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Our rink has repeatedly threated anyone with a lifetime ban if they know you have a skate sharpener and offered your services to anyone besides your immediate family because it "hurts their bottom line." Absolutely hilarious.
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xzzy posted:You skate at the most absurd rink in the world.. you really ought to collect stories and sell them or something. Agreed, and I'd rather not get a lifetime ban thank you  Kevlar v2.0 posted:Guessing this same rink either never closed or closed for an extremely short time due to covid. They shut leagues down for like 3 months, but still let people rent private ice on the downlow, which was basically every night from what I've heard. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Oct 4, 2023 |
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Looking forward to Bauer's brand new kevlar neck guard shirt, available for only $199.
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xzzy posted:Slap shots are the dumbest play to make in low level beer league, anyone that can get velocity on it is gonna be way more useful with a writer and anyone that can't is about to turn the puck over. Counterpoint: dropping a 1 in a 1000 clap bonb from the point and sending the goalies water bottle 20 feet in the air owns.
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Verman posted:
lol Sorry that happened to you, but that's pretty funny. I've actually only had that happen to me once or twice in the 12-13 years I've been playing, but that poo poo will crumple you to the ground in a split second.
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Anyone tried Hoapa sticks? A dude on one of my teams turned me onto them and you can customize the poo poo out of most of their sticks. I got a 2-pack of these completely custom sticks for $170 shipped using a coupon code that unfortunately expired Jan 1. You can even get custom wood sticks, haha.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Anyone tried Hoapa sticks? A dude on one of my teams turned me onto them and you can customize the poo poo out of most of their sticks. I got a 2-pack of these completely custom sticks for $170 shipped using a coupon code that unfortunately expired Jan 1. Well, it took about 5 business days (8 total) to make the sticks and 2 days to get from Taiwan to my doorstep in CA via FedEx with the $10 expedited shipping. I saw on Reddit how they break easily, so we’ll see. At $170 for 2, I can’t be too mad. His and hers sticks. My stick is short (53”) and she prefers a longer one (54”). Such is life. 
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Well, it took about 5 business days (8 total) to make the sticks and 2 days to get from Taiwan to my doorstep in CA via FedEx with the $10 expedited shipping. I saw on Reddit how they break easily, so we’ll see. At $170 for 2, I can’t be too mad. Used this last night and drat, it’s like the lightest stick I’ve ever used. Feels great, but it’s about 3/4” shorter than my previous stick. I might actually order another 2-pack just to mess around with a few things. Flex, blade, their sharkskin grip (because I hate standard grip) and whatnot. It was in my upper division team, so I didn’t get many shooting chances (because I suck), so I’ll get a better barometer on it Friday when my actual skill level league is. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 03:24 on Jan 12, 2024 |
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Verman posted:This guy I played with a few weeks ago had some and liked them a lot. He said it's tough because they make the flex true to your stick length so a lot of people get their sticks and it feels different or whippier than they're used to. He said they last a little longer than the all black sticks but not quite as long as most big brand sticks. Yeah the fully custom aspect is what drew me in. Not to mention I paid $170 for 2 sticks. That coupon code is gone but they have a 15 or 20% off 2 stick code now. And yeah sticks are stupid expensive nowadays. My price limit used to be $110 for big brand sticks but it’s hard as hell to find anything near that that doesn’t suck and weigh 4lbs.
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Jan 12, 2024 03:28
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Got another 2-pack of sticks from Hoapa. I was boring and put my # and name on the other one. 
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calandryll posted:How are you liking the Hoapa? A friend who is 6'5" has a hard time finding sticks that aren't stupidly expensive and where he gets a different blade pattern each time. Might have to recommend this to him. Pretty good! I've played like 4-5 games since I got my first and it's the lightest stick I've ever played with. I got a no grip stick the first 2-pack I ordered and it felt way too slippery, so my second 2-pack I opted for their sharkskin shaft grip, which is between no grip and the sticky stuff. I like it much better.
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^^ 2 goal max is a weird freakin rule. Anyone can have a game and just be told NOPE. My ASCII dick stick had its debut tonight on D. I scored off a give-and-go one-timer with someone at the goal line. Passed it to him, streaked in past the defender toward the net, and he gave it back to me. One-timer top corner through traffic. Ended up being the game winner in a 4-1 win. Hell yeah.
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I'm pretty sure I'm still wearing the helmet I replaced it with.
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Yeah I’ve thankfully never taken a solid shot to the head. Hope to never find out. About once a year I get an itch to switch to a half shield, and within 1-2 games I get whacked with an errant stick and that’s that.
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Welp it finally happened after 14 years of playing beer league. I was screening the goalie, and a teammate shot the puck, it went off my dick and 5-holed the goalie. Did not get credit for the goal despite the ref confirming he gave it to me. The very next shift, I was screening the goalie and the same guy wired a shot and hit me in the dick again, but did not go in. This one was a way harder shot and almost crumpled me. Had to go off for a change.
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