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Rutkowski posted:Floorball is awesome and for new players it's really cheap. A decent stick can be found for cirka 30 bucks(cirka 60-80 for semipro stuff, a pro friend of mine is sponsored but would have to pay cirka 150 bucks for each stick) and a good pair of indoor sneakers. Hockey is an incredibly physical sport. I never thought I would actually get hurt in beginner league intramurals, but I got a concussion in a game earlier this year. Luckily it was very minor, but the game is very contact heavy regardless of the level of checking allowed. It's one of the things I really like about it. There's no such thing as beer league football where you get to play a physical style, but hockey affords the opportunity to play the game at a pretty physical level compared to other sports.
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sellouts posted:Dude I know you got a concussion and that sucks but the contact in beer league is nothing close to how physical the game is in a contact league. Is it possible that part of the reason you got hurt not the amount of contact but that you're just beginning and don't have the best balance and control of yourself and don't know how to handle the littlest contact? Whoa I didn't mean to imply that I play an extremely physical game or anything, merely pointing out that the game, at any level, can be dangerous. Sure there isn't the constant threat of getting nailed, but there's an inherently non-zero chance of taking significant contact if, for example, you're going into the corner and someone is behind you chasing after a puck, particularly when one or both of those players aren't very experienced. I'm sorry I brought up the concussion. It doesn't actually have any bearing on the discussion at hand and was me trying to inject some sort of anecdotal evidence into an argument. Also it was like a month ago, no one gives a poo poo anymore.
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May 14, 2012 05:39
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Cool Ranch posted:This may be the wrong thread for it, but I just wanted to vent a bit. I think I finally convinced 3 total hockey/skating virgins to come play hockey with me and it's been years since I even laced my skates. For some reason they are afraid of ice and wanted to start with inline. It's always awesome teaching people hockey, because once they start they're addicted. I'm gonna be in Jackson for the summer, and so far, I haven't been able to find a rink anywhere near there. I'm very sad 
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May 15, 2012 23:00
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I would literally kill to be able to take a learn to play class. I need a lot of instruction to get better.
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Jun 3, 2012 08:05
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I hate that I've been playing for a year and a half and put my skill level as "just starting out" because I can only get on the ice once a week, and I don't even make it every week. Thanks a million, lovely ice times at the university's rink.
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Jun 7, 2012 06:42
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sellouts posted:Wait until the "real world" and you struggle to get on the ice 2x a week and pay 5x as much to do so I have a real world job for the summer and after an 8 hour work day I don't think i could handle more than 45 minutes on the ice. However, someone at the steel mill invited me to play roller with him sometime. He says he has an old pair of skates, but one only has 3 wheels. I've never played roller before; will using them kill me?
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Jun 7, 2012 09:11
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"sorry dude, the guy who runs the drop-in doesn't want any more new guys coming. I'd like it if you could come, but I don't run the skate. I'll let you know if you can come in another time. Sorry." I personally wouldn't be offended if someone told me the skate was probably too high-level for me, but I'm god awful and I don't take this poo poo that seriously so as to take offense to someone pointing that out to me. That said, you can be tactful and tell a little white lie. If he's reasonable, he'll just get over it, like most people would.
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Jul 12, 2012 13:53
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I'm no astrophysicist, but I study materials engineering. Talking about playing hockey (leaving out the "I'm horrendous" part) and doing hockey broadcasts works much better on girls than "hey so I did this cool thing where I figured out how to increase yield in a steel mill."
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Jul 25, 2012 02:04
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Appreciate the incredible athleticism in all sports and you'll be much more entertained. Except golf. That's not a sport (by my personal definition which will not get discussed here because it is the dumbest argument ever). Content: I haven't skated in 3 months and I won't be able to for at least a month more. I'm going to be so bad once I get back out there, but I'll be thrilled to finally be playing again.
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Jul 25, 2012 04:45
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Thufir posted:In Tennessee everyone is very impressed. While I was interviewing for a job in Tennessee I had someone ask me to do a radio call. It was awkward and weird and I did it but I got the job. Too bad the closest rink is in Memphis, over an hour away 
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Jul 25, 2012 14:24
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Thufir posted:Wait like, call in to a radio show? That is weird. No I mean like they asked me to emulate doing a play-by-play radio call of a hockey game. I did a 5 second goal call and I felt weird as poo poo.
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Jul 25, 2012 14:48
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EvilTwig posted:Got my rear foot caught on something as I was going over the boards last night. This pulled me off balance and I landed on my backside in front of the bench as play was coming into that area. All I hear is the coach saying 'don't forget your stick, rear end in a top hat' and a bunch of laughter from everyone on the bench. Whoa, Martin havlat posts here? Awesome! I loved you when you were on the hawks, and I was at that playoff game where you scored the ot winner against Calgary 9 seconds into the period.
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Aug 3, 2012 04:32
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shdwdmg posted:I am up in Lake County; There are a bunch of options, but it looks like Rinkside in Gurnee has the best options, and is close to home. This is from a long time ago but I grew up in Gurnee and have played at rink side a few times since I started playing a couple years ago. I only play there when I'm home on break from school but it's a decent rink and most of the people who play there are just fine. However, when the Warren high school players come out its incredibly obnoxious because they're 16 and 16 year olds are dicks. Just so you know.
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Oct 23, 2012 03:22
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JetsGuy posted:Hey, I've got a question for those of you who know the subtleties of the rules better. That would be ludicrous. That's not icing; the puck has to cross your opponent's goal line for icing to be called. In the old NHL, though, that would be illegal if someone on your own team touched the puck after it crossed the red line. We used to call that the two line pass, but now twolinepass is just a bitter goon (flames fan, poor guy) who writes for puck daddy.
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Dec 6, 2012 10:14
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So the chinstrap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnOugDiaHMY) on my helmet is busted. The snap on one side corroded so badly that it ripped off when I tried to pull the snap off. Is this something I can easily replace, or do I have to buy a whole new helmet? I've played a couple games since using just the cage straps to keep the helmet on, but that's an obviously dangerous and dumb thing to do.
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xzzy posted:If bits of metal are rusting off your helmet, I'd check the expiration date on the thing, because they're only rated to protect you for a certain number of years. It's only a couple years old. I had a long lull in playing due to getting hurt/having mono, so it sat in my bag in my basement for too long. Thanks for the tips guys!!! E: someone mentioned materials science: there's a lot more that goes into the life of a material than how many impacts it has taken. Different helmet padding materials are also designed for differing numbers of impacts. For example, bicycle helmets are designed for 1 impact, then they should be replaced. Lawnie fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Apr 11, 2013 |
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