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I do a 19-20 hr drive from Vancouver to LA and back a few times a year, in fact I'm doing it this week. In one shot, totally worth it.
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So I got back from Europe yesterday and immediately hit the ice this afternoon for a good two hours. Took me a little time to get as comfortable on the ice as I was before. Maybe it was the ice slowing down, maybe it was just being so long in between. I'm getting pretty good at stopping two feet (not hockey stop), which will at least be useful when I start clinics next week. On those lines, I find I'm stopping more with my left foot than my right. My right foot is my dominant one, so I expected exactly the opposite. When I stop my left foot is definitely breaking more than the right.
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May 16, 2012 22:37
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You have to force yourself to use your weak side.. everyone has one. I think the normal way to combat this is to always turn/stop facing the same side of the rink. That is if you're going up the rink one way, you turn to stop so you face the benches. When you're skating the other way, you turn the other direction so you still end up facing the benches. Doing this guarantees you work both sides of your body.
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May 16, 2012 22:50
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My left inside edge is my weakest for stopping, by far. Every other edge (including outsides) I can stop just fine, at full speed. That edge I have to be careful with. I usually end up stopping more on my right outside edge when I do.
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May 16, 2012 22:55
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Dangerllama posted:Haha...I'm debating the logistics of driving myself as well. 19 hours each way from Denver. Welp, I'm up in Breckenridge and moving to Denver this fall, so I guess we ought to just split the mileage.
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So, I found out my local rink has lunch hockey on my days off. This means I am going to be getting back into ice hockey (I've played inline forever) for the first time since high school. I have all the gear, but for lunch hockey, would shoulder pads be expected/required? Or would I just be "that guy" for wearing them? Is it just like a drop-in or is it even more relaxed and more along the lines of open ice to skate/stickhandle/etc?
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May 17, 2012 15:26
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I'd say it's a 50/50 split on shoulderpads, so do whatever makes you happy. Lunch hockey tends to stay pretty casual, especially if there's only a few guys. In those cases you can pretty much do whatever you want. Once you get 10 or more people they tend to want to actually play.. especially if there's goalies.
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May 17, 2012 15:29
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For pickup/drop-in I generally go with elbow pads with no chest pad. Nobody should be throwing hits and I tend to not jump in front of shots that don't matter. First game in two weeks tonight, had to miss the last one because of a concert. GoPro ready to be mounted on my helmet, I wonder if the refs will care!
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May 17, 2012 18:23
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xzzy posted:You have to force yourself to use your weak side.. everyone has one. That's how all coaches make kids do suicides. The problem with it is they don't care how you stop as long as you face the correct side, so when I played out when I was a kid, I'd always stop dragging my right leg if it was the inside edge for stopping. I really want to work on fixing it, but I'm rarely in full skater equipment to minimize injury from falling. I've been told by coaches that you just have to trust yourself and you'll get it down. I've gotten it to work a few times, but I'm not nearly consistent enough to do it while reffing yet.
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gco posted:That's how all coaches make kids do suicides. The problem with it is they don't care how you stop as long as you face the correct side, so when I played out when I was a kid, I'd always stop dragging my right leg if it was the inside edge for stopping. I really want to work on fixing it, but I'm rarely in full skater equipment to minimize injury from falling. I've been told by coaches that you just have to trust yourself and you'll get it down. I've gotten it to work a few times, but I'm not nearly consistent enough to do it while reffing yet. This is why I try to get my ice time during daytime when there aren't people around. This way I only look like an idiot to two or three people wearing pads so I don't go to work covered in bruises.
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May 17, 2012 18:47
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Yeah, lunchtime skates are a great way to get some ice all to yourself. During which times you can look like the biggest idiot on the planet and no one will witness it. I bought some skateboarder style knee and elbow pads that I sometimes use, saves me having to bring a bunch of hockey equipment.. and it's really only the joints that worry me. I can handle a bruised rear end or whatever.
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May 17, 2012 20:01
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xzzy posted:Yeah, lunchtime skates are a great way to get some ice all to yourself. During which times you can look like the biggest idiot on the planet and no one will witness it. the bruises aren't too bad but I must've wrenched my shoulder p bad the other day because christ in heaven my shoulder cuff is hosed today. I'm just happy my knee is fine, one time I fell, my left foot slipped under me as I fell on it. Ouch.
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May 17, 2012 23:44
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Hockles posted:So, I found out my local rink has lunch hockey on my days off. This means I am going to be getting back into ice hockey (I've played inline forever) for the first time since high school. I have all the gear, but for lunch hockey, would shoulder pads be expected/required? Or would I just be "that guy" for wearing them? Is it just like a drop-in or is it even more relaxed and more along the lines of open ice to skate/stickhandle/etc? Is it just stick-and-puck or is it drop-in? For stick-and-puck, I never wear shoulder pads. For drop-in, I almost always wear them, unless I'm feeling run down. I've taken one too many elbows to the sternum not to. Our local lunch-drop in is 50/50, about the same as xzzy alluded to.
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May 18, 2012 00:12
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  Eagle River 2013 here I come!
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May 18, 2012 00:23
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Dangerllama posted:Is it just stick-and-puck or is it drop-in? It doesn't specify, it just lists it as "Lunch Hockey." It does have separate times for both stick/puck and then drop-in. So, I am thinking just bringing everything and asking around. If I end up being the only one on the ice, not gonna wear shoulder pads. 
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May 18, 2012 02:18
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BIG win for us tonight. Going back to the Championship against a team we've gone 1-7 against. This time we're going break out of our slump.
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May 18, 2012 03:03
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Had a fun little drop in tonight, 2 on 2 with goalies at either end of a mini rink for 30 minutes. It looks like this may be a summertime Thursday night special for the next two to three weeks.
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May 18, 2012 03:49
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Pleads posted:
Playing OTP on NHL13 alone is gonna suck so hard when all you guys are sitting in county jail after starting countless brawls during the tournament.
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May 18, 2012 14:08
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Won the championship last night in a sweep of the best-of-three series. We were also dead last by a far margin last season, so it's a huge jump. Though to be fair, for this season the rink decided to do a draft. We retained 5 guys, and everyone else was all new. It was a great season and everyone on the team was a strong player. I've won a championship before, but this is by far the best overall team I've been on.
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May 19, 2012 00:43
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Non matching jersey? pft
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May 19, 2012 03:17
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poser posted:Non matching jersey? pft WHOLE TEAM OF RINGERS
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May 19, 2012 04:21
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D C posted:WHOLE TEAM OF RINGERS
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May 19, 2012 04:22
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Loqieu posted:We're cheap and I spent the money on beer instead.
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May 19, 2012 04:36
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My first thought: How does the guy on the right even use that stick? (Congrats, BTW).
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May 19, 2012 16:52
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Dangerllama posted:My first thought: How does the guy on the right even use that stick? Defender maybe. Prefers a poke check and a pass rather than skating coast to coast.
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May 20, 2012 12:36
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I scored 2 goals that game to up my total to 2 goals for the season. lol
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May 20, 2012 21:49
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Only drop-in tonight, but it was one of those nights where everything went right. Every pass I made was tape to tape, won every battle in the corner, and I scored a couple of sick goals. 
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May 21, 2012 03:43
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Ugh playing center sucks sometimes. Passed back to my D-man then went in front of the net and his slapper caught me right on the front of my right foot. Took one stride and fell down but got to the bench and went right back out next shift. Massive bruise on top of my foot today though.
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May 21, 2012 13:56
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I think you mean playing center is the best
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May 21, 2012 16:56
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sellouts posted:I think you mean playing center is the best There is nothing better than backchecking and picking somebody's pocket then hitting one of your wingers on the breakaway.
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May 21, 2012 17:03
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I've got a question about defense. What, if anything, can I do about an opponent camping out in front of the crease and/or screening my goalie? In the past I've tried to push him out of there, but I feel like this is not helping because I'm only making the front of the net more crowded, and shots are deflecting off my skates into the goddamn net. What can I do to make life easier for my goalie while making it difficult for the guy in front?
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May 21, 2012 19:18
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If there's a guy in front of the net, I'm always trying to tie up his stick so he can't get a rebound or a shot. If his stick is in the air, he's not going to be very effective.
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Mediochre posted:I've got a question about defense. What, if anything, can I do about an opponent camping out in front of the crease and/or screening my goalie? In the past I've tried to push him out of there, but I feel like this is not helping because I'm only making the front of the net more crowded, and shots are deflecting off my skates into the goddamn net. Like what Dangerllama said, always lift the stick. Don't slash down on the stick, lift it. Once the stick is lifted, it is much easier to move the body. Also, you can sometimes draw a retaliation penalty on them if you do enough to pester them. Be the best drat pest you can. Don't give it a rest!
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May 21, 2012 19:36
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If shots are going in off your skates, your goalie needs to do a better job getting his pads flush to the ice. He spend all that money buying enormous gear to strap to his legs, make him use them.  It's gonna happen, not much you can do about it. I suppose technically you could teach yourself to only plant your feet so shots will ricochet off to the corner, but in practice it would be completely silly to attempt.
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May 21, 2012 19:50
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He probably isn't getting his pads down because he can't see the shots coming. The key is to have the people not fighting it out in the crease (wingers) quit hanging around the blue line and actually get in there to cause a turn over, block a shot, or just pick up the guy with the puck to prevent him from shooting.
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May 21, 2012 22:03
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sellouts posted:He probably isn't getting his pads down because he can't see the shots coming. This is true. And it's also something, in my experience, that gets you yelled at on lower division teams (where typically no one's ever had any coaching) to stay on the point.
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May 21, 2012 22:58
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I don't get that with the guys I play with.. usually they want everyone fairly low, and will grump at dudes for not doing it. Anyone who stays above the faceoff circles gets the cherry picker label.
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May 21, 2012 23:22
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I've always found in beer leagues that you're a lot more effective as a defenseman in the slot if you just forget about playing the man and get yourself in between him and the puck instead. It involves more skating but fewer penalties.
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May 21, 2012 23:48
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Try to be on the inside of whoever is setting the screen, forcing him toward the side boards whilst making sure he can't get good body or stick positioning. Driving him outside gives him less chance for a successful rebound if the goalie lets the puck pop out to the corner because his only option will be shooting from a sharp angle instead of being closer to the middle of the slot if the puck happens to pop out there and that's where he is positioned.
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