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I played my first pickup game as a goalie last night and I'm loving addicted. I was letting shots in left and right, but it was so fun guarding the net. Got a couple of good saves though playing against some decent people. gently caress I want to get back out there today!
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:iirc they were 75ish each. We got names and numbers. We were the best-looking team with a -60 goal differential. That's reasonable'ish I guess. I feel like tonight's the night I find out how many people are defecting/entering the league "draft"/jumping to another div. So who knows if we'll need new jerseys hah
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Aug 9, 2015 20:42
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Vargatron posted:I played my first pickup game as a goalie last night Bless your god drat heart
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Aug 9, 2015 20:50
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75 dollar jerseys are insane imo Plain black and plain white with a number on each and you're a goddamn saint Single screen logo on front if you must.
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Aug 9, 2015 22:10
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All 6 or so of the league teams I've played on in the past 5 years have all had $75-100 jerseys.
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Aug 9, 2015 23:00
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sellouts posted:Plain black and plain white with a number on each and you're a goddamn saint deep v-necks with an appropriately ironic font, right? How do you keep your handlebar mustache and gauged ears showing well for everyone to see underneath your helmet and cage?  (We're already black n white but have to have home and away per the league next season)
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Aug 9, 2015 23:45
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Black and white are home and away what league wouldn't let you have black and white as your jersey colors. When one team has dark you have white. When one has white you have black. There's no possible conflict or confusion. Don't worry you can still put your dumb pun as a team name on the front if you must. you'll just save a bunch if it's one color. And do u even drop in bro, aint nobody you describe has a plain white jersey
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Aug 9, 2015 23:54
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doctor 7 posted:Bless your god drat heart Honest to god I thought it was going to be an open practice session and it turned out to be a pickup game with like 25 people. I'm sure I was the awfullest fish, but everybody was just glad to have a second goalie I guess.
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Aug 10, 2015 00:25
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New goalie is always better than no goalie at pickup.
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Aug 10, 2015 00:58
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Anyone have any experience with the new Easton Stealth 444 and 888 protective? My LHS has it and there's literally no info online aside from one YouTube video. Looking at shins specifically.
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Aug 10, 2015 02:06
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Scored my first ever goal tonight!   ... against my own team.  
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Aug 10, 2015 03:03
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That's a bummer, I almost did that in one of my first games and I've done it a few times in ball hockey. Just the worst.
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Aug 10, 2015 03:28
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My team picked up a complete psychopath and had done some super lovely things over the season... I have some further "evidence " that should get him kicked out of the league. Is it a "dick" move to bring to league director?
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Aug 10, 2015 04:13
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what kind of "lovely" things has he "done"
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Aug 10, 2015 04:17
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prom candy posted:what kind of "lovely" things has he "done" Suspended 3 times for majors
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Aug 10, 2015 04:33
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Scored my first ever goal tonight! Don't sweat it. Everybody does it at some point and it's hilarious.
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Aug 10, 2015 04:42
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poser posted:Suspended 3 times for majors go on…
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Aug 10, 2015 05:02
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poser posted:My team picked up a complete psychopath and had done some super lovely things over the season... I have some further "evidence " that should get him kicked out of the league. Is it a "dick" move to bring to league director? no
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Aug 10, 2015 05:22
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poser posted:Suspended 3 times for majors That really depends what the majors are for. In the leagues out here body checking, high sticking causing a cut is a major, fighting is a game suspension... So I mean any of those things, even 3 times isn't enough to be banned from any league around here. The biggest league out here I referred for and quit because I had a guy threaten to punch my teeth in and kill me in the parking lot. He was an old coach who never liked me much and tried to screw me from making a team the next year. Anyway he was allowed back in the league after a year because he threatened to move his team to a competing league. He has had more major penalties than anybody in the league and has been suspended numerous times a year. To these leagues money matters more than player safety and that's just how it is.
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Aug 10, 2015 05:25
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Scored my first wrist shot goal tonight in drop in. I've scored before, all greasy rebounds and such and one deke. But tonight it was just perfect. Went right, shot left just inside the post about 2" above the left pad the goalie kicked.  Black team totally lost but I was even checking people now instead of just being danced around non-stop. Vargatron posted:Honest to god I thought it was going to be an open practice session and it turned out to be a pickup game with like 25 people. I'm sure I was the awfullest fish, but everybody was just glad to have a second goalie I guess. The only guy who gets mad at the goalie for sucking in drop in is probably that goalie. Everyone has always been delighted to have two goalies show up. At worst if the better goalie is on the better team, just suggest switching at halfway through the ice time. Edit: Oh I tried that Shock Doctor knee brace ultra support today during drop in. It felt OK but I won't lie, we had 4 on 4 with 1 sub and I was starting to feel sluggish in my right leg after an hour. It didn't hinder agility but the tightness definitely caused some extra tiredness. Hopefully it's broken in properly now and I will be OK using it. doctor 7 fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Aug 10, 2015 |
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Aug 10, 2015 05:59
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First game skating out in about 2 years to help make up numbers for an away game: 3G 2A :feelsgoodman: Things I learned: I can no longer skate in players skates, or at least not my beat up 12 year old Grafs so I had to switch and wear goalie skates for the game. Today everything hurts for some reason.
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Aug 10, 2015 09:22
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CMvan46 posted:That really depends what the majors are for. In the leagues out here body checking, high sticking causing a cut is a major, fighting is a game suspension... Dangerllama posted:go on… His board last night would have gotten him in trouble in a checking league. It was done with intent to injure.
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Aug 10, 2015 16:18
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These are a thing, and I feel a deep need to get them even though there's no way 3 velcro straps can 1, ratchet down tight enough and 2, stay put for an entire game of hard skating.
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Aug 10, 2015 17:55
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Scored my first ever goal tonight! Welcome to the own goal club! I have 2 or 3 in my career and they are always hilarious.
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Aug 10, 2015 18:16
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delpheye posted:These are a thing, and I feel a deep need to get them even though there's no way 3 velcro straps can 1, ratchet down tight enough and 2, stay put for an entire game of hard skating. Hey, I was just thinking... Do you have those blades/holders with the big circles in them? Those are annoying as hell (sounding at least)
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Aug 10, 2015 18:23
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poser posted:My team picked up a complete psychopath and had done some super lovely things over the season... I have some further "evidence " that should get him kicked out of the league. Is it a "dick" move to bring to league director? Is his name Justin? Also, what division do you guys play in?
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Aug 10, 2015 18:41
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Krime posted:Hey, I was just thinking... wat? are you talking about t-blades?
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Aug 10, 2015 18:51
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Had our first playoff game last night. We won 4-1 and immediately after the game, the captain for the other team cut 3 guys from the team in the hallway as we were going back to get undressed. Unreal.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:05
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Had our first playoff game last night. We won 4-1 and immediately after the game, the captain for the other team cut 3 guys from the team in the hallway as we were going back to get undressed.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:07
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Had our first playoff game last night. We won 4-1 and immediately after the game, the captain for the other team cut 3 guys from the team in the hallway as we were going back to get undressed. You shouldn't let him make your roster decisions imo
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Aug 10, 2015 19:25
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In what may actually have a connection to poser's post, as I just discovered that one of my teams plays in his division, yesterday I got boarded with about two minutes left in a blowout loss (our goalie didn't show and one of our players strapped on some pads) - really I got pushed from behind as I was making a tight turn by the boards and lost all semblance of edge - and went in knees and hands first, sliding on the ice, and managed to dislocate a middle finger. This was the second time I've done this - the first was over twenty years ago and more painful than any of the broken bones I'd had up to that point. This time, after a brief consultation with a teammate, I pulled and popped the sucker back in. Wooo! Felt like an action movie hero. Then I looked around and joked, "Hey, could somebody get me some ice?" while putting my hand on the ice surface, and then I REALLY felt like an action movie hero.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:28
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delpheye posted:These are a thing, and I feel a deep need to get them even though there's no way 3 velcro straps can 1, ratchet down tight enough and 2, stay put for an entire game of hard skating. Yeah, velcro doesn't work on the ice. I mean the velcro itself holds just fine but if the tail is sticking up at all it's going to slowly peel off. I started wearing skate fenders a couple months ago, and the velcro straps are the only issue I've had. I had to trim them so there was no excess velcro hanging off and use a strip of shin tape to make sure it doesn't release. I think if anyone was looking to revolutionize hockey skate laces they should look into ski boots, find a way to make that durable enough to take hits from a puck.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:29
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xzzy posted:Yeah, velcro doesn't work on the ice. I mean the velcro itself holds just fine but if the tail is sticking up at all it's going to slowly peel off. That reminds me, I need to get myself some shot blockers. Just playing drop in yesterday I blocked 2 hard passes right below my shin guard on my right foot. Just passes but even so, man the front of my ankle is sore today. Debating whether I should just get the tongue cover because I've now taken 3 pucks off where that would greatly reduce the impact or if I should get the side covers as well (I have yet to be hit there as I'm blocking straight on).
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Aug 10, 2015 19:34
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The idea of a team full of never-evers rolling around in $80 matching home/away jerseys with socks and all of them having skate guards makes me giggle.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:40
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I ordered socks from HockeyTron Friday afternoon and they came today. I live in Cleveland. They are in California. It was sent via USPS. This is amazing to me.Pleads posted:The idea of a team full of never-evers rolling around in $80 matching home/away jerseys with socks and all of them having skate guards makes me giggle. Well I think you already know about my team's dark jersey...
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xzzy posted:I think if anyone was looking to revolutionize hockey skate laces they should look into ski boots, find a way to make that durable enough to take hits from a puck. 
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Aug 10, 2015 19:41
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Pleads posted:The idea of a team full of never-evers rolling around in $80 matching home/away jerseys with socks and all of them having skate guards makes me giggle. Piss off, I'm tired of having bruised feet.  Though I agree with the jersey thing. Some folks just loving love looking like an NHL team. But it still has laces so CCM is bad at copying ideas.
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Can't say for sure but I think cross country ski boots with skate blades attached might be sub-optimal. Though those spikes on the front could be pretty handy for dealing with assholes.
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delpheye posted:wat? are you talking about t-blades? Yep. Their sound is like nails on a chalk board to me. Ugggg..
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