously. I guess it would be one thing if someone felt that a player was deliberately trying to injure them, but even then it's not really worth it. Someone doesn't even have to take it too seriously to piss people off, and it doesn't take much for it to feel like someone's trying to hurt you. All it takes to piss me off in open-hockey is little poo poo that I'd shrug off in a game, like a hook in the midsection, or crosschecks in the back in front of the net. poo poo that might probably?) not even get called. I don't do anything about it, but I still get loving pissed. This is the number one reason I leave 15 minutes early from like half the sessions I go to. Oltimers league fights are the most awkward. The refs'll just stand back and let the players sort it out themselves, which usually takes forever.
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I don't really take open hockey seriously at all. Maybe because I don't pay to get in and (not to sound like a dick but) they need me more than I need to be there, so I get a little leeway in how I can behave, relax, and joke around and whatnot.
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Apr 13, 2008 07:56
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Martytoof posted:they need me more than I need to be there
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Martytoof posted:I don't really take open hockey seriously at all. Maybe because I don't pay to get in and (not to sound like a dick but) they need me more than I need to be there, so I get a little leeway in how I can behave, relax, and joke around and whatnot. It is definitely the singles bar effect, since open hockey is pretty much worthless without a goalie and even if you aren't the greatest goalie in the world, the skaters will be more than happy to have you. Plus as you said, you get a greater amount of leeway in how you behave. You certainly don't want to act like an outright rear end, but you're definitely given the benefit of the doubt and if something stupid happens, then it is nice to realize that the skaters have your back. Hell, even the two players that got in a fight on Friday night were nothing but nice to me.
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Apr 13, 2008 18:40
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Hey, MARTYTOOF, how'd you take off the BATTRAM heat transfers from your gear again? I tried using a razor blade on the calf wing but it's looking like its just going to leave an indentation that says BATTRAM because some of the material underneath is sticking to the letters I'm trying to peel up.
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Apr 13, 2008 23:49
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I took a sewing needle and picked at 1mm bits of the logo until it flaked off completely. This took me the better part of an afternoon, but it was Nazi Germany night on the History Channel so I got to learn stuff while I picked at my gloves for five hours.
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Apr 13, 2008 23:52
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Following Internet Victory, here's my gear. Don't mind the crummy workbench in the background. Not seen: RBX X-Pulse 6.0 C/A, same as his. Got to wear the pads on the court all of one time before the knee injury. PMA and sba already know, but torn medial meniscus. Looks like my two options are surgery or other surgery. Weird thing, is that it hasn't hurt at all over the past 5 days or so now. Debating putting that off for now.
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Apr 19, 2008 04:02
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Are those 7.8 gloves? I tried a 7.8 Vamp blocker on today and it was really nice. I'm not a big fan of the Vamp graphics, but other than that...
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Apr 19, 2008 07:35
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Rick Grimes posted:Got to wear the pads on the court all of one time before the knee injury. PMA and sba already know, but torn medial meniscus. Looks like my two options are surgery or other surgery. On Monday, I twisted my knee or something. Planted my left foot into the ground and then turned to the right which resulted in me instantly falling to the ground wanting my leg to fall off. Going to the hospital for x-rays finnaly.. was hoping it would just heal, but I realise that isn't the case now. How often, and what is the most common injuries everyone gets? This really blows because we have our first league game tommorow night, aside from wrapping it real tight and wearing a leg brace what should I do?
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Martytoof posted:Are those 7.8 gloves? I tried a 7.8 Vamp blocker on today and it was really nice. 4.8s actually, got them on clearance at Great Skate's tent sale last summer for $75 total. I like the blocker, but not a big fan of the glove. Polish posted:On Monday, I twisted my knee or something. Planted my left foot into the ground and then turned to the right which resulted in me instantly falling to the ground wanting my leg to fall off. Going to the hospital for x-rays finnaly.. was hoping it would just heal, but I realise that isn't the case now. Mine really didn't hurt that bad at first. Maybe for 5 minutes in the game, then it was fine until about 3 hours later. Though, I did the same as you, put it off for a week and change thinking it was just a sprain. Hopefully it's not that bad man. Rick Grimes fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Apr 20, 2008 |
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First game of our league tonight.. lost 11-3... then again this is the first game our team has ever played together. One of our guys had to play goal for our team, due to my injured knee.. it really sucks sitting on the side lines.. man I hope I can play next week.. uhg.
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Apr 21, 2008 05:13
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I caved in and got a set of RX5's too, they were just more comfortable than the TPS R5's. Hopefully they'll be here by Thursday so I can try them out.
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Polish, look at the bright side -- when you get back your team will appreciate you just that much more  I know it sucks sitting on the sidelines with your team down, but please don't hit the pipes before you're ready. If you're feeling any pain whatsoever I'd suggest waiting another week. Better to miss 2 or 3 weeks healing a minor knee ailment then 2 or 3 months or more because you've blown it out completely 
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Going to a specialist tomorow to see what the hell is wrong with my knee.. in the mean time.. what would be good to use to clean my pads? I just spray them down with febreeze before I throw them in my bag.. seems to be working well..although they are a bit dirty. If I got time off.. I figure I should come back clean... 
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Apr 22, 2008 02:24
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The pad face? I heard Mr. Clean "Magic Eraser" works really well, as well as "Goo-Gone".
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Magic Eraser works really well.
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Apr 23, 2008 01:46
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Why would you want to clean them? Used pads are cool!
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Only time I cleaned my pads was when I bought PMA's old ones. I wanted the battle scars to be mine, not someone else's  In this case I have to agree, leave the puckmarks 
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Since you guys are talking about goalie gear, just a heads up for any of you Bay Area goons, I work at Powerplay Hockey in Downtown San Jose, so if any of you good goon folks need new anything (even non-goalie stuff) just come on by. I can give a decent discount (10% or more) and I can offer free skate sharpenings just as long as too many people don't end up coming. We probably do the best skate sharpenings for goalie/player skates in the Bay Area. If there's any actual interest, I can give my name and what days I work so you guys can come on in.
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How good of gear do you really need to start off playing roller hockey? My friends play with a hard puck, and i pretty much bought some of the cheapest stuff i could find at discounthockey.com just so i could have gear to play (with the exception of a mask, I'm buying the standard Itech ice mask). My friends say i should be ok so i went with it, but i'm kinda thinking maybe i should have bought better stuff? I plan on playing ice eventually, but i know i will need to replace pretty much everything but my mask, but i should be cool for roller right? http://www.discounthockey.com/itghp48segop.html http://www.discounthockey.com/tour304goalc.html Tour GTL Leg Pads Tour Blocker Mylec Street Hockey Glove
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That is the chest protector I have.. I hate it.. and.. I only paid 70 for it at a local store.. so 99 is kinda expensive. And get a cup.
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fenix424 posted:How good of gear do you really need to start off playing roller hockey? My friends play with a hard puck, and i pretty much bought some of the cheapest stuff i could find at discounthockey.com just so i could have gear to play (with the exception of a mask, I'm buying the standard Itech ice mask). My friends say i should be ok so i went with it, but i'm kinda thinking maybe i should have bought better stuff? The pants are great for the price. The remainder of the gear is completely privy to the age old adage of "Buy quality, buy once." The GTL pads are ok, I guess, but really, with some pretty decent gear being at the price point it is, you shouldn't be using the chest, glove, or blocker since there are better options at a similar price point.
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Martytoof do you still have the link to the site selling polska jerseys? I can't find the thread where you posted it.
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I would be really concerned with the protection in the palm of a street hockey catcher. I had a Mylec trapper for street hockey and you could feel a tennis ball if it hit you in the palm. With that and the flimsy wrist protection I would never want to try catching a puck with it. You can definitely find better gear for not that much more money.
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If anyone is free on AIM right now, I'm about to order some gear and could use some help making sure I'm looking at decent stuff or could use suggestions. Thanks! AIM: Saxykinda
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Internet Victory posted:Martytoof do you still have the link to the site selling polska jerseys? I can't find the thread where you posted it. Their English site is currently taking a poo poo. This is the "store" link off their Polish page, but I don't know whether you'll be able to decipher it or whether they'll even ship overseas. You can try sending a message from the contact page (http://www.pzhl.org.pl/contact.php), or you can try spamming some emails off to the emails listed on that page too. Other than that, I can't find anywhere else that sells them 
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Feel free to hit me at PenguinManAmato if ya like. I'll be up late trying to reconfigure this loving air traffic control optimization anyway.
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