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Great OP, thanks! It may have convinced me to not use my gimmicky intermediate 67 flex TotalOne with pitching wedge/P92/Backstrom blade. I haven't scored since I got it back in December (although I'm an assist machine now apparently), and I've been having a little more problems catching passes on my forehand. I have an experienced teammate telling me to check out the PM9 and P88 instead. I'm leaning toward trying out the PM9 since it's still slightly open and the lie is lower (I'm short). And going back to my probably 90-95 flex (cut a few inches) Vapor X:20 shaft to help alleviate my pass catching woes. I feel like a gigantic rear end in a top hat for getting $150 worth of stick and going back to my $60 one 
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Last game of the season last night. It was a throwaway after we got tossed from the playoffs last week. Half of us showed up drunk and just had a blast playing. We kept the goalies in the same nets the whole game, so we got to shoot on our own goalie during the 2nd period which was great. In the third, I turned around and fired a shot on our own goalie. Unfortunately he saved it In the first period, I took a wrister that bounced low off the goalie's kicker near the post and it disappeared. We spent at least 5 whole minutes digging through the goalie's pads and the netting to try to find the puck and eventually found it in the net.  It was a blast just going out there not really caring about winning and just having fun.
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| # ¿ Mar 14, 2011 19:58 |
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Lawnie posted:I need some instant feedback. Should I pull the trigger on this stick? http://www.hockeymonkey.com/easton-...xtured-int.html 58" is too short, and you're 145? That seems off. How tall are you? I'm 5'9" and I use a 49" stick.
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| # ¿ Mar 16, 2011 15:46 |
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Looks like the new APX and Xwhatever.0 skates are up on Hockey Monkey for preorder. Hope the X:series goes on clearance soon. I need to get rid of these Missions that are tearing in the back.
Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2011 around 20:07 |
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I've never heard of Superfeet until now. My skates aren't really that uncomfortable. Should I still consider a pair?
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| # ¿ Mar 16, 2011 20:30 |
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bewbies posted:
Sorry, I'm retarded. My shaft is 49". Total length wasn't counting the blade. Oops. edit: VV 
Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2011 around 21:30 |
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Awesome shooting info, thanks! Makes me feel not as bad for not being able to get my slapshot off the ice after a full year of playing, no matter how much I try at stick time.
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| # ¿ Mar 16, 2011 23:03 |
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I think 75% of my goals I scored this season are backhanders Most of them are on the ice thanks to my pitching wedge Backstrom, but hey whatever works.
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| # ¿ Mar 18, 2011 21:45 |
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So apparently the team who won the league championship at my rink last night, subbed in a ringer from their higher-league team between the 1st and 2nd periods. As in, he was sitting in the stands watching the 1st. He's the second top scorer on their higher team. He proceeds to score 3 goals in the 3rd to win the game. Classy.
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| # ¿ Mar 21, 2011 17:48 |
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Well the hockey director came on the ice and said basically since there was no explicit rule (even though there should be, also it's a jackass move), that he's going to allow it. This dude has no backbone and doesn't enforce anything. It doesn't surprise me that he allowed it, to be honest. e: VVV Bingo. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2011 around 19:47 |
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Am I going to notice a difference between the Vapor X50 and X60 skates to warrant the extra $80-100, or should I save the cash?
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| # ¿ Mar 21, 2011 21:20 |
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Yeah that's what I figured. $320 on Hockey Monkey for X50s is a slammin deal. Too bad my pro-shop said they'd only discount them to $435 Hey at least HM is doing free 2-day shipping!
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| # ¿ Mar 21, 2011 21:43 |
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Woohoo, ordering some cheap Vapor X50s tonight!
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| # ¿ Mar 24, 2011 22:15 |
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xzzy posted:From what I've seen, yes. You can walk in whenever you want and sit in the stands, watch whatever's going on. This is funny because it's true. One of the guys on my team has a 10ish year old kid, who makes it a point to tell me the Red Wings suck every time I see him. During our warmup he stands up against the glass and I make it a habit to either shoot the puck at his head or throw myself into the boards. He fist bumps the whole team while we're coming off the ice after a game and I enjoy face-washing him as well.
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| # ¿ Mar 25, 2011 15:37 |
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trilljester posted:Well, he's right, you know. I had a few posts throughout the thread whining about my lack of goal scoring since December. Last game of the season, I had about 5-6 beers beforehand. I go out and score 2 goals in one period. I felt so much more loose out there on my skates and was beating people to pucks constantly. I may have to make this a habit...
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| # ¿ Mar 25, 2011 19:52 |
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Playing in net for the first time in nearly 10 years. This should be interesting. Hopefully I don't take any rocket slappers to the dick...
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| # ¿ Mar 28, 2011 01:46 |
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1 game, 1 win, and more importantly, 0 rocket slappers to the dick It was actually a ton of fun. It was the first time I've ever played goalie on ice. I felt like an aircraft carrier trying to maneuver in the pads though. gently caress the skates. gently caress. The. Skates. I almost ate poo poo skating over to the bench after the zamboni was done. I gave up a couple softies, but made a few nice diving saves. My problem was that when I slid to a side to make a save, I'd kick the leg out, but I'd be sort of crouching on the other leg, so my 5-hole was wide open. Gave up 1 or 2 between the legs like that I took a couple shots between the top of the kicker and the pad in the pants when I went down to my knees They're already sore today. All in all, it was a blast and I'd do it again. Our team now has a backup goalie!
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| # ¿ Mar 28, 2011 15:47 |
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xzzy posted:There is a goalie-centric thread here too: Yeah I saw that floating about. I'm just a regular ol' wing who stepped in the net for fun for a game. Not looking to tend the net full time. I gotta say, it's much more exhausting than I thought. I was dead tired after slapshot practice and SHOOTOUT CHALLENGE before the game. Aniki posted:Goalie skates also have protective cowlings, so you won't break your foot when a puck hits your skate. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at Mar 28, 2011 around 20:04 |
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We are required to have dark and light jerseys. They don't need to all be matching though, just the same general color. edit: gently caress hockeygiant.com for waiting 4 days to tell me the Vapor X:50 skates are out of stock  e2: VV I just ordered the last pair of my size from Hockey Monkey v  V
Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at Mar 28, 2011 around 21:25 |
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WouldDesk posted:Henrik Zetterberg, I'm half-expecting this dreaded email.... in 4 more days when they're sold out everywhere. I may end up getting the x60s if this is the case.
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| # ¿ Mar 28, 2011 22:10 |
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Got a call from Hockey Monkey today. I almost pooped my pants when I saw a Southern Cal number pop up on my phone. Ugghhhh, they're sold out too? Why can't these fucks keep their stock up to date on their sites? : "Hello, I'm calling from Hockey Monkey just to let you know that we had to pull your Vapor X:50 skates from our warehouse in New Jersey. They'll be shipped out tomorrow and at your door by Friday. Is this ok with you?" : "..... Uhhhh, yeah that's awesome, thanks!"
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| # ¿ Mar 29, 2011 23:59 |
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Sacramento
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| # ¿ Mar 30, 2011 00:58 |
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poser posted:Are you the guy that just started playing in the beginner class/league in Roseville? Yup! We finished our first season a couple weeks ago with all learn-to-play players from the same class. Spring/summer season starts this Sunday.
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poser posted:Awesome! It's pretty good. We don't use the A-EEEE system to rank the leagues as far as I know. We have Bronze/Silver B/Silver A/Gold B/Gold A then sometimes Platinum. There's about 8-10 teams in each league, so there's a pretty hefty number of players for 2 rinks. Obviously we're in the Bronze league, but it's pretty competitive, especially since a couple of the teams have been around for a few years. The traveling team (Capital Thunder or something) practices and plays at the rink, and most of them are disgustingly good. 15 years younger than me and 10 times better than I'll ever be. Kind of depressing really. poser posted:Any tips on delayed entry to the zone? I'm a little bit faster than people on my team and I beat them to the blue line I just end up stopping and waiting and it messes up my flow.
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| # ¿ Mar 31, 2011 15:55 |
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Topoisomerase posted:Actually Skatetown does have a rule against this as far as I know - at least as of last Spring/Summer league a person had to be rostered by midseason and on the ice for at least half of the team's regular season games to play in a playoff game with a team. The director is a jerkoff though. Yeah, this guy only had 7 games played for the Bronze team or so. Not to mention, the biggest issue was him sitting in the stands for the first period. Then he geared up and swapped out with someone for the 2nd and 3rd. What sucks most is I know a dude on that team, who played the whole season in Bronze, didn't get to play in that game because of a bunch of ringers they brought down to play for that one game.
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| # ¿ Apr 1, 2011 16:18 |
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Haha, I'm at work so I'm not sure. I'll find out at 5 today when I get home. Of course Hockey Monkey never updates their order status page, so I don't even have a tracking number...
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| # ¿ Apr 1, 2011 16:26 |
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Got my skates. Woohoo! Gonna bake and sharpen these bitches tomorrow, just in time for the season to start. Yay Hockey Monkey!
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| # ¿ Apr 2, 2011 04:55 |
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Taking a 2-hour curling class at my rink today, with hockey skills n drills right afterward. Today is a good day.
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| # ¿ Apr 4, 2011 16:55 |
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gently caress icejerseys.com too.
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| # ¿ Apr 4, 2011 22:19 |
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Our team always likes to joke with the refs. If we get caught offsides by 20 feet, we'll joke with him and say that was a bullshit call. It's usually good for a laugh from them.
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| # ¿ Apr 5, 2011 15:42 |
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Breaking in new skates is awful 
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| # ¿ Apr 8, 2011 23:22 |
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Surfing Turtle posted:well at least bake em first! Definitely baked em! They're still stiff after setting though. Power skating class should be fun today.
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| # ¿ Apr 9, 2011 17:57 |
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Love it when the other team is up by 5 and still playing like dirty shitbags. In a preseason game that counts for nothing. Hey big goony gently caress, hope you enjoyed blocking my shot with your dick! 
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| # ¿ Apr 11, 2011 16:02 |
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coldwind posted:Where/what league are you playing? SE Michigan, right? Beer league in Northern Cal.
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| # ¿ Apr 11, 2011 17:18 |
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bewbies posted:This is another good one, it gives me nightmares. We used to have to do this until we couldn't feel our legs anymore Christ... I'm taking a power-skating class right now and one session she bungee'd our ankles together and tried doing: (( )) (( )) (( So goddamn hard, everyone was falling over.
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| # ¿ Apr 14, 2011 19:59 |
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poser posted:What is her name? Alyssa, she's a figure skater. I can never feel my legs afterward
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| # ¿ Apr 14, 2011 21:28 |
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Being the only team in the league who doesn't play with any ringers is awesome. Lost 7-4 last night. Two ringers scored 6 of their 7 goals, one of them had 4. We ended up outshooting them too. 
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| # ¿ Apr 18, 2011 15:37 |
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Oh yeah, we got called for icing while we were on the PK  Ref realized it after the bench was yelling and he gave us a faceoff in the offensive zone. We got a few good shots on goal and almost got a shorty from it.
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| # ¿ Apr 18, 2011 17:13 |
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I went from a 87 flex (more like 105-ish after cutting) Senior X:20 to a 67 flex Intermediate (I'm short) TotalOne. The speed on my wrister is significantly quicker now that I can actually bend the loving thing. I love it. It makes my X:20 seem like a log. Everyone on my team calls it the noodle. Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at Apr 20, 2011 around 15:58 |
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Black/Yellow bumble bee stick tape is the only correct answer.
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