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I think most goalie cuts are one size fits all. I've never seen them identified by anything other than "Goal Cut" Congrats you lucky gently caress 
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Martytoof posted:I think most goalie cuts are one size fits all. I've never seen them identified by anything other than "Goal Cut" Thanks, heh. I was browsing their site, but the sizing selection didn't go away after choosing goal cut, and I was a little miffed. Still easing back in to this goalie thing. On a good note, got a shutout tonight 11-0. To be fair, the other team only had about 11 shots on goal. e: Also, if I get pick of any jersey off the site, I'm looking at these two.   Then it comes down to if I want my name in English, or Russian (Cyrillic?). Not much of a difference with either. Rick Grimes fucked around with this message at 08:00 on May 15, 2008 |
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Few pics from tonight. My buddy Justin captioned some of them on Facebook. "Kozak in butterfly. He wonders why he blew his knee out."  "Halftime"  Blurry shot, but yeah. Not a big fan of the dangler. But, I was hit twice in the throat last session, luckily nothing too hard.
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May 15, 2008 07:58
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Rick Grimes posted:Blurry shot, but yeah. Are you just posing or is that your stance?
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May 15, 2008 14:18
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Is that a camera in the goal?
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May 15, 2008 16:07
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UnmaskedGremlin posted:Is that a camera in the goal? If its anything like our nets, that's just HD foam sticking out the top of the middle bar wrap.
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nahanahs posted:Are you just posing or is that your stance? God no, that's not my stance. I was coming toward the bench, and saw the camera pointed at me, so I just put the arms out and got in a half assed position. And yeah, that's just foam in the net.
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May 15, 2008 21:30
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Currently holding a 4-1 record in my league. 2 goals against in each of the last two games. Most I let up was 8 by the top team. Next game is against the team I used to skate up for so I have to work extra hard.
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May 16, 2008 00:04
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 new project time! I guess we'll call this the "before" shot. Stay tuned, hockey fans!
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This may be a stupid question but I've only played ice hockey. What do goalies do in roller when you guys sweat a ton/drink water and it basically drips all over? Do roller hockey refs carry a rag to dry the crease area out or anything?
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May 16, 2008 07:43
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soggybagel posted:This may be a stupid question but I've only played ice hockey. What do goalies do in roller when you guys sweat a ton/drink water and it basically drips all over? Do roller hockey refs carry a rag to dry the crease area out or anything? The goalies in my league throw a big towel in the net and they just move it around with their stick to dry everything up.
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May 16, 2008 07:52
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Towel in the net, using the tape on the blade to mop up, as well as the backside of the glove. I also usually wear head to toe wicking poo poo so there's less drippage.
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May 16, 2008 12:55
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I'm not allowed to have water at the net with me. It really sucks by the third period 
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nahanahs posted:I'm not allowed to have water at the net with me. It really sucks by the third period Are you kidding me? I would go batshit if any rink I played at had that rule, unless they want to delay the game every time I need a drink by going to the bench. And it would be verrrrry often.
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UnmaskedGremlin posted:Are you kidding me? I would go batshit if any rink I played at had that rule, unless they want to delay the game every time I need a drink by going to the bench. And it would be verrrrry often. If he's playing roller hockey its not that surprising. Although, even then there are water bottles that won't spill all over the place.
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I've never played at a place that allows water. More importantly, etiquette says that water should not be drank. Part of the "fun" of being a roller hockey goalie is in drinking two gallons of water the day before the tournament and drinking a liter every intermission.
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Some goalies bring water onto the floor at Epic. I just keep it on the bench and get some at half, or when a team calls timeout.
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Don't goalies sweat like motherfuckers? Shouldn't they be allowed to drink water as to not die or dehydration?
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No water would suck, but I'm a sloppy drinker so I can see why they'd have a problem with it
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Rick Grimes posted:Some goalies bring water onto the floor at Epic. I just keep it on the bench and get some at half, or when a team calls timeout.
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loving lovely rink is turning my pads blue! Hard to see with the flash:  Mr cleans magic eraser doesn't make a dent.
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crashlanding posted:Do you really play halves? PIHA and MLRH do halves, college does periods. Really depends on the league.
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I would ask the rink what they use to paint the crease and go from there. Maybe fire off an email to Battram and see what he would recommend. Perhaps ask him what solvents are safe to use around the synthetics that make up the pad?
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Suspicious posted:Don't goalies sweat like motherfuckers? Shouldn't they be allowed to drink water as to not die or dehydration? Yes, I do sweat like a motherfucker and the rink management's response when I ask if I can at least go to the bench without a delay of game penalty (yes, they'll do it) is something like a confused look and a shrug.
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We had our first game yesterday. 5 goals against on 16 shots  We were leading 2-1 after 2 periods but goddamn am I out of shape. My positioning goes straight to hell when I get tired and it was directly at fault for 2 goals in the 3rd, although all 5 goals were caused by lovely defense. We should actually be pretty decent this year once we get in a little better shape. I had 3 or 4 nice pad stops and a couple decent gloves and blockers in the first half of the game so I'm not too torn up about the loss.we also got robbed of a goal in the 1st by a quick whistle.
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crashlanding posted:Do you really play halves? Yeah, my roller league does 22 minute halves. Also, I almost got tossed today for telling a ref to do his job. One of our Defensemen got a heavy two hander across the gloves, and nothing gets called. Really blatant, right in front of him. My teammates are already yelling at him, but of course I have to put my two cents in.  "Hey ref, are you blind? You gonna call anything?" "Keep talking goal, you're gonna get tossed."So I laugh at him. He repeats it and adds "You want to get a game too?" He was a dick all night.
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How did I just now see this thread? Anyway, I've never really played any organized league hockey, only roller intramural (which is semi-organized I guess) and pick-up games with friends. I suck at ice skating, so I never really tried ice hockey. I absolutely love playing goalie. I don't know what it is about it, but I just love gloving a sick wrister out of the air, and whatnot. I love playing wing and scoring the goals, probably because that's what I played in soccer, but nothing tops the thrill of playing goalie in hockey imo. Sometimes (read: all the time) I wish I had any sort of organized league hockey around where I grew up. I would have loved to have played competitively. The lack of teams in my area growing up coupled with the fact that equipment is so expensive kept me from playing. I could only afford to play soccer (not goalie). Now that I'm out of school and working, I need to find ways to stay fit, and I've been telling myself for 3 years now that I'm going to look for a recreational hockey league in the area. Just some scrub league to get back into it and stay active. How would I go about finding if there's any non-super competitive leagues in my area besides Google?
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Find a rink (roller, in your case) near you first. Once you find one, just ask anyone who works there (though going to the management office, or as high up the chain as you can, is preferable). Chances are that if they don't know, they'll direct you to someone who does, and if that particular rink doesn't offer anything they will be able to direct you to someone on staff (or not on staff) who knows something about the area. And not to be dismissive of roller hockey, I would say that you really ought to give ice a try as well. I sucked at skating too, but it's surprisingly easy to pick up to the point where you can have fun.
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Anyone have any experience with Nike Bauer Vapor X gear? Goaliemonkey is closing it out and not surprisingly, my blocker is calling apart as we speak so i was thinking of picking up the combo leg pads/trapper/blocker dealie for $225 + shipping. EDIT: Also, since playing I've gotten a lot better at stopping 5-hole goals, but now my new thing is stopping with the paddle of my stick and the drat puck just rolling up my stick and in. God i hate roller pucks, it even worse when they just knuckle and drop out of nowhere, luckily that only happens with the lovely light "pracitce" pucks and not the ones we play games with. fenix424 fucked around with this message at 21:17 on May 21, 2008 |
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Evening, goaltenders. You can add on another ice hockey goalie to your list if you're making one. I've been reading through this thread and decided to give my local 6 AM shinny hockey a shot. So, I woke up this morning psyched to get on the ice for the first time in almost a week and hoping that there'd be fairly high caliber shooters willing to have a goalie come for them to shoot on (and even pay for me if I couldn't get in for free ). I get to the rink and see a goalie walking in so I think, 'ok maybe he's the only one and we can have a full ice game.' I talk to him and he tells me that they're actually organized and have 2 goalies ready for this morning, so I gave him my email address and went the 20 minutes back home and right back to bed without even getting on the ice. On the plus side, if I ever get an email back from him and get in I'll at least know that there's plenty of players that show up, although I didn't end up checking to see how good they were; I already left when I thought that I should have stuck around to see. Also, if anyone lives near the NY/CT border near i95 I may have an opportunity for you in the fall if you're reliable since I'm leaving the area.  Last thing, how often do any of you get your gear cleaned, if at all?
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Clean my gear? That's a good one. I spray everything down with febreeze every now and again. That's about it though.
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Joey Walnuts posted:Clean my gear? That's a good one. I spray everything down with febreeze every now and again. That's about it though. I'm lucky if I do that.
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I soak my gloves and C/A in extremely hot water, then hang dry it. Then febreeze (antimicrobial) it.
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Here's the only decent pic of me playing with my gear.  Helmet: Hackva custom shortened chin after talking with Gabe Catch: TPS Pro Summit Waffle: TPS Pro Summit Chest: Simmons 993 Breezers: Louisville TPS R8 Response Pads: 993 34+2's Skates: Nike XIX's I'm not a huge fan of the skates and I think I'll move over to the One75's or 95's depending on fit. The pads are great but the 994's fixed one of the problems I had with the 993's and that's the thickness of the thigh rise on the inside edge. I'm taking the summer off to put on some muscle and condition but I think I'll buy some UL5's before the next season. I know lots of people have issues with Simmons ripping off other companies products but at half the price I can live with that.
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What is the 993/4 a ghost of? It looks kind of like an RBK style pad maybe? I have no problems with Battram/Simmons ghosting other manufacturers. The market for these guys is basically someone who won't drop $1500 on a big name pro pad, but doesn't want to drop $800 on the equivalent "Sr." level pad either, so they'd either go with a used pro pad or one of these off-brand manufacturers, neither resulting in the original big-brand manufacturer receiving any cash in hand. Now as far as ethics of ghosting are concerned, I would easily put my ethics on the backburner for a cheap pro quality pad, so w/e
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Martytoof posted:What is the 993/4 a ghost of? It looks kind of like an RBK style pad maybe? 993/994 is really their most original design, the leg channels are similar but that's about it. The pad itself is much more flexable so when it comes to pad stiffness I'd say 993/4 -> RBK -> TPS Response. I felt more mobile when trying on the Response vs. RBK because the top of the pad isn't holding your leg at all. That being said MAF is the most mobile goalie I've ever seen when pad sliding and he uses RBK pads, it's all about what you're comfortable with. I ended up ordering the Simmons Ultra Light 5's today. Ordering pads over the phone without seeing how they size up always scares me since its such a huge investment. I'm 6'1" tall with normal length legs and my ATK was the low limit of 36" 993's. They tried to push the 36+2"ers but I thought the 34+2" would fit me better since my last pads were 34" and I was right. It turns out the 36+2" UL5 knee is only 1" higher than my 993s so they should be perfect and now I'm at the NHL limit for pad height! An extra 4" on the ice is always welcome and I'll enjoy the extra flexibility. If any Minnesota goalies want to try on some 993's before blindly ordering them from the site hit me up and I'll let you see how they fit.
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I had the chance to swing by Simmons on the way back from Cambridge last week and I picked up a 993 glove, which is a pretty decent clone of the RBK feel (the backhand protection is poo poo, but that's why I own extra foam and a sewing awl). That said, I also stepped into all of their pads, and let me be clear: the 994 is not an original pad in the least. It's almost a perfect clone of the One95 pad, which is itself highly similar to the second-gen Itech 9.8/RX9 series. At the end of the day though, who cares? There's more than a kernel of truth to Martytoof's comment about Simmons hitting a market point that would not have resulted in sales to the "original" manufacturers (although I think there's more overlap than he thinks). Besides, when you really think about it, the only completely innovative pads that have come out in the last 10 years are the Smith SP1000/Vaughn Velocity (box pad), the CCM Blockade (slightly evolved flatface box pad), and the Koho 590 (and this is a stretch). Sure, there's been minor modifications or improvements to things based on construction, strapping, offset/sliding toes, gusset design, and the like, but the fact of the matter is that everyone has been cribbing from one another since Smith changed the entire game of hockey. The only thing you can really get on Simmons for is that the owner and half of the workers are a dicks and have told many a half-truth to my face to try and get a sale, but I don't really care enough to not save some cash. My chest protector is the next best thing to a Brown, has lasted as long as a Brown, and was a third of the price. I haven't tried the glove out yet, but it should be fun to see how it works tomorrow.
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DIY MASK UPDATE Primed and ready to rock. Final mask will be completely white with these two on one side and the other:   Its not a pro paintjob by any stretch, but I'll be happy with this DIY job if it comes out well!
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Martytoof posted:
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