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Scored my first ever in-game goal last night (technically early this morning because of dumb ice times). Feels good.
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I honestly haven't a drat clue what the cut on my blade looks like, I just take them to the old dude at the local pro shop and trust he knows his poo poo. I determine if they were sharpened right or not by feel pretty much. I'm pretty lovely with these kind of things.
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My wrist has been bothering me for a couple months, finally got to a specialist the other day since my family doctor didnt know what the problem was. Something wrong with a tendon that goes from my thumb to my wrist, so got a steroid shot and am in a soft brace for almost a month. Of course I tried to plan this in the 6 weeks I had between leagues, but it didnt work out as expected, took a month to get an appointment. Got to skate at Consol again today, couldnt play pickup for that reason, but got to skate for 30 min or so and watch pickup. Someone tried to get Lemieux and Recchi to come out and skate with us, since Adult Fantasy Camp (pay $5k to skate on a team with 1 former pro and play in a tourny with 3 other teams) apparently just finished when we got there, but they were tired, would of been a cool experience.
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Jan 6, 2012 04:55
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If your blade was cut in a "weird" way, you'd know it. Probably the kid at the counter was just talking poo poo.
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Jan 6, 2012 05:45
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Oh yeah, immediately. Never letting anyone under the age of 50 sharpen my skates again.
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Jan 6, 2012 05:46
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ManicJason posted:No, not at all. It's a myth that goalies use dull skates. Modern butterfly goalies use pretty sharp skates to facilitate explosive pushes. I use 1/2" and could stand to go a bit sharper on my goalie skates. During the standup days, it wasn't uncommon for goalies to use very dull skates (1" cut) and never sharpen them, but now goalies tend to prefer very sharp cuts so that they can dig into the ice better to get strong pushes and butterfly slides.
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Jan 6, 2012 12:53
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Shin guard chat: So two weeks ago at drop in I got tripped and fell directly onto my knee. It became painfully (and visibly) obvious that I need new shin guards. What's everyone wearing these days? Has anyone used a set that have the around the calf guard? I was thinking about picking up a pair of Easton S19s since they're on sale at hockeymonkey, and have the around the calf protection. Thoughts?
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Pretty much all high-end shin guards have calf padding these days. I like it. Not really an encumbrance, and it pays off in the (hopefully) rare instance when you have your back turned on a shot, or get a slash to the back of the leg. I haven't used Easton shins, but those look like a good deal. A solid pair will last you a long time. I use a set of Itech 660s (alas, no longer in production) that I bought around 2005 and I don't anticipate having to replace them any time soon. Green Submarine fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Jan 6, 2012 |
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Jan 6, 2012 16:09
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The high end easton stuff drat near turns you into a cyborg if you buy a full set of their gear. Talk about a whole bunch of padding. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but just look at this guy: http://eastonhockey.com/the-gear/protective 
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Jan 6, 2012 16:17
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While we're on gear, this was a portion of my holiday windfall: http://imgur.com/aymXB I skated in the Daousts (which look to be from the late '50s or early '60s) to coach last week. First time in proper, old school leather skates. Very different. Takes a while to get used to having always to focus on keeping your feet over your blades, which is taken care of in hard shells. Gave me a new appreciation for how changes in skate technology have influenced the game. The gloves are a little small, but they're badass enough that I'm willing to fight through the pain and use them once in a while.
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Jan 6, 2012 16:24
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The total lack of ankle support is pretty terrifying. Even figure skates go further up the leg than that.. the added loops of the laces at least provide a little stability.
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Jan 6, 2012 16:29
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No ankle support whatsoever. Its like skating in bowling shoes. Makes tight turns and quick starts much more difficult, but the ability to bend your ankle more means you can get more power out of a long stride. Also, the steel chassis means the boots get freezing. I don't even want to think about what taking a puck in them would feel like.
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cenzo posted:Shin guard chat: I always liked Easton equipment but I find that some of their stuff is too bulky. For shin guards, I found the Reeboks to be absolutely amazing. Lightweight but feel very protective without inhibiting motion, removable liner but just some calf protection, it doesnt wrap all the way around.
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cenzo posted:Shin guard chat: I use Vapor X:40s and like them. They have calf-padding, but it doesn't wrap all the way around. I have no real complaints about them. You can pull the liner of them out to wash after games if you wish (I don't bother).
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Jan 6, 2012 17:53
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I got some Reebok 7k shins for Christmas and I've used them twice. They are bulky as hell but still lighter than my old Eastons and they seem to vent well. They also seem to do a better job of covering up my ankle than my old pads did.
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For my birthday (yesterday) my parents gave me a gift certificate worth $100 to Perani's (chain store in Michigan and a few other states), and I'm not sure whether I should use it now or wait till they have their massive clearance sale this summer, get more bang for my buck. It's burning a hole in my pocket right now.
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I finally bought some skates, after not being on the ice for 15+ years, skates that are baked and warped to your feet  They're so comfortable, compared to off-the shelf rollerblades I'm used to  I feel I'm a really good skater (I can skate backwards! forward/backward crossovers, etc but that's mostly from my rollerblading background, same motions for the most part) -- but I can't stop on ice  It's basically just keep skating around and/or spin around until I slow down, or run into a board  I've watched a few instructional youtube videos, but I still can't get it, although I've only been trying for maybe 2-3 hours total. My problem is basically when turning clockwise (left is my dominate foot), I sort of get my inner-left skate "snowing", but my back foot is always getting jammed in the ice or throwing me off balance causing me to go out of control trying not to fall Any advice or good videos people may have? playing hockey is so much fun, can't believe I waited this long [27] Hirez fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Jan 6, 2012 |
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Ignore the trailing foot at first. The typical progression is to do a snowplow stop, progress to doing a snowplow with one foot, and once your confidence grows, using both skates to provide stopping power. So basically, just set the trailing foot so it's perpendicular to the ice and use it for balance while your lead (left) foot does all the stopping. After a while you'll start to get a feel for things, and doing a proper two foot stop will just kind of happen without you thinking about it. Once you get that figured out, you can start to obsess about technique and modifying the angle to get different amounts of aggression to your stop.
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Gio posted:For my birthday (yesterday) my parents gave me a gift certificate worth $100 to Perani's (chain store in Michigan and a few other states), and I'm not sure whether I should use it now or wait till they have their massive clearance sale this summer, get more bang for my buck. It's burning a hole in my pocket right now. This is me with HockeyMonkey. I don't really need any new gear. Maybe the drying rack when it gets back in stock, so I can have somewhere to put my gear.
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Jan 6, 2012 20:30
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 Hey league director, maybe the team with 3 of the top 5 scorers and 7 point per game players should be in a higher division?
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gently caress yes, 29 seconds into 3 on 3 overtime I pick up a blocked shot and go shortside backhand shelf for the win. After being down 6-3 Feels good man. 
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Jan 8, 2012 05:57
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In the battle of the Carters vs. the Chatzispiroses, the Carters emerged victorious.
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D C posted:gently caress yes, 29 seconds into 3 on 3 overtime I pick up a blocked shot and go shortside backhand shelf for the win. David Carter is a ringer, get him out of there.
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Jan 8, 2012 06:07
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Hey how do you guys tape your blade and why? All my life I've either taped the full blade, the toe like Ovie, or just the middle like Lindros and Kane. Honestly, I can't really find any sort of discernable difference except when theres none on the toe I have problems toedragging, which I guess would be an obvious one. I'm trying to figure out the real methodology for it.
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I tape the full blade because the tape absorbs some of the abuse of the game and my sticks last longer so I don't have to spend more money on sticks. V  V
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Pleads posted:I tape the full blade because the tape absorbs some of the abuse of the game and my sticks last longer so I don't have to spend more money on sticks. This, and also in order to maximize control and traction along the entire length of the blade. Actually, when our roller rink changed to a slightly rougher surface, I would run a strip of tape along the bottom of my blade before taping it up in order to get an extra layer of protection because that poo poo would eat through my blade otherwise.
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Did you use a ball in your roller hockey league? When I played ball hockey, I found that taping the stick gave me less control of the ball since the stickiness of tape didn't agree with the rolling motion of the ball. Even now, when ever I go out to play some pick up ball hockey, I always use my untapped stick.
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Pleads posted:I tape the full blade because the tape absorbs some of the abuse of the game and my sticks last longer so I don't have to spend more money on sticks.
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Because our league director hosed up and can't get our winter session going until January 22nd they put on an open hockey session just for guys from my (low-level) league and it was a total blast. I guess I didn't appreciate how much fun pickup can be when there aren't teenage hotshots trying to go end to end constantly. Also I tape heel to toe to keep my blade from getting all chipped up.
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Yeah, I do the same the length of the blade nowadays for preservation reasons. Blades are expensive  Thufir posted:Because our league director hosed up and can't get our winter session going until January 22nd they put on an open hockey session just for guys from my (low-level) league and it was a total blast. I guess I didn't appreciate how much fun pickup can be when there aren't teenage hotshots trying to go end to end constantly. They're not that loving good anyway, I can out-skate most of them and I stopped playing on a regular basis 3 years ago. Fuckers. shyduck fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jan 9, 2012 |
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Pleads posted:I tape the full blade because the tape absorbs some of the abuse of the game and my sticks last longer so I don't have to spend more money on sticks. This is why I tape the whole dumb stick. My main mode of stick failure is "blade wears out" so I make sure to protect it. If I was an NHLer or incredibly rich I don't know if I'd bother taping it at all.
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Chemmy posted:If I was an NHLer or incredibly rich I don't know if I'd bother taping it at all. Most people seem to think the tape helps the puck pick up spin as it rolls off the blade, which supposedly helps accuracy (hey, it works for rifles, right?). I don't know that it's ever been experimentally confirmed, but it's not hard to see that more stickiness will do something, even if no one really knows exactly what that is.
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I love teams that try to hide ringers back on D. Psst, you completely blow your cover when you dangle through our whole team coast-to-coast every time you get the puck.  That and wearing a Red Wings jersey with electrical tape numbers.So so sick of this league/hockey director/rink. On another note, this BFD x6 cut is nasty. I can turn on a dime and my stops take no effort at all. I was falling all over for the first period, but I'm definitely digging it now.
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Edit: ^^^I know it's not the same situation, but D is the best place to 'hide' ringers that aren't interested in going coast-to-coast but just want some rink time, as it allows them to just quarterback the play and fire off passes. At least, that's how I play when I sub for friends' teams at lower levels. xzzy posted:Most people seem to think the tape helps the puck pick up spin as it rolls off the blade, which supposedly helps accuracy (hey, it works for rifles, right?). Actually, the main non-preservation-related reason I tape my stick is to cushion incoming pucks. It makes a noticeable difference for me on that first touch when receiving a pass, especially in stride or on the stretch. As far as accuracy, I like it not so much for generating more spin (I'm sure it does - stands to reason), but rather because I feel that the extra traction lets me be more precise in terms of when and the angle at which I release the puck, which leads to better accuracy.
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trilljester posted:David Carter is a ringer, get him out of there. He is, but we lost our entire top line from last year and have been short on players for most of the games, he's the brother of two other guys on the team. And hes not thaaat good, he's just too fast for some teams to handle.
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Speaking of ringers, our winter session started last night. We had the delight of playing against a team that decided to drop two (2) divisions to play in the lowest level league. I assume they did this because they lost their goalie? Our shooting percentage was 40%, of course we only had 5 shots and lost 8-2. Anywho, it's good to be playing competitive hockey again. Re: stick taping -- I play roller and I find that the puck just rolls off my stick too easily without tape. I go full blade taping, heel to toe. Some guys at the rink just tape the bottom of their blade length-wise about two tape-widths, this is done front and back.
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Habibi posted:Edit: ^^^I know it's not the same situation, but D is the best place to 'hide' ringers that aren't interested in going coast-to-coast but just want some rink time, as it allows them to just quarterback the play and fire off passes. At least, that's how I play when I sub for friends' teams at lower levels. Man, I love doing that. I would do that for the intramural leagues when I was in school. I'd just sit back on defense and make passes while yelling out reminders about positioning.
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So I need to know the secret to visors and fog... I bought a visor/cage combo a few weeks ago and have worn it for three games and it's fogging up to the point of being almost unusable. After the first game I bought some visor spray and that didn't do a whole lot. Before the last game I applied like three layers of it the day before, and sprayed it again before the game, and I managed to make it like three shifts before it was completely fogged to poo poo. Do I need better spray? Do I need to breathe less? HELP.
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Stop sweating so much you disgusting goon! (Part of it might be your climate/the temperature in your arena. I used a half visor/half cage for 3 years and never had fog issues, my problem was if I ever put my head down sweat would drip onto the visor and cause smudgy sight issues.) When I replaced my helmet I just got one that came with a full cage, gently caress it, it's less maintenance and I can scratch my forehead if it gets itchy.
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Bring a towel. Seriously. I have the same problem and nothing seems to work 100%. Washing it with dish soap seems to help a little bit. I think the best luck I had was with shaving cream (applying a layer, letting it sit, wiping it off), but what effectiveness I got out of that wore off halfway into the skate.
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