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I can probably get my broken skate holder fixed under warranty, YAY! It'll probably take 4 weeks, BOO!
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poser posted:How did it break? 
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May 21, 2011 20:43
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I bought suspenders when I started playing and had the damnedest time with them making my pants too high until I realized I had accidentally gotten junior suspenders and quit wearing them.
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May 23, 2011 14:25
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I'm about to ship my skates back to Bauer to get fixed and I figure I should put some tape or something over the runners so they don't cut through the box. Do I need to worry about tape leaving sticky residue all over them or will electrical or hockey tape be ok?
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May 24, 2011 23:16
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cenzo posted:I'm in the market for a (my first) pair of ice skates. In an attempt to utilize half my budget on skates thanks to bewbies' op, I started looking at the clearance stuff on hockeymonkey trying to find those end of the model year deals. I don't think you can find a skate too "high performance" for a beginner. The same things that make them beneficial to pros would be good for you too. The EQ5 would probably be a perfectly good skate for you but you shouldn't be choosing a skate based on % off, you need to try them on and see what brand/line feels right. I'm not an expert on sizing but I think a decent approach would be to try on smaller and smaller sizes until you find one that's obviously too small and then go with a half size or so up from that. I wish I had done that when I got my first pair. I had no idea what a good fit felt like and went with size 9 which felt perfectly fine walking around the store, and I was able to skate in pretty well for a year but once I went down to 8.5 it became obvious that my first pair had been too big. cenzo posted:I don't think that's a terrible breach of etiquette but please let me know if I'm wrong. That's kind of a lovely thing to do to a small shop and keep in mind that a lot of places will include the first sharpening and will bake them for free so that's like a $20-30 value. edit: Also when my recently online purchased skates broke I had to pay to ship them back to be fixed ($12): the local shop guy would have done that for me if I had got them through him.
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May 25, 2011 20:38
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poser posted:My holders cracked so I got me some new ones: Were the original holders black?
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May 28, 2011 01:11
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Yeah, it doesn't look like you're weighting the stick at all or rolling your wrists over on the followthrough http://howtohockey.com/how-to-take-a-wrist-shot
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May 28, 2011 04:48
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I had a rough day at pickup hockey. First I was racing for a puck and fell and went legs-first into the boards at almost full speed. My left knee hurt and I thought I had hosed it up but it felt fine after walking around on the bench for a little bit. Then, like my 2nd shift after that I caught a puck in the maybe 1 inch between my shinpads and skate, which loving hurts and is swollen.
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May 30, 2011 02:10
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Evil Mother Teresa posted:
edit: I'm thinking it hit the tongue which is pretty thin on vapor x:20 skates, maybe my x:40s would have protected better. Can't wait to get them repaired. Thufir fucked around with this message at 02:38 on May 30, 2011 |
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May 30, 2011 02:34
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Your skates sound too big.
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May 30, 2011 03:49
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I see a lot of people try to kind of jump into their stops or do a really quick turn when they're learning, which doesn't really work. Starting out try more to slide into it. Do you know how to snowplow stop? Start doing that and then turn your hips while you're doing it.
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May 30, 2011 03:54
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If they're walmart brand they might not even be bake-able. If you can't get new ones obviously there's nothing you can do about it, but you'll probably feel a lot more comfortable once you get some that fit. My first pair were 1/2 size too big and I skated fine in them for a year and I've gone back to wearing them now since my other pair broke. Mainly I feel like I get better transfer of power since my feet aren't sliding around or lifting out of the heel.
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May 30, 2011 04:04
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coldwind posted:BTW, you will probably want to spend more than $100 on your new pair of skates. Alizee, If you spend $150ish you can probably get some pretty decent skates of last year's model.
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May 30, 2011 04:23
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Alizee posted:If anyone can give me their opinion on which skates I should buy that'd be sweet cause I'm considering buying them tomorrow. What are the Bauer skates, X:30s? Try them both on and go with what feels better.
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Jun 9, 2011 03:44
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It's probably X:30s since I think the 20s were cheaper than that and the 40s are $250 on discount right now. X:30s are just fine for beginner skates IMO, if they fit you well that is. edit: Bewbies knows more about playing hockey than I do so you should probably listen to him over me but I am skating on my old X:20 skates right now because my X:40s are busted and they do ok and the x:30s are a little nicer. Really sucks downgrading after you've used a nicer skate though. Thufir fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Jun 9, 2011 |
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Jun 9, 2011 03:57
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Tarasenko Tank posted:The equipment will be tougher. Since I'm still in school and have to rely on my parents for everything, they won't pay for it unless I put that much of a commitment into getting back into shape and showing work ethic. I basically need starter equipment. In your opinions, what is the cheapest and best option for a beginner ice hockey player? If you live in an area with decent hockey stores go check them out right now, there might still be 2010 clearance stuff in stock but it will be way thin in the fall.
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Jun 9, 2011 04:10
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X:20 (at least) and up Bauers are bakeable.
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Jun 9, 2011 18:11
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Nice, those look to be in pretty good shape.
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Jun 9, 2011 19:48
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Pulled the trigger on some Vapor X40 pants 
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Alizee posted:Breakin in the skates, killed my feet friday. Less so today, they're feeling better, I can't loving figure out stopping for the life of me. Got 2 hours skating time on the new skates, hopefully after next two times out they'll be broken in Did you get then baked?
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I think I'm going to have to get one of my buddies to help me out.
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Jun 15, 2011 22:04
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poser posted:Man, I need to watch out for the Preds sale, wanna score some goods.
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Jun 16, 2011 20:58
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Just got my new x:40 pants in the mail. Wow, they have like a kajillion times more padding than the x:20s.
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poser posted:[nerd]I wear glasses while I play, they fog like crazy.. any suggestions?[/nerd] Contacts? I don't see many guys wearing glasses. Maybe sport goggle things?
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:I have a question: Is lace bite just a generic term for any time your laces are too tight, or is it something specific? About a month or so ago I swapped out to some wax laces and things went okay for a bit, but after about two weeks of skating with them I got a swollen spot on the front of my ankle, like an inflamed tendon or something. Since the only variable that changed was the laces, I swapped out the wax laces for my old ones, but now it happens every time I skate. I always put my shin guard on the outside of the skate tongue and I don't generally do the laces really tight around my ankle. Has anyone ever dealt with anything similar? I get that if I lace too tight on the middle eyelets. I like to lace as tight as possible through the bottom 3 eyelets, taut but not tight through the middle, and then tight on the top two. I guess it's also possible the bottom of your shinguard is digging into your ankle.
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So my summer league already pushed back the start date by a week because they didn't have their poo poo together. We're supposed to start Sunday and they were supposed to post the schedule and rosters this past Monday but... edit: emailed the director about when we'd get the info and he said "probably today" Thufir fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Jun 23, 2011 |
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Jun 23, 2011 16:50
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bukowskiyouth posted:Does anyone have any techniques to get your hockey equipment to not smell like death? My gear is starting to get so bad it fills up large rooms, and spraying febreeze and Lysol on it only makes it worse. Hang it up to dry in a well ventilated area as soon as you get home.
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Thufir posted:I can probably get my broken skate holder fixed under warranty, YAY! lovely broken skate update: Bauer was unable to repair my skate so Ice Warehouse is giving me a credit for the purchase price. That sucks balls, my skates were clearance X:40s so of course I can't get a replacement anymore and anything at the same price won't be as nice. Plus I paid for shipping on the broken ones and have to break in a new pair all over again. 
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Ok, I have a $260 credit and get 10% off and free shipping. I've only worn Bauer skates so I want to stick with them. Should I drop an extra $40 and get the ugly Vapor X5.0s or $10 more and try the less-ugly Supreme One70s?
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poser posted:Random but what size do you wear? 8.5D edit: I guess I could also wait for the Preds equipment sale in hopes of getting a deal on something sweet.
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I had my first ever league game tonight. The rink is only running one division for the summer so skill levels range a ton and I'm on a free agent team so I'm not expecting a ton of success but it was a lot of fun. Trip report: Our goalie didn't show so we had a sub who couldn't have been more than 15 but really kept us in the game. We were only down 1-0 going into the third but pretty quickly gave up another one and then they scored on a breakaway. We've got some kid that just turned 18 and played some sort of junior hockey who is kind of a ringer and he got our only goal with a few minutes left. Overall we did a lot better than I expected, especially since we only had 7 skaters. I was falling down so much that some guy on the other team asked if there was something wrong with my skates. Na dude, I'm just a lovely skater and I've been out here for 6 minutes straight.
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The Preds practice sheet is definitely the nicest in town. The one I was playing on the other day I noticed that I couldn't really make out the faceoff circles aside from center ice.
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Thufir posted:Ok, I have a $260 credit and get 10% off and free shipping. I've only worn Bauer skates so I want to stick with them. Should I drop an extra $40 and get the ugly Vapor X5.0s or $10 more and try the less-ugly Supreme One70s? I ended up getting these ugly things:  I think they actually fit me slightly better than the X:40s they're replacing. I skated for an hour yesterday and the only discomfort I had was from the insoles. I put superfeet in and skated 70 minutes today with no issue at all. Pretty impressive for unbaked skates with only 2 hours on the ice.
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StyleFresh posted:Ugh yeah I just picked these up as well and I was a little turned off by the look but they were the comfiest on my feet and I dig the stiffness. I baked them and am skating in them for the first time in a little so hopefully that did the trick and got rid of my little insole bump. It's not like the old Vapor line was particularly good looking either but to me these just seem to take the ugly one step further in some way that I can't quite put my finger on.
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dms666 posted:One of the captain's in my lower level inline league always complains to everyone about trying to get teams to not use ringers in our league. He sent out an email right before the season saying he was removing the ones from his team, everyone should do the same, etc. I think their team had 5-6 ringers when we played them in the season opener last night. Clever strategy
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I'm taking off work early next week to go to the Preds equipment sale. Hopefully new jerseys + lots of players leaving will mean tons of stuff for sale.
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Dangerllama posted:Will they be selling Shea Weber's beard? Season ticket holders probably get the first shot at it 
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poser posted:Do you think you could pick some stuff up for me? I will pay for them + shipping? Sure, what are you looking for? edit: I've never been to the sale so I have no idea what they're likely to have.
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I'm hoping it will be like Calgary's 
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WouldDesk posted:What are the prices like here? Set price or auction? And would a n item here be more or less than "in-store- prostock." Curious of these mystery auctions I hear about No idea, I've never been to one. I think it varies by team, some don't do it at all, some auction. There's a couple threads about team sales at Mod Squad Hockey.
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