Henrik Zetterberg posted:

Since the band is breaking up at the end of the season, I'm trying to get our goalie to do this during our last game:
http://deadspin.com/5983913/disgruntled-goalie-scores-on-his-own-net-flips-off-coaches-skates-off-the-ice-forever?post=57351195

delpheye posted:

2 broken sticks through O'Hare agree with the above. I've taken mine through other airports before and since and not had any kind of problem, but there's not really an alternative unless you go buy some cheap wood sticks at your destination.

xzzy posted:

Maybe you could fedex the sticks to your destination?

An irritating additional cost but it improves the odds of them surviving the trip.

sellouts posted:

I've had 0 problems taking sticks. I've flown out of a variety of airports, small to big, warm weather to cold. Flights delayed, cancelled, tight connections, etc. Never had a problem or been charged.

sellouts posted:

I've had 0 problems taking sticks. I've flown out of a variety of airports, small to big, warm weather to cold. Flights delayed, cancelled, tight connections, etc. Never had a problem or been charged. It can work and I'd rather deal with that then trying to deal with FedEx on the weekends in a new town before leaving to the airport or shipping sticks a week early to get them there.

However, xzzy's right. Shipping sticks is easy. I've had them wrapped in butchers paper with a little bubble wrap to flat boxes that bow around the stick to custom boxes that make the person shipping them look like a crazy person. But yeah I'd trust them less than the airport.

Here's how a friend shipped a stick to my office when he came out to play. Somehow the USPS kept it in tact, it arrived in 3 days and cost him $8.75

sellouts posted:

Verman posted:

Mailman "oh you get a new hockey stick?"

You - "nope just a dildo, with a paul coffee curve"

Thats incredible, I cant fathom being able to ship a stick through usps for under $10 and having it arrive in tact.

AHAQQ posted:

A goon doctor-y question: does anyone ever get pain in the lower back when playing hockey? Generally, my back is fine, only gets achy when I play. My suspicions are on a bad skating stance and hard gym workout on off days. Any experiences?

JetsGuy posted:

Soreness in the back? Yes. Two big things help me:

1) Take it as a sign that you're bending over at the waist to too much and you should be squatting more.

2) Skate more.

Also, yeah, do yo' squats.

Robot Danger posted:

So I posted before about wanting to start a beginner class for adults while I wait to start my new job. But I'm thinking that maybe it would be best to wait until my insurance kicks in at the end up next month before doing this. But what kind of coverage does a USA Hockey membership offer in terms of personal injury?

Any coverage for an awkward beginner just falling and breaking his hip?

Robot Danger posted:

So I posted before about wanting to start a beginner class for adults while I wait to start my new job. But I'm thinking that maybe it would be best to wait until my insurance kicks in at the end up next month before doing this. But what kind of coverage does a USA Hockey membership offer in terms of personal injury?

Any coverage for an awkward beginner just falling and breaking his hip?

quote:

What kind of coverage does USA Hockey offer to players if they get hurt? Does this include
dental coverage? USA Hockey offers two (2) kinds of insurance coverage to players who may become
injured, while participating in a USA Hockey “sanctioned event.” First, we provide excess medical
coverage, subject to policy deductibles and out-of-pocket obligations, to pay for medical care up to
$50,000; this coverage does include limited dental coverage. Second, for those members who are
seriously injured, USA Hockey provides a $2,000,000 catastrophic injury medical plan; the “cat med”
plan has a $50,000 deductible, which is usually covered by a player’s primary insurance, by USA
Hockey’s excess medical, or by some combination of the two (2) plans.

The “excess medical” coverage is designed to supplement your primary (any other insurance) coverage
that you have, and it only pays for treatments AFTER the primary has been used. The member must
meet a $1,000 out-of-pocket expense obligation, per accident, before this coverage begins. If you have
NO PRIMARY INSURANCE, USA Hockey’s coverage can become primary. However, when used as a
primary USA Hockey’s coverage has a $3,500 deductible, which must be satisfied BEFORE it will pay
bills.

Robot Danger posted:

So I posted before about wanting to start a beginner class for adults while I wait to start my new job. But I'm thinking that maybe it would be best to wait until my insurance kicks in at the end up next month before doing this. But what kind of coverage does a USA Hockey membership offer in terms of personal injury?

Any coverage for an awkward beginner just falling and breaking his hip?

Dangerllama posted:

Well...this happened...

tehk posted:

I did this today and I feel like horrible scum for destroying a pair of One.9 skates for roller use. They are ridiculously light and fit like socks so the guilt will be the gone after my first skate.

tehk posted:

I did this today and I feel like horrible scum for destroying a pair of One.9 skates for roller use. They are ridiculously light and fit like socks so the guilt will be the gone after my first skate.

coldwind posted:

Dude. It's fine. You're not going to hurt yourself learning how to skate. Especially not if you are going to be doing it in hockey gear.

Wait, just to make sure, you aren't a 60-year old woman, are you?

Topoisomerase posted:

At least half of the times that I've flown with sticks (and I've done it many times as well) I've been told that I have to pay extra to check them and argued with when I tried to refute that idea with the agents behind the counter. Once a guy threatened to call airport security on me because I had the sticks in my hand and was gesturing with my hands as I often do and I dropped them. I really get kinda anxious about taking gear places now because of this.

Henrik Zetterberg posted:

So we all got winded walking up 2 floors to our condo for the weekend. This is going to be interesting.

sellouts posted:

That sucks. I've never had problems with American or United but who knows. Maybe they're changed the published policy in the past 3-4 years?

Or bring the print out from the site that clearly states it's an accessory bag? Maybe offer up that "it's like when someone checks skis and their boots and it's one cost"? That's how at least one agent explained it to me when I made sure she knew it was free to include them. I dunno.

Hockles posted:

See if you can't obtain 6 of those oxygen masks that you see on people in hospitals. The kind with the two little tubes that go in your nostrils. Also, attach oxygen canisters to your back.

sellouts posted:

The dudes who didn't wear jerseys really got me thinking -- for pond hockey why even bother with real jerseys?

tehk posted:

I did this today and I feel like horrible scum for destroying a pair of One.9 skates for roller use. They are ridiculously light and fit like socks so the guilt will be the gone after my first skate.

Henrik Zetterberg posted:

So we all got winded walking up 2 floors to our condo for the weekend. This is going to be interesting.

Topoisomerase posted:

dealing with some people who were trying to pay normal price for oversized bags and didn't speak any English at all.

xzzy posted:

If I can't fit everything I need in an appropriately sized carryon, I don't fly.

This works because I love road tripping, so if I need more stuff, I just throw it all in the car and drive my rear end there. Flying is really only for emergency trips.

xzzy posted:

In the past year I've driven to both Las Vegas and Montana.. round trip was in the 5-6 thousand mile range for each trip.

It's a heap of fun if you carve it into 8-10 hour days and choose scenic routes. In the bad old days you had to wing it, but with google maps it's super easy to schedule it all out.