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Oh god, as the third-to-last place team, we knocked off the #1 seed in the first round of the playoffs that’s full of nothing but players from the next level up. Total ringer team that’s being dismantled by the league next season. We came out firing on all cylinders and got it done. It was their second loss the 20-game season. 
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Man, one of the runners on my Bauer Vaporx500s is already chipping. I ordered a pair of replacement blades (Bauer LS 5s) to try out. Not sure how those will compare to the ones that come with the skate which appear to be the Super Stainless. I'm guessing the stock ones on the skate are 9 foot profile like the LS2s but I'm honestly not sure. Looks like the LS5 comes preset with a 10 foot profile. Would I even notice much of a difference between a 10 foot profile versus 9 foot? Never really hosed around with different profiles on my skates and usually just use whatever the factory preset is on the blades with a 1/2 inch hollow Ginette Reno fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Aug 20, 2019 |
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Aug 20, 2019 17:08
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I eliminated my team from the playoffs by scoring an own-goal in a 1-0 game. Shot from the point that was going wide got redirected off the shaft of my stick and into the back of the net. Rad.
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Aug 20, 2019 20:17
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:I eliminated my team from the playoffs by scoring an own-goal in a 1-0 game. Shot from the point that was going wide got redirected off the shaft of my stick and into the back of the net. Rad. In high school I remember I caused us to lose (or maybe tie? I forget, it's been way too long) a round robin tournament game because a player took a floater from the point and I as a defenseman reached out to grab it with my hand. It tipped off my glove and into the net. So I feel ya. It happens.
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Aug 20, 2019 20:23
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Only way to win is to not play. Fewer stories to share in the bar, but at least you didn't lose!
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Aug 20, 2019 20:32
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Last night was supposed to be our last game. We got knocked out of playoff contention because the team above us won the night before. The team we were supposed to play was below us in the standings. So, overall meaningless game in terms of points. I don't know if they just had a bunch of guys call out or what but they ended up forfeiting an hour before the game. So instead, we had a 3v3, half-ice scrimmage followed by a couple rounds of elimination shootout and it was a blast. Where I started playing doesn't have a lot of open hockey or stick and puck ice time, so I think I'm just really unused to these situations where a handful of people have ice time and can just mess around.
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Aug 21, 2019 15:34
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Careful or you might end up looking in how to rent ice and start your own private weekly skate.
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Aug 21, 2019 15:38
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Me: Eh, I could use a break from beer league. I think I'll take summer season off. Also Me:   Greater Seattle Hockey League Division 2 champions  I'm running out of room in my kitchen cabinet!
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Aug 22, 2019 17:21
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^^ congrats! I'm 0 for 4 in championship games as of last night. I'm glad summer league is over and looking forward to not playing in any leagues all winter, just classes and a weekly private shinny with a really great group.
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Aug 22, 2019 18:38
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Summer camps at my preferred rink are over, so it's back on a normal schedule. Most people apparently don't know this yet, so I had the ice to myself for the first 30 minutes of free skate, shared it with one other person for the next 30 minutes, and shared it with 2 other people for the final 30 minutes. 
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Aug 22, 2019 23:21
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I like those cups. Need to convince my league to do something like that.
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Aug 23, 2019 00:35
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Yeah those are cool. We don’t get poo poo for winning. So our captain is out of town conveniently during the recruiting, registration, and pay chaos for next season and the duties have fallen to me. I’m literally about to quit the team because people are loving morons. It’s like pulling teeth getting people to respond to an email asking if they want to play next season. I usually do the recruiting for this team, but I had no idea the amount of idiocy I’d experience with registration and payment. And of course half the team doesn’t want to commit to paying for a full time spot, so they all request split spots. But since there’s so many, it jams us up against the 18-man hard limit. So we’re going to have 7 full time guys show up each week and maybe 2-4 of the splits, giving us no line consistency week-to-week. And the deadline I gave everyone to register online and pay their money, I had 4 people drop that day despite telling me for 2 weeks they’re in. I had to scramble and make a zillion calls to get replacements. I finally get everything squared away and submit the team registration on Monday. Cool. I get a guy today who emailed me, 3 days after the team gets registered, saying he wants to switch to a different night league but he’ll totally play as a 1/2 spot instead. gently caress off. Tell me that poo poo 2 weeks ago. Even though I’ve been on the team 6-7 years, I’m legitimately about to tell this team to pound sand and play elsewhere after next season. I just want to pay my $700 and show up. Getting a roster of people who aren’t flaky is the hardest thing ever.
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Getting a roster of people who aren’t flaky is the hardest thing ever. This is why I gave up the captaincy on my last team. It's like a stressful second job (and I have an incredibly stressful actual job). People who make more than me, have mortgages, families, etc. wouldn't show up to games unless I texted them a reminder on the day of. Registration week was miserable for the reasons you mentioned. I was really active around the rinks so I was always able to pull off a Hail Mary as far as filling the spots and keeping the team operating but after 3 seasons, I was so full of negativity that it didn't seem healthy anymore to be around. Does your rink offer a captain's discount? If so, I think you just earned it. Also $700 wowzers, I thought our $550 seasons were obscene.
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Aug 25, 2019 00:00
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if they pay I’d rather them not show up. It helped me get deadbeats on the roster who were more fun to play with
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Aug 25, 2019 03:10
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My 7th out of 10 teams Friday night team won another playoff game and we’re in the championship next week. We went from having to play the play-in game to knocking off the #1 seed ringer team, to knocking off the #3 team last night. Hell yeah. Too bad my wife is playing a women’s tournament an hour away at the same time and we have infant twins. Shitfuck.
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Aug 25, 2019 05:21
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My team played last night. They either won, or lost. I wouldn't know, because I missed signups and want to die. 
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Aug 25, 2019 07:52
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Zerouac posted:Also $700 wowzers, I thought our $550 seasons were obscene. I just signed up for the league here south of Seattle, and league fees were like $1600-1700 or something like that. I felt like that was fair enough for a 48 game season from September to June (when playoffs start) though. It's like a $110 a month payment after registration.
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Aug 25, 2019 18:47
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Holy poo poo I didn't realize they were doing that long of a season. That's crazy.
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Aug 25, 2019 18:52
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Which league is that? I was just about to bitch about paying my usa hockey registration, 5 on 5 league, and 3 on 3 league registration all at the same time and that's STILL cheaper than that.
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Aug 25, 2019 21:54
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I think it's the new one based out of Tacoma that's adopted with the gshl? I didn't realize they were doing a 40 something game season though.
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Aug 25, 2019 21:56
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On a roll boys. Won our spring B league title and just won our summer A league championship today. The A league is only during the summer if you're wondering why I'm in two different divisions. I'm not sandbagging  .Not much in life more validating than winning beer league hockey championships am I right?
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Duke Chin posted:Which league is that? I was just about to bitch about paying my usa hockey registration, 5 on 5 league, and 3 on 3 league registration all at the same time and that's STILL cheaper than that. The Rainier Hockey League. 48 games is super long. I thought the 22 game Fall/Winter season in GSHL was long.
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Aug 26, 2019 20:03
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48 games sounds great, let’s prolong any imbalances and get people to pay as many games as possible at once with no recourse if they get hurt
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There may be a serious injury clause to get you out of it, but yeah. For me, the convenience of only playing my games at Tacoma twin rinks is worth it. I'm not trying to drive to Everett or any of that. I just looked and the fee for the 48 game season is actually $1428.00, plus you get one free drop-in a week in the summer offseason. TheJetCityFix fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Aug 27, 2019 |
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https://i.imgur.com/TNoTD2H.gifv You want the puck? gently caress it, have at it bud.
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Aug 27, 2019 14:44
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That's loving great. I like how the puck knocks him over again.
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Aug 27, 2019 16:45
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xzzy posted:https://i.imgur.com/TNoTD2H.gifv Everything was so soft. I didn't even really see what white guy was so mad about. The throwing the puck made me laugh out loud though.
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While I was playing Rat Hockey today, employees at the rink caught some rear end in a top hat snooping through bags in one of the locker rooms. Fortunately, they seemed to have surprised him before he took anything. Unfortunately, the guy managed to flee and get away. So my wallet and phone will be staying in my car from now on.
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Once upon a time my rink sent out a suggestion form and I said that anchored steel loops in the locker room so I could padlock things to it would be nice, but nothing ever came of it. They do give us a key to the locker room so we can close things up for beer league, but you can't really do that for drop in or clinics or anything.
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Aug 27, 2019 20:38
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I've probably been tempting fate leaving my phone and wallet in the locker room but the rink has a security guard and at least with how late adult games are there aren't a lot of teens milling around doing crimes.
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We play on the same grounds as a casino. As far as I am aware we only had one issue, the guy was caught. But he had also broken into a liquor store and the Moose Lodge down the road. If I keep my wallet in the car how am I supposed to buy beer? Our rink instituted a rule that any beer will result in an automatic game suspension and the second time entire team.
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Verman posted:Everything was so soft. I didn't even really see what white guy was so mad about. The throwing the puck made me laugh out loud though. Yeah #8 really lost his poo poo there over nothing, which was pretty funny in itself but the puck throw put it over the top. I also kind of like the little lecture he was giving the guy after too. Guy really takes his No Check Hockey seriously.
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My personal favorite is after the puck throw and shove, white guy looks at the ref like "What? What else was I supposed to do?"
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Aug 27, 2019 22:59
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Everyone brings their bags into the rink area during drop in shinny at my rink.
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Aug 27, 2019 23:57
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Yep, "donation" bag out here too, then take it to the bench with us
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I usually take a hygiene bag to the bench with me with my keys/wallet/phone and things like extra laces, chapstick, helmet hardware, etc. I probably look like a nerd, but whatever, at least I know where my poo poo is.
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You bring chapstick but not a toothbrush? What is wrong with you?
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Aug 29, 2019 17:16
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Bring toilet paper in case you need to poo poo in an opponent's glove
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prom candy posted:Bring toilet paper in case you need to poo poo in an opponent's glove Use the blade of their stick (after you break it).
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Hell yeah, my Friday team won our championship tonight to make it back to back. We were seeded 8th out of 10 teams, so we had win a play-in game, then go through the ringer #1 seed, the #3 seed, and finally, another team with a losing record, which is wild. Ended up being an insanely close 2-1 OT win. And yes, they about doubled up our shots. Our goalie is amazing.  e: No pint glasses for us 
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