SAS Hockey Player Thread - Be old, be bad, be okay with it!

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shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Just got a pair of Reebok 4K inline skates today. They're nowhere near my ice Grafs, but they're pretty good nonetheless.

I also just found both an ice rink and a public outdoor roller hockey rink both ~10 minutes from where I'm stationed. Today was a good day.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2011 22:27

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 14:21

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

RazorDX posted:

I'm with you Henrik Zetterberg, I ordered Bauer X:20 inlines thinking the boot was thermoformable like the ice hockey version. I was wrong. I've had blisters on my ankles since (been two weeks, 4 sessions at 2-3 hours a piece).

Can anyone offer advice on prevent blisters at the top of the boot? My inner ankles rub and blister on both sides at the top corner of the boot. I tried making sure the tongue was over it, which relieves the pain from the boot but still results in blisters. Extra/longer socks don't help either. It really starts to inhibit my game through the second period, especially if we don't have enough bodies for subs.

http://www.drscholls.com/drscholls/productSearch.do?method=doProductDetailsLookup&searchArg=67

Try these. They basically adhere like a second skin, and they work well.

# ¿ Apr 11, 2011 08:10

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

The best thing I always just try to do when I'm in a slump is to just not think about it, or anything for that matter. I tend to overanalyze the game and play a bit more rigid and tight when I'm in a scoring slump. But if I just clear my mind, just read and react, I usually find that works. The way you reference your issues with your slap shot issues sounds like this may be what you're doing. Just rip it.

shyduck fucked around with this message at 07:41 on Apr 12, 2011

# ¿ Apr 12, 2011 06:05

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Dangerllama posted:

Don't think of them as crossovers. Think of them as crossunders. Instead of stepping your outside leg over your inside leg as you turn, which will cause you to kind of over-rotate and stomp on the ice, you should be thinking of pushing your inside leg under your outside leg.

Listen to this man, because he's spot on. The direction you want to go in is the leg you want to cross under with.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2011 04:06

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Petit.Conan posted:

Our pick up game was after a Bantam AAA game last week and it was like trying to skate on the surface of the moon. I asked the rink guy if the zamboni was hosed up and he told me he would have to just scrape it 2-3 times and then flood it before it was "good" again.

I hate when that happens. What's worse is when they won't even resurface it at all after a figure skating practice. Divots galore.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2011 00:33

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

I went out and bought white laces for my inline skates, because they originally came with black laces. For some reason, I don't like black laces. I'm the same way with stick tape for ice; I must use white tape on the blade.

Am I just weird?

# ¿ Apr 22, 2011 00:12

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

I actually stopped using tape on the butt end years ago. Tacki-Mac grips work great, and have given my gloves better longevity. This is the same model that I use:

http://www.tackimac.com/shop/products/Wrapped-Texture-Command-Grip.html

# ¿ Apr 22, 2011 00:20

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Has anybody used the Reebok Edge hockey socks? Are they any better than traditional knit socks?

# ¿ Apr 22, 2011 02:39

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Grafs are expensive but they're worth it. My pair cost me a bit over $400 US back in 2001, and from the minute I put them on, I never had so much as a sore spot or a blister on my feet. There was literally zero break-in time. I'll probably be buried in them.

I do believe though that I did get them baked. Make sure to get that done if they still do that.

shyduck fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Apr 22, 2011

# ¿ Apr 22, 2011 17:56

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

White tape is better :hitler:

# ¿ Apr 26, 2011 18:05

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

While we're discussing tape, does anybody actually use friction tape? That stuff is the bane of my existence.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2011 18:08

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Thufir posted:

Individual registrations for summer league were today and all rosters are apparently full...and have been for 5 years

Hopefully someone will pick me up off the free agent list.

What sucks about that is if it's like every summer league I've ever played in ever, there's always a team or two where players just stop showing up and dress like 7 skaters. Good times.

# ¿ Apr 27, 2011 00:25

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Nowhere near as douchebaggy as anybody in these

Sergei Fedorov, the original Nike Hockey poster boy, disliked their skates so much he wore Grafs with Nike branding. However, he did like money.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2011 01:09

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Supposedly Brett Hull used a stick that was no more than a 75 flex.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2011 22:22

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

http://www.hockeymonkey.com/eagle-hockey-gloves-pfx-14.html

Bought a new set of Eagle gloves just for roller hockey. I have a pair of X70's that I use for ice that I love, but I decided to go cheaper since I don't play roller often enough to justify it, nor do I want to ruin my ice gloves.

So far they're decent, but I can definitely tell a difference in build quality, with the X70's being superior, but not by a whole lot. I still need to break the new ones in a bit more.

# ¿ May 3, 2011 04:57

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

It's not a beer league unless you're drinking on the bench :colbert:

# ¿ May 5, 2011 21:06

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Finally got back on the ice for the first time in about 8 months, and had the rink to myself for a full 2 hours :buddy:

# ¿ May 10, 2011 21:26

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Fingers McGee posted:

No, but he is a dick and takes pickup way too seriously. He did mention last week he basically just fought while he was there.

I played in a beer league with a former ECHL grinder and he was kinda the same way. He would get a little too short tempered over stupid stuff.

# ¿ May 20, 2011 22:32

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Nizox posted:

just got back from the HNA Championship Tournament in Toronto. I was expecting a bunch of rear end in a top hat from each respective city, but the teams we played against were all pretty civil. I was really suprised at how good the atmosphere was.

Goes to show that hockey can still bring out the good in people, once the game is over anyway!

Anyone here even play HNA and make it out to the finals?

I think the real finals (A league?) is in vegas. That's most likely even better.

I played HNA a couple of years and we lost in the finals my last year. My uncle had played on the team and got to go to Vegas one year for it. He said it was fun, but the rink was in a casino basement and the ice was so bad it was almost down to the bare concrete. Things have probably changed though.

# ¿ May 23, 2011 21:30

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Ya'll don't even know how excited I am that not only I found a pair of these, but that they're on the way to me.

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# ¿ Jun 2, 2011 07:58

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

I was actually crossing my fingers hoping to find a pair of H34's on Ebay or something but no dice. I'll definitely take these though.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2011 19:59

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Topoisomerase posted:

one of the refs for our game tonight tried to tell our team that it was a real rule in hockey that you aren't allowed to skate the puck back behind your own net from the blue line and that it always had to be moving "forward"

and he was dead serious too.

Skatetown.

gently caress that, if he seriously tried pulling poo poo like that I would report him to USA Hockey.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2011 09:20

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Speaking of bags, I bought a backpack a few months ago and I like it very much. The only downside is that it's on the small side, but I like it. It has skate pouches and a helmet pouch on top. It's similar to this one.

http://www.hockeymonkey.com/easton-hockey-equipment-bag-backpack-stealth-s13.html

# ¿ Jun 10, 2011 05:28

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

D C posted:

http://www.icewarehouse.com/descpage.html?pcode=SP53

For lyfe

Came here to post these. Even when I was still playing contact I wore a pair similar to this.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2011 06:02

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Once I got to the point where I was big enough and I was more than capable of knowing how to take and avoid a hit, having football-like pads just became more of a hinderance than anything.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2011 07:50

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

edit: wrong thread

shyduck fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Jun 30, 2011

# ¿ Jun 30, 2011 21:19

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Picked up a new helmet because my Bauer 4500 was getting a bit small width-wise on me.

I ended up buying an Easton E700, and let me say, it's the most comfortable helmet I've ever worn. I've been wearing CCM and Bauer helmets most of my 20 years playing.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2011 05:26

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

D C posted:

I really like my S19 but my sweat just leaks into my face, so I keep going back to my 4500

The 4500 is pretty much what I've worn for the past 7 years, and I'm hitting the ice tomorrow so I'll follow up on whether or not it's an issue for me.

I nearly bought an S19 instead, but the shape of my head didn't quite jive with it and it seemed to be pressing down on the very top of it.

shyduck fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Dec 23, 2011

# ¿ Dec 23, 2011 05:57

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

The E700 from what I can tell is a refined version of the S19. The big noticeable difference is the adjustment systems are different. They definitely feel different on my head.

# ¿ Dec 23, 2011 06:18

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Hey how do you guys tape your blade and why? All my life I've either taped the full blade, the toe like Ovie, or just the middle like Lindros and Kane. Honestly, I can't really find any sort of discernable difference except when theres none on the toe I have problems toedragging, which I guess would be an obvious one. I'm trying to figure out the real methodology for it.

# ¿ Jan 8, 2012 08:13

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Yeah, I do the same the length of the blade nowadays for preservation reasons. Blades are expensive :saddowns:

Thufir posted:

Because our league director hosed up and can't get our winter session going until January 22nd they put on an open hockey session just for guys from my (low-level) league and it was a total blast. I guess I didn't appreciate how much fun pickup can be when there aren't teenage hotshots trying to go end to end constantly.

There's one local rink where I'm at and a local college plays out of there, and they always show up to the open hockey sessions, and they're complete douchebags when they're out there because they won't play with anybody else and they think they run the place. They'll go to one end and gently caress around, and don't dare go near them. One of them got hostile with me once right off the bat because my puck went to their end, and a dude thought I was trying to steal one of their pucks, even though they saw what happened.

They're not that loving good anyway, I can out-skate most of them and I stopped playing on a regular basis 3 years ago. Fuckers.

shyduck fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Jan 9, 2012

# ¿ Jan 9, 2012 02:49

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

As somebody else said, I wear a full cage because I don't trust the people around me to keep their sticks down, especially in beer league. A few years back I got popped in the nose badly by somebody trying to lift my stick up and missed horrendously. Bled like crazy, luckily no break and I came back to play once the bleeding stopped. I am awesome.

But yeah since then I wear a cage for games.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2012 01:40

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Does anybody know if the lie of a Bauer blade equates to the lie of a Easton blade? I'm looking to use a tighter lie but don't want it to be out of hand. I might be shortening up one of my sticks, too.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2012 03:17

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Just ordered a Bauer Supreme Total One shaft... 77 flex.

Whip it good.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2012 05:58

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

I think you're just so used to composite sticks these days that the difference is fairly measurable.

vvvv that too

shyduck fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Jan 19, 2012

# ¿ Jan 19, 2012 06:27

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

I think they're a "I'm never getting laid" sort of thing.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2012 07:29

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Also, have just a little bit of slack as you go, maybe an inch over the length of the side you're about to apply tape to. That'll help you control it better. If its not to your liking, just pull it back up and reapply.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2012 06:42

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

New stick update :toot:

Picked up a one-piece Bauer Supreme One60 this morning, with a Backstrom curve and 77 flex. I cut about 2.5 inches off of it so it's more like an 85 now. I just got back from using it at drop-in tonight. So far so good, it's got a good, solid feel and it's light and balanced. It's one of their mid-range sticks, setting me back only 100 bucks. I'm still awaiting a blade+shaft combo in the mail but I'm most likely going to return those once they arrive. I'm very satisfied with this purchase, and considering Bauer's top end sticks are over 220 dollars, it's an excellent compromise of price without losing a lot of durability and performance.

edit: And I just confirmed that in the midst of my hangover this morning, I got a 3/8" hollow on my skates rather than a 5/8" :ughh:

No wonder why I was chattering everywhere when I would try to stop

shyduck fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Jan 22, 2012

# ¿ Jan 22, 2012 05:45

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

shyguy posted:

Just ordered a Bauer Supreme Total One shaft... 77 flex.

Whip it good.

So just to update, I hated it and sold it to a friend. I'll stick with my S19 shafts, and I may even buy a spare since they're out of production these days.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2012 02:59

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# ¿ May 2, 2024 14:21

shyduck: Oct 3, 2003

Drop-in is only so fun when you don't have 2 goalies.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2012 06:09

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