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Acethomas posted:Socal is actually pretty good, with 2 teams, 7 + rinks within 30 minutes of me in Torrance I have little complaints, for pro shops you have a lot of options. I like the new one in el segundo, Jake's. For used gear I use the play it again on 190th/Hawthorne, for other stuff I use hockeytron and hockey giant, both in the Anaheim area. I still get my skates done at the TSC in El Segundo though. Jake's is an awesome proshop. He also does what I think is the best sharpening in the area. If you're choosing between hockey monkey and hockey giant, go with monkey. Their staff is way, way better. I've never dealt with hockeytron before, so I don't know what there is to say about that place.
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So, I'm moving from Los Angeles to Minneapolis for work and I'm gonna need to find new pick ups/ beer leagues. Anyone from the area have any recommendations on where/when to play? I both skate out and play goal so, really, I'm just looking for a friendly on-ice location or 5. I'm stoked to be going back to the north so I can get a lot more playing time in. Finding new places to play hockey sucks.
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May 9, 2011 00:52
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Aniki posted:What skill level are you? There shouldn't be a shortage of places to play, but finding an appropriate league will be the big thing. That's what I figured. I mean, it's Minnesota. There should be a poo poo ton of hockey. I'm ok by Los Angeles standards so I'm going to be looking for a pretty low level league up there, I'm assuming.
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May 9, 2011 01:04
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Green Submarine posted:Pickup in the Cities is actually a huge pain in the rear end because demand is too high and sessions fill up quickly. You need to get to the rink way early to have a chance at a slot. That's what I was worried about. I really only started playing 2.5 years ago and that's been out in LA so I'm not really on the good end of things. Hopefully the fact that I also play in net will help me get some more ice time. I'm going to be working at the University of Minnesota and I'm looking to live in Uptown/ Seward/ North East... Hopefully I'll be able to play some IM hockey there, but since I'll be staff instead of a student we'll see how that works out. Thanks for the info. Hopefully knowing someone from the internet will help me break in elsewhere.
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May 9, 2011 03:41
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zinc68 posted:You'll be fine. There is literally so much open hockey in the cities that if you want, and know where to look, there are spots open every night of the week for you to play. This post owns. Thanks for all the information.
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May 9, 2011 18:26
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sleepwalkers posted:I'm just getting started in playing ice hockey, and the OP is great for someone like me. I grew up in the area, but a bit further east. If you're willing to drive out to Fraser there's Great Lakes Sports City which is a 5-sheet complex. http://www.glsportscity.com/ I've shamefully never skated there despite growing up ~2 miles from it but had a ton of friends play there growing up when it was still Fraser Hockey Land.
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May 9, 2011 23:39
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A guy on one of my old man teams absolutely destroyed his knee Tuesday night. Stick near the skates, one guy goes one way, other guy goes the other... Ugh He was laying flat on his stomach and his leg above the knee was pointed straight ahead and flat on the ice. Below/ including the knee was also laying flat on the ice... It was just turned 90 degrees. I've never heard a guy howl like he was. This was a new team where no one knew each other, too (we all signed up online and were randomly assigned to teams.) I hope he has either an ACL or MCL left, but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't.
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Jan 28, 2012 19:52
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lizardking posted:When I visit home I'll go to drop in at Wings stadium. Otherwise I just play at the cube for the most part. With ya'll talking about the cube it makes me think of people playing hockey around the giant rotating cube behind the Union and how that should be in the middle of this make-believe rink. I'm sad I never played hockey while in A2.
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Feb 14, 2012 17:17
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xzzy posted:"Everyone else is doing it!" I like 'em because it keeps my business in place instead of flopping around. Plus the chafe prevention is loving magic.
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Feb 16, 2012 21:22
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D C posted:Its impossible to find on Google Maps, I think its listed as Monkey Sports or something like that, 55 and McFadden. Go to the hockey monkey instead of hockey giant if you can. The staff at hockey giant tends to be a lot worse and they give probably the worst skate sharpenings I've ever had. If you can deal with a smaller selection I suggest going to Jake's Pro Shop in El Segundo. It's a few blocks from the Toyota Sports Center and I've had nothing but great experiences there. Jake sells a lot of Kings player skates and gives a drat good sharpening. It's one of the few places I miss re: playing hockey in LA.
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Jun 26, 2012 18:00
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sellouts posted:I actually wouldn't recommend going to Jake's as a new skater looking for skates. Their limited selection cannot be understated and their prices will not be that competitive. They didn't even have any of the Supreme line of Bauers there for me to try on when I was trying to fit my TotalOnes and they didn't have any CCM and about half the Grafs. Unsure about the rest. You make some good points. I just like that Jake was nice enough to ship some of Trevor Lewis's skates out to me now that I live in Minneapolis (I also appreciate that Trevor Lewis is one of the only Kings with smallish feet and has an size 8.5 skate so it actually fits me).
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Jun 26, 2012 20:59
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Sash! posted:Back in the fall, I bought skates. Then we had a non-winter so I never got in the mood to go out and skate much. I went exactly once. But now its really hot and the idea of being near ice appeals to me. They're always super comfortable until you start skating in them. Your first few hours in them will be hell on your arches. I find I get arch pain any time I take a break of even two weeks off the ice. Give them a few more sessions to see how your feet adapt to them. You'll be surprised at how after a few weeks (if you're skating at least once a week) your feet feel a hell of a lot better.
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Jun 28, 2012 04:53
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Game 7 of my summer season is tonight. Maybe we can win? No way in hell. We're currently being outshot 228-183 and outscored 33-12 on the season. We are really, really, really loving bad.
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Jul 9, 2012 23:34
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trilljester posted:Sounds like you guys are playing in the wrong division. Are there lower divisions you can move down to? This is the team's normal level. It's also not my normal team as they decided to not play for the summer. Funny thing is, I'm the one playing a division up and I'm easily in the top half of the skaters on the team. They did decent in their winter season, too. Our goalie has given up a lot of really soft goals but that doesn't help explain being minus 40ish in shots over six games. I think that comes from regularly having a total of 10 people there while the other team brings 13 or so. We're old and we get tired.
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Jul 10, 2012 00:05
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T-Bone posted:Steve Yzerman was not a clean hockey player I know. I mean, look at what he did to poor, helpless Chris Pronger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb_fmWpcbag
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Jul 11, 2012 06:35
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I live in Minneapolis so I feel like I have no excuse to not play in this drat pond hockey thing. Now, to see if I can scrounge together a team.
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Jul 16, 2012 20:31
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After 3 years my rbk 7k is finally dead. Anyone have any favorite places to buy sticks from that won't set me back $200?
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Jul 17, 2012 21:40
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I popped my helmet off on the bench this morning to change jerseys and go from light to dark in pick up. I was reminded to never to take your helmet off by a puck flying up into the bench and hitting me square in the cheek. I am never going under a full cage as had I had a half-shield or less as neither would have stopped this drat puck. Also, thank god it wasn't my eye or mouth. Instead of losing vision/ teeth I just have a sore face.
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Jul 18, 2012 15:37
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D C posted:How did he get hit? Seems pretty hosed up, also gear doesn't mean you wont break your arm when you fall, Only bone I've ever broken I was wearing full gear, AND a cage, so maybe... You were wearing a cage? I assume that means you got a concussion, too.
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Jul 19, 2012 21:52
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My winter league team is apparently going to roster a full 18 skaters. Goddamnit. I'm not excited to get 4 shifts/ period. It may be time to find a new team with people who don't show up!
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Jul 30, 2012 20:12
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I severely dislike people who stick out their knees as you skate past them.
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Aug 2, 2012 16:32
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What's the point of scoring goals if you're not gonna celly?
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Aug 12, 2012 19:22
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This is still the best celly ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSsE8gYO2hU
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Aug 12, 2012 20:50
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I prefer to keep my gloves on and bump knuckles in the handshake line as my hands are absolutely loving gnarly after playing and I don't think other people deserve to have to deal with that after playing a hockey game. Plus, other people's hands are nasty too.
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Aug 13, 2012 22:07
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sellouts posted:Wearing shorts to games in January is p. awesome. I did that when I lived in LA and I did it this past winter in Minneapolis. I'm not very smart.
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Aug 15, 2012 21:28
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Played in a tournament this weekend. Won on Friday 4-3 and tied our 2 Saturday games 0-0 and 1-1. Because it was a small, multi-level tourney that was enough to get us to the Sunday final. We won 2-1. It was super fun. I should note that I missed the first two periods of Friday's game. They scored all 4 goals before I arrived. In 2 periods without me they scored 4 goals. In 10 periods with me we scored 3 goals. It looks like I'm bad for my team's offense! Can't wait for our winter season to start. The end of October can't get here soon enough.
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Oct 10, 2012 19:50
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xzzy posted:I'm road tripping from Chicago up to the International Falls area next week for work. I'm in Minneapolis and while I haven't noticed any crazy stores or anything like that but there are rinks friggen everywhere. In the adult league I play in we had games in at least 7 or 8 different buildings. These are all within about 20 minutes or so of each other. The amount of ice around the Twin Cities is ridiculous.
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Got hit from behind and took a header into the boards on Sunday night. The ref didn't blow a whistle while I was lying prone on the ice for a good 10-20 seconds. My teamates said the other ref was pointing at me and the one closest to me just kept making a "play on" signal. When he finally blew the whistle he skated up to me and just said "you did it to yourself". No, "hey man, saw you hit your head into the boards and your neck bend in a real funky way, are you alright." Nope. I'm 99% sure I took a hit before hitting my head, but, with hitting my head and all, the moments around that time aren't exactly crystal clear. Lord I love refs sometimes.
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I'm fine with him not calling boarding or checking from behind on it. The guy who went into the boards with me was laying on top of me asking if I was alright (with my response being "I don't know" as I really didn't at the time.) After the game I asked the ref about the incident and he said he saw me notice the guy was coming so I put my head down and let him drive it into the boards. I would hope I didn't actually do that as I really have no interest in being paralyzed to try and draw a penalty or something, but he indicated that he definitely saw me go head first into the boards. I probably did do something stupid knowing my general skill level, but knowing that he saw me go headfirst into the board and not asking if I was alright before basically accusing me of diving rubbed me the wrong way. I'd just like to know that the refs really are looking out for our well being, seeing as we're all old and terrible at hockey in my league.
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Jul 2, 2013 19:54
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flakeloaf posted:This sentence would end my conversation with the official and start one with the league manager guy. That sentence was the one that led me to get a 10 minute misconduct without cussing. It was immature and I wouldn't do it again, if I had the chance to go back, but he knew what to say to really get the old anger flowing after the game.
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I do know not to put my head down in those situations and have seen some people take some really rough hits because of doing it. I hope I didn't do it, but I can't say for certain that I didn't. It's just such a quick sequence of events of heading into the corner --> oh gently caress me what's happening it hurts --> on the ice. I was just really happy at the end that I could move all of my limbs.
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I just moved away from Minneapolis so I'm sad about losing all my hockey buddies. Luckily, I winded up in Ann Arbor so I should be able to find pick up/ leagues/ etc relatively easily!
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