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So I have a question regarding skating... Now allow me to preface this by saying I am going to purchase real skates here in the next few weeks so rentals may be the issue, but I digress. When I am skating my left leg is fine, but my right leg seems to drag or put out, to the point where I am only on the inside edge. Is there a way to correct this form? Or is it a non issue?
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I know I've posted this here before, but I loving love douche visors. Note: I dont use either of those helmets anymore. I also had for a while (until the coating started peeling off somehow, a smoked pro-modified that I liked, felt a bit more comfortable that around the eyes it came down a bit further then the standard Pro shape. 
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 The Neighborhood @ Lake Placid Front row L to R: bewbies, rednender, sellouts Back row L to R: Bradf0rd, Pleads, Hockles e: Linked and added names. Bradf0rd fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Jan 27, 2013 |
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Jan 27, 2013 03:47
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Here's a lovely video of us getting scored on, then me making a bad pass after almost losing the puck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vkDdHTFo_E
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Jan 27, 2013 04:01
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Awesome. Those are some nice looking jerseys.
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Jan 27, 2013 04:32
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Thats a motley looking crew. I screwed up tonight. I went to the open skate and waited to sign up for pickup and it filled up by the time i went to sign up. Might have been because the open pickup last night was canceled because of that ice storm. They do pickup by divisions at the Icehouse so I hung out to watch if I would fit in the c1/c2 novice they had this listed as. I would have been one of the better players but I liked that there weren't any super pros out there. As far as the place goes Bro Hug it seemed pretty good. The ice was a complete mess for the open skate though. They had it going for over 3 hours and I don't think they resurfaced it. It still looked a little grooved for pickup. Looks like there is pickup tomorrow night at Extreme Ice so I might head over there to see how it is. What time is your clinic at?
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Jan 27, 2013 06:07
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For those coming up here to the PBR tournament in a few weeks: it's warm as gently caress right now. I wouldn't worry unless it gets really cold by then, but for now I'm wearing holed-out jeans and short sleeves at 10,000 feet. Still deciding if I'm gonna play...
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Jan 27, 2013 07:15
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Yeah the pick up game game at Extreme is at 7:30 tonight on the Training Rink. During the week they have them at 6:00am on the Main Rink. The clinic is at 3pm, TR. If you stop by around then I'll have a yellow metro league jersey on. Its me, one other adult, and a bunch of 9-12 year olds...hilariously fun. Edit: oh, there'd also a couple adult C level games on the Main Rink starting at 4 it looks like.
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Jan 27, 2013 16:39
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19 o'clock posted:Still deciding if I'm gonna play... Our team only has 5 rostered right now. Just had a drop last week.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Our team only has 5 rostered right now. Just had a drop last week. Is this an invite? If you roll with me in Breck your bar bills become hilariously low. I wanna talk to my boss about work that friday, but put me down as a yes otherwise!
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Jan 27, 2013 20:33
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HZ, the smoked visor is the best call. When the suns out it is amazingly bright and it does a great job of being the perfect tint to not be annoying. Also much easier than sunglasses. It was so bright the rest of everything was washed out. Then for the afternoon game it was dark grey again.
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Jan 27, 2013 20:35
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I just bought a helmet online, do they usually come with the hardware for the cage (the plastic things on the sides near the top) or am I going to have to do that separately? Have an old rear end helmet/cage that I can't get those off of, screws are rusted on. edit: n/m dremeled that poo poo. Doctor Butts fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Jan 28, 2013 00:03
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19 o'clock posted:Is this an invite? If you roll with me in Breck your bar bills become hilariously low. Let me talk to the captain but we may be able to have you. If you wear a large jersey, you can be an Asian man, Lee, for a weekend. sellouts, I wore the visor at stick time this morning and I actually loved it. Felt like I could see the puck at my feet so much easier. Not to mention, just tipping the helmet up to get a breather was much easier. Topo was right, I really want to wear a non-tinted one for my league games now. Too bad I enjoy my teeth.
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Since not everybody on here is Facebook friends with me, I might as well show off our weekend of Pond Hockey here. http://tinyurl.com/SALP2013
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Let me talk to the captain but we may be able to have you. If you wear a large jersey, you can be an Asian man, Lee, for a weekend. I am a 6'7" hell beast. Keep me posted and I'll leave my chest protector at home. I've never had a jersey fit wearing shoulder pads anyway.
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Jan 28, 2013 02:58
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sellouts posted:HZ, the smoked visor is the best call. When the suns out it is amazingly bright and it does a great job of being the perfect tint to not be annoying. Also much easier than sunglasses. I had planned to wear my sunglasses inside my cage but they wouldn't fit. It'd take me a good 5-10 minutes to be able to see inside again. The tinted visor is a really good idea for pond hockey.
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I just checked and it looks like the PBR tourney still has a few team slots open. I think I may have to call up my captain and seeing if a bunch of Denver scrubs want to head up.
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Got crushed today in my better league by a team that had only one sub against our 3 but which had a couple of ringers on it :-/. I need to get way more confident skating with the puck was looking pass first way too much.
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Hockles posted:Since not everybody on here is Facebook friends with me, I might as well show off our weekend of Pond Hockey here. Augh, this is making me so jealous. I haven't been up to Lake Placid in years.  Next year if I'm still in the Ithaca area I might see about going up, maybe even with a goon team (if anyone will have me  )In other news, my team lost again tonight. We had the bad goalie, but this one was ours to lose. And so we did. The most annoying thing about not playing for a month is that I feel great for the first period, and I can play at pretty much top speed, but by the time the period is over I'm feeling so much more tired than I should. Oh well, we have 2 more games before the playoffs, so hopefully I'll be back to form by then.
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I feel the way this thread is progressing with everyone involved that next like, June, we could have an East vs West coast Goon Hockey match at some rink in the middle of the US. Actually, on a numbers level, we could have 2-3 teams from each side. It wouldn't be "good" hockey but it sure as hell would be fun.
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Extreme Ice is a nice joint. Had a pretty good skate, was up tempo and there were some good players. Its a pretty warm rink, by comparison Pineville felt like the arctic. I am way out of shape and lost my legs by the end and couldn't keep up. I don't think Ill make the Tuesday session though, probably Friday.
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drat it, got beat 3-2 in a game we should have won. They scored one of those goals dumping it in from the center line on our goalie who wasn't paying attention at the time.  Question: this team played a bit funny in their zone. They hung a winger between the blue and centerline most of the time and their other wing played up really high leaving only their defensemen and center low. I play defense and found this kind of tough to play against. I was back and forth between hanging back on the guy sitting really high, or to play a bit more cautious lower. Is there a rule of thumb for this or anything?
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All weekend I went unscathed (minus a minor bump from a puck under the eye) wearing a visor, and tonight at the first game of my normal ice season, I take a full-on slapper off the back of my calf. Ow.
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mintskoal posted:drat it, got beat 3-2 in a game we should have won. They scored one of those goals dumping it in from the center line on our goalie who wasn't paying attention at the time. Cool! Your team gets a 4-on-4 in the offensive zone. More space = more offensive chances. They have to play 5-on-5 in your zone. This is -EV for them.
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AboveAndBeyond posted:I feel the way this thread is progressing with everyone involved that next like, June, we could have an East vs West coast Goon Hockey match at some rink in the middle of the US. Actually, on a numbers level, we could have 2-3 teams from each side. I graduate from vet school in June of next year (which is terrifying btw) and may be going back to the east coast for internship/residency. I wouldn't know which coast to play for.  mintskoal posted:Question: this team played a bit funny in their zone. They hung a winger between the blue and centerline most of the time and their other wing played up really high leaving only their defensemen and center low. I play defense and found this kind of tough to play against. I was back and forth between hanging back on the guy sitting really high, or to play a bit more cautious lower. Is there a rule of thumb for this or anything? Depends on how fast you can anticipate and react to the possibility of the winger in the neutral zone getting the puck, as well as your speed differential. If it's a slow dude then tbh I'll play near the blue line but trying to keep an awareness of where the cherrypickin dude is and if I get a sense that the puck is headed that way I'll book it to pressure him and 90% of the time he'll miss the puck anyway or make a dumb play and cough it up as soon as I get back to pressure. If my other defender pinches I'll be more likely to go to the middle of the ice and back out of the zone because I'd want to be prepared for the possibility of an odd man break and like to keep those plays well in front of me regardless of speed. If the cherrypicker is fast I'll usually hover closer to them between them and the puck to choke off any easy clear passing lanes. So much of blue line positioning IMO relies on how well you can read the play down low and anticipate what will happen next that it's hard to give a hard and fast rule. Topoisomerase fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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West coast is best coast!
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xzzy posted:West coast is best coast!
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Ha ha look at this east side nerd, he can't even rhyme properly.
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AboveAndBeyond posted:I feel the way this thread is progressing with everyone involved that next like, June, we could have an East vs West coast Goon Hockey match at some rink in the middle of the US. Actually, on a numbers level, we could have 2-3 teams from each side. Yep. It would be fun. This trip was a blast. We spent a little extra each but did it right. gently caress hotel rooms. However I consider it a small miracle that we had 5 solid people not flake. If we did anything bigger wed have to do a kick starter or something so no one was charged until everyone is totally financially committed. And everyone would have to be ok paying a fuckoff big deposit on a house rental as I trust the people I took but not many randoms!
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xzzy posted:Ha ha look at this east side nerd, he can't even rhyme properly. Yeah everyone knows it's "East coast Beast coast," duh.  sellouts posted:Yep. It would be fun. This trip was a blast. We spent a little extra each but did it right. gently caress hotel rooms. Yeah, it would be a logistical nightmare. But hey, we can dream, I guess.
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Unfortunately it doesn't appear that Belle Fourche, SD has an ice rink. It's the closest town to the geographical center of all 50 states. Rapid City has one though, which is the closest "city". If you want the contiguous US, Junction City, Kansas is the closest rink. 
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I used to think the East coast was the best... then I left the NYC area from whence I grew up and found out the truth.... The best coast is in fact... the GULF COAST. Da Souf 4 lyfe, bitches.
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xzzy posted:Unfortunately it doesn't appear that Belle Fourche, SD has an ice rink. It's the closest town to the geographical center of all 50 states. Rapid City has one though, which is the closest "city". So much of the trip though was the location. One of the main improvements over Eagle River, WI. I mean LP had other, unique, non hockey stuff to do like Bobsled and Skeleton, and the backdrop for the games was gorgeous. Great restaurants for legitimate foodies (I can't believe I'm able to say this...), good food available at the store, and half million dollar+ cottage with every upgrade and a ton of space. Plus if you wanted to you could bound down a wooded hill to the rink rather than down a small road/hill which is kinda charming. Again, if people were serious and up front with the costs I'd be willing to put in the elbow grease to work on planning it all. But I would want to go through a service that would avoid charging anyone until everyone is paid for ice time, lodging, etc, which would result in a service fee being paid. While I put it in the "very unlikely" category to ever happen I also thought getting 6 people from the forums to go in the middle of nowhere (some internationally) was unlikely but here we are, better friends and completely happy with the experience.
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sellouts posted:So much of the trip though was the location. One of the main improvements over Eagle River, WI. I mean LP had other, unique, non hockey stuff to do like Bobsled and Skeleton, and the backdrop for the games was gorgeous. Great restaurants for legitimate foodies (I can't believe I'm able to say this...), good food available at the store, and half million dollar+ cottage with every upgrade and a ton of space. Plus if you wanted to you could bound down a wooded hill to the rink rather than down a small road/hill which is kinda charming. I mean, I'm total poo poo at hockey, and didn't have the time/money to do it this time, but I'll definitely consider it next time around so long as yall are ok with having a dumb weeble as one of your wingers. Perhaps on a more related note, If any of you are in Huntsville, AL (or near to it), lemme know in advance. I'll get your name on my invite only Thursday-pickups and you can skate some. IIRC, Thufir is in Nashville. I'd love it if there could be some semi-regular meetup of Nashvile-area skaters. Even if it was just for a S&P session or something, I'd be willing to make the drive into Nash-town. I can make a day of it or something after we play.
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JetsGuy posted:I mean, I'm total poo poo at hockey, and didn't have the time/money to do it this time, but I'll definitely consider it next time around so long as yall are ok with having a dumb weeble as one of your wingers. We had a full time goalie skate out for one of the first times. We don't care. Skill levels will be varied and don't really matter to me or anyone that went. Especially if it was enough to put together 2 teams there's going to be variations. Also if we play in a real tournament we will get our asses kicked because that's what happens when you play against guys who grew up together and now work together at Tito's Auto Body Shop. I'm also emailing Can/Am to suggest there be a novice division. The age group thing created quite the disparity of talent at all levels. Every division had one team like us that just inflated goals for/goals against averages. My idea is to create a novice division that doesn't play for anything, get an extra game in exchange, and perhaps doesn't even have the scores recorded after the game. I think that could be an interesting way to grow the tournament beyond the people within driving distance or who grew up with pond hockey available to them on a semi-regular basis. Dangerllama posted:Coasties vs Flyover Country Callin dibs on my flyover bros from US and Canada that went this time and calling dibs on HZ so I can chirp him constantly about his taping and not feel like a butthole because he'll be on my team! sellouts fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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JetsGuy posted:IIRC, Thufir is in Nashville. I'd love it if there could be some semi-regular meetup of Nashvile-area skaters. Even if it was just for a S&P session or something, I'd be willing to make the drive into Nash-town. I can make a day of it or something after we play. Yeah, I'm in Nashvegas but I don't think anyone else who posts in this thread is. I am also total poo poo at hockey.
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sellouts posted:So much of the trip though was the location. One of the main improvements over Eagle River, WI. I mean LP had other, unique, non hockey stuff to do like Bobsled and Skeleton, and the backdrop for the games was gorgeous. Great restaurants for legitimate foodies (I can't believe I'm able to say this...), good food available at the store, and half million dollar+ cottage with every upgrade and a ton of space. Plus if you wanted to you could bound down a wooded hill to the rink rather than down a small road/hill which is kinda charming. The rink in Junction City has a mini golf course. Rapid City is actually a fun place to visit.. it's in the mt. rushmore region so there is a ton of stuff to do. Not that I'm seriously suggesting anything be organized there, just that it wouldn't be the worst place for a hockey vacation. New England is probably the "best" though. Plenty of rinks, lots of snow, decent population density, and good scenery. Some good spots in Montana too, but flying there is ridiculously expensive.
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sellouts, funny you should mention that. I just bumblebee'd my girlfriend's stick with black/pink yesterday. Also, I'm changing teams next season with different colors. I don't know what to do with my yellow tape. What a conundrum. And if we were on the same team, I'd bumblebee my whole stick, not just the blade Also, the LTP team I play for got their 2nd win of the season last night to bring us to 2-17. I banked a centering pass off a defender's skate into the net. Then in the third, trying to block a shot, I deflected a wrister off my shinguard into our own net. Oops.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:sellouts, funny you should mention that. I just bumblebee'd my girlfriend's stick with black/pink yesterday. Also, I'm changing teams next season with different colors. I don't know what to do with my yellow tape. What a conundrum. You can't see me, but I am most certainly giving you some kind of evil eye. Just wait until the next time I ref one of your dumb games.
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