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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Just dropped $500 on gear at Jerry's. I'm officially pot-committed. Except for my shoulder pads, which I got on super clearance, I'm a walking advertisement for Bauer's lowest end stuff and it's been totally fine so far. Granted it's been less than a year, but other than gloves I'm not sure I see myself needing much better gear.
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z0331 posted:Except for my shoulder pads, which I got on super clearance, I'm a walking advertisement for Bauer's lowest end stuff and it's been totally fine so far. Granted it's been less than a year, but other than gloves I'm not sure I see myself needing much better gear. You're pretty much right. If you're not going beyond the low sections of the beer league you'll only have to replace as needed. Edit: Just remember that helmets have an expiration date and you'll get penalized if you're wearing an expired helmet.
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YeehawMcKickass posted:You're pretty much right. If you're not going beyond the low sections of the beer league you'll only have to replace as needed. when that happens do you just buy a new helmet? Or is there some way to re certify or whatever?
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Jan 10, 2017 00:20
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No one has ever checked helmet stickers at my rink. Some people I skate with have used the same helmet since I started 7 years ago. Plus, the stickers always rub off within 2 months anyway.
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Jan 10, 2017 00:29
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YeehawMcKickass posted:Edit: Just remember that helmets have an expiration date and you'll get penalized if you're wearing an expired helmet. huh?
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Maddot_66 posted:when that happens do you just buy a new helmet? Or is there some way to re certify or whatever? Nah, it's like car seats. After a certain point the multitude of dings and pulls and stretches all accumulate to reduce protection and you need to get a new one. Never heard of a penalty being issued though. re: playing with someone from juniors - a guy on one of my teams played fairly high level juniors in Finland, and were it not for wonky knees (he has that congenital issue where the patella is too stretchy, similar to what Andy Murray dealt with) may have gone further. His shot is okay for that level, but his skating and stick handling are extraordinary. I've seen more powerful skaters (skated against a few ECHL guys), but I've not seen anyone dance on his skates like this guy. He changes direction and turns and takes a first step like he's not wearing skates. Every once in a while it almost looks like he violates the laws of physics because he'll just stop on a dime and reverse direction like it's no thing. If any of you nerds have ever watched Babylon 5, he skates like a Starfury flies.
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SAS Hockey Player Thread: he skates like a Starfury flies.
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I think my helmet was set to expire in 2017, but then the sticker wore off over the last 5 years so now it's basically good forever. Also my eagle gloves are the best gloves ever. Took a slapshot off the cuff last night and barely felt it. Gave the other guy poo poo for such a lousy shot because there was no reason for the puck to get that high for how close I was to him.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:No one has ever checked helmet stickers at my rink. Some people I skate with have used the same helmet since I started 7 years ago. Plus, the stickers always rub off within 2 months anyway. lol if you don't play with a guy on your team wearing a Jofa or Cooper helmet
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Jan 10, 2017 00:52
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Whoops, the first thing I did was remove all those annoying stickers on my helmet and stick.  Hope that doesn't come back to bite me.
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Almost blasted an opposing team's winger in the grill with my super wicked blue line slap shot so hey I've got that going for me.  lol yeah too bad it was about a foot over the net Verman posted:Played a game tonight with a guy who has to have played juniors. No joke he scored at will, barely turned on his speed and blew past everyone on the ice. Ridiculous speed but his skating, stick handling and shot power were down right jaw dropping. Our goalie said that one of his shots almost took his catching glove off his hand. A: I thought rosters were supposed to be locked at this point? B: Were you playing in Everett? Definitely had a ref there last night that I've never seen around before; made some interesting calls.
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YeehawMcKickass posted:Edit: Just remember that helmets have an expiration date and you'll get penalized if you're wearing an expired helmet. Please explain how this has ever been actually enforced.
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lol at the idea of anyone actually checking the helmet expiration. "Hi I'm a beer league ref can I please see your helmet I need to make sure it's still good."
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Hockles posted:lol if you don't play with a guy on your team wearing a Jofa or Cooper helmet lol if your ref isn't using a helmet from 1997
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Jan 10, 2017 02:44
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I've only ever seen helmet stickers enforced by HNA and it was stickers they gave out to prove registration, nothing to do with safety. Register and pay, put sticker on helmet for that season, refs make sure everyone has a valid sticker on the roster (when they remember/care to)
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Duke Chin posted:Almost blasted an opposing team's winger in the grill with my super wicked blue line slap shot so hey I've got that going for me. A: No idea, he might be registered as a sub. B: Kent valley And for helmets, as long as it looks like a normal hockey helmet made in the last 30 years nobody will care.
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Jan 10, 2017 04:43
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I've seen helmet checks at the youth level. Your beer league is within their right to kick you out if your helmet isn't up to snuff.
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Jan 10, 2017 05:58
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My helmet sticker says it expired in 2009. I bought it new on clearance in 2015. Schwoops. It's green though so I'll keep using it.
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Jan 10, 2017 07:40
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best I've seen was a dude getting told to get off the ice cuz he had a douchey grey tint ovechkin visor in a full cage league.
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Jan 10, 2017 07:48
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Only time I've seen a ref check a helmet is when he noticed a guy had on a really old helmet with cage that didn't have a chin strap. The rink required cages, so I guess it meant they required chinstraps too? They just gave him a rental helmet for free to use for the game, and I don't think he missed a shift. Funny enough, the very same rink which cared so much for safety (Lasker in Central Park), had an old goalie that still wore an old timey mask from the early 70s. Scored my first goal on that ~60 year old man. 
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Jan 10, 2017 15:54
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I previously mentioned I was making a backyard rink. Well it finally got cold enough over the weekend to freeze. It turned out better than I hoped for, and the last 2 days have been totally worth it. Resurfacing it with the rink rake made it smoother than many actual rink's ice. Here's a panorama shot.
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You done hosed up, you're supposed to put the net on the ice. Do you even hockey?
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xzzy posted:You done hosed up, you're supposed to put the net on the ice. I like to practice the same way I play in game, no shots on net.
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Hockles posted:lol if you don't play with a guy on your team wearing a Jofa or Cooper helmet Played with a guy whose helmet looked like one of the first Coopers ever made. Instead of replacing it, he Krylon'd it hot pink, and was forever known as Fruity Rudy.
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Jan 10, 2017 17:25
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bet that dude fucks
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sellouts posted:bet that dude fucks was literally going to make that exact post  Also, that backyard rink owns. Nice job!
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Skated for the first time ever in full gear (minus shoulderpads) today. Here's a list of random thoughts I had:
I'm excited to actually start learning things 
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You gotta work those drills in your living room man. Teach yourself how to lock a glove between your elbow and your body, giving you a free hand to scratch your nose. How do you think NHLers got so good at it?
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:
You should also practice the correct spitting angle so that the saliva doesn't hit the cage and just hang from there.
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Only cretins spit, stop turning my hockey rink into a petri dish you neanderthal. 
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xzzy posted:Only cretins spit, stop turning my hockey rink into a petri dish you neanderthal. Stop falling down and you won't have to be grossed out by it
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I never fall down, which is probably why my skating isn't improving.
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xzzy posted:Only cretins spit, stop turning my hockey rink into a petri dish you neanderthal. My spit is but a tear drop in the ocean compared to all the disgusting things that are going on with/coming out of all the kids that played before you that very day.
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Here's a pretty good tutorial on how to scratch your nose during a game. https://youtu.be/L3cDxt948lA
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doctor 7 posted:Stop falling down Harsh and unwarranted 
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Had another game tonight. We had 10 skaters so it would be a good game with lots of ice time. Goalie was a no show, no call, didn't answer his phone, nothing. We ask the goalies out playing before us, nada. We start walking out and realize it's a team we can't stand, really chippy and they have 2 ringers. We hit the ice with 6 guys. We end the first knotted at zero. Beginning in the second I win the face-off in their zone, back to my d man. I plant myself in front of the goalie and all of a sudden a rocket comes from the point. Goalie can't see it and goes high far side. Beautiful goal. Our captain gets tripped and pushed head first into the boards, no call. He stays down and it's not until the play is at the other end of the ice before the call the play dead. He is going to get x-rays tomorrow but we're 100% certain he broke his collar bone. Midway through the second I catch a break and charge up the left boards past 2 of their guys. I take a shot from the face off circle and hit the high far side of the net. I enjoyed that goal a lot. We play with no goalie and now lead this team 2-0 going into the third period. We killed 2 penalties with no goalie. They're pissed to say the least. Things get chippy. Lots of slashing ensues. Lots of physical play and contact. Eventually they finally get their act together and start scoring. One of their goals was bullshit as they were in the crease before the puck was shot. They ended up winning 4-2 but we played great and the fact they were losing for 2 periods and still only best is by 2 goals is a feat. We even beat them in shots on goal. 4 games in 7 days. This game started at 1130, I skated harder and longer than I've skated in a while. Im loving wrecked. Verman fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Jan 11, 2017 |
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:[*]I was not expecting my hands to get so sweaty in those gloves Oh man, a whole new level of stink awaits you in about 6-9 months. Breathe deep. Breathe deep.
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Glove stink owns. It's a good sign of properly broken in gloves  Never sniff a goalie glove or blocker though. They are the worst in terms of hockey. Nothing will ever beat a good used pair of a soccer goalies gloves though. Because of the combination of sweat and playing in the rain and whatever else goalies do to them (a lot of spitting) they get very rank. In other news our team has lost 1 player to a broken jaw after being hit by a puck (playing for a different team) and last night we had two guys collide and both required stitches in their tongues. Be safe out there boys (and girls).
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My eagles still smell pretty good.. I bought them last spring. Or maybe it was in the summer. Sometime around in there, it's been at least 6 months! I still catch a whiff of whatever they treat the palms with when they get wet.. it's kind of a fabreeze smell. Way better than the shitheap Bauer gloves I wore previously. I went through three pairs in 4 years and they either fell apart or smelled like death.
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 Hooray my hockey shipment arrived, including a HockeyMonkey mystery stick that wound up being a 100 flex stick with a crazy toe curve. Not sure how this'll work out!In the meantime I get to scare/intrigue my cats by stickhandling a practice ball in the living room. Time to look in to shooting pads (don't start the convo, I know the DIY methods).
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