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I don't have a spreadsheet but I did do an estimate of how much ice time I've used since I started skating in September 2011, and it's about 320 hours.  I got a long loving way to go if the common estimate of 10,000 hours to become a pro is in any way accurate.
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I bought things.  Finally caved. If you are thinking about Makos, go to the pro shop and ask the guy to bake them for like 5 minutes before you put them on. Makes it a completely different skate. Like a glove. A foot glove. A foot glove with blades.
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I would love to try a pair of Makos and see if their ability to reshape in a bake finally ends my aches and pains forever, I just can't see a skater of my ability benefiting from a skate that high end. I also couldn't live with myself if it ended up not being an improvement.
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D C posted:I bought things. The last time a guy in the locker room took a picture in that pose, the result was very different. Congrats on the new skates.
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xzzy posted:I don't have a spreadsheet but I did do an estimate of how much ice time I've used since I started skating in September 2011, and it's about 320 hours. I just added these to my spreadsheet (apparently I spend about 50 cents per minute of ice time) and am disappointed to see that I've only accrued about 60 hours of ice time. Missing all of 2012 with a knee injury really put a damper on my skating reps.
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No, I wasn't bored. Why do you ask? http://i.imgur.com/8d5Hc9u.png Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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Dec 4, 2014 22:25
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Holy gently caress you spergy tryhards
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Dec 4, 2014 22:27
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Shut up you know you're jealous. That spreadsheet is awesome.
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Pleads posted:Holy gently caress you spergy tryhards I'm the hardest tryer out there!
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xzzy posted:Shut up you know you're jealous. Well, other than cell Q41 that is...  e: VVV That's the current season. It'll be a 25-game season once it's over. I just updated it with the most recent game played. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Dec 4, 2014 |
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Dec 4, 2014 22:50
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Well, yeah. $600 for 12 games is holy poo poo material. I paid $120 for 12 games this fall.. and ten of that was extra to chip in for the beer money.
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Dec 4, 2014 22:53
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If you guys want to puke so far this season I've paid $146 per game.
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bgreman posted:Ice times in these leagues is mostly all after 930 pm. I don't know if earlier ice times are more expensive, but I know that in general, renting ice (for pickups, etc) has gotten more expensive in the last few years. The team I coach rents ice within a half hour of NYC. We pay just over $400/hr for an average weekday afternoon slot, around $450/hr for a Friday night or Saturday prime time slot, and around $275/hr for a pre-6 AM slot. I imagine Sunday night slots and the other crap ice men's leagues get are closer to the latter than the former. hey girl you up fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Dec 5, 2014 |
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Dec 5, 2014 04:13
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Think I've got a touch of the hot brain from getting hit in my game Monday 
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Sunday nights are crap and Saturday nights are prime time? Which one of us is living in bizarro land? I've seen teammates almost come to blows over the threat of being relegated to playing Saturday nights.
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Dec 5, 2014 08:58
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Yeah, we have a much harder time filling the bench for Saturday games than Friday or Monday. Sundays are 50/50.
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sellouts posted:Sunday nights are crap and Saturday nights are prime time? Sorry, Saturday prime time is the afternoon when we're talking ice slots. I coach teenagers, not a men's league.
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sellouts posted:Sunday nights are crap and Saturday nights are prime time? Most people I know prefer to play Saturday nights because at least they don't have to work the next day when playing the late-late games.
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I love playing Saturday nights...it's a hard on a non-hockey-playing SO, though.
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Bootcha posted:Most people I know prefer to play Saturday nights because at least they don't have to work the next day when playing the late-late games. Yeah. I'll take a Saturday night game anytime over the 11PM and later Sunday night games. All the better if the Saturday game is done by 9PM or 10PM so you can go out afterwards.
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I prefer Friday nights since I do more social stuff on Saturdays but judging by attendance when I've had Friday games that's not necessarily widespread.
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Pinky Artichoke posted:I love playing Saturday nights...it's a hard on a non-hockey-playing SO, though. Reason #438 why everyone should have hockey-playing SOs.
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My wife doesn't play, but she loves that I do play. She's pretty much the best, because she'll schedule everything around my ice time.
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lizardking posted:Yeah. I'll take a Saturday night game anytime over the 11PM and later Sunday night games. All the better if the Saturday game is done by 9PM or 10PM so you can go out afterwards. I've had good luck with catching a show before a 10:15 game, too.
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Dec 5, 2014 21:21
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Aww yeah, new stick day! Nexus 4000. 77 flex, P92 curve. Cut it about an inch. This will solve all my goal scoring and lack of talent problems.
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lizardking posted:Yeah. I'll take a Saturday night game anytime over the 11PM and later Sunday night games. All the better if the Saturday game is done by 9PM or 10PM so you can go out afterwards. 11pm is a pretty different issue entirely.
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My games all start at 10:40 SAT-TUE By the time I get home, showered and ready for bed its 2am. Much easier on Saturdays, really difficult on sundays, mondays or tuesdays.
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Man I thought I had it bad when our rink tacked on an extra $10 bucks per hour last year bringing it to $235/hr. Sounds like some of you guys have it much worse off than that. Also, ice rental is the same price across the board, Monday to Sunday so I've really got it made. I believe high school and the rink run youth hockey come before all other buyers but compared to some of you guys having to pay a premium depending on the hour or day I'll take what I got.
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Finally scored the goal of my dreams on Friday night. We were on the PK and the man from the box came back to the bench when it expired. I jumped on the ice just as my team got possession, and my winger sent it right to me at the center dot. I skated in with so much space, looked up and saw the 5 hole was open. Snapped it low and goalie dropped into butterfly, but it was too late because I saw it was in the back of the net. Awesome feeling to get that goal after going through years of barely scoring. I now have 3 goals on the season, and that was definitely the sweetest one.
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Acethomas did I just see you get destroyed on a breakaway?
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Witnessed my first goalie meltdown on Saturday before the scrimmage. Too many people taking shots at the same time during warmups. He lost his poo poo and stormed off. Which is a really hard thing to do on ice skates. *glides away angrily*
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Played tonight for the first time in years, about 2.5 hrs of scrimmage hockey. Scored a few goals and could've had a lot more if I wasn't hot garbage/wasn't completely out of shape. Also my entire body is agony, does this ever stop or is it just because I'm not in high school anymore?
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It gets better, just keep skating and you'll get some endurance built up. Lift some weights if you want to cure it faster.
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sellouts posted:Acethomas did I just see you get destroyed on a breakaway? I didn't have a breakaway tonight, I play pretty conservative D in Rookie so they don't toss me. I was 39 on the red team at Westminster. I did take a nasty shot to the knee. What was the play?
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You have a doppelgänger at Torrance.
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Hey Edmonton: if there are any beginners that want to learn to play, like me, I've registered for a beginner program that starts in January (the section based out of the Terwillegar Rec Centre). If anyone else is interested then let me know, there's a discount if you can get a group of 3 or more!
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sellouts posted:You have a doppelgänger at Torrance. Nitramster and I actually just finished this season and are looking for a new rookie/copper/etc league in LA since we don't want to have to drive to Westminster anymore. If you hear of anything let me know.
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I'm out more towards IE/SGV but will also be looking for rookie leagues near LA soon. I've got two other friends that I've been doing sticktime and pickup games with for the past few months and the three of us will be looking for our first league shortly.
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i pulled my back three weeks ago working out because i'm a big dummy. a week later i re-aggravated it moving poo poo around the house. yesterday i was feeling good and thought, "skating won't hurt." aaaand i pulled my back tightening my skates. don't think i'm gonna be skating for a long while. 
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So I tend to blame my performance on my sticks. After 2 really bad games of coughing up the puck that turned directly into a scoring chances on my team, I yanked my old lumber out of the closet. Only goal against I was on the ice for was a penalty kill, and I broke up at least 6 scoring chances.
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