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RickDC

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RickDC last won the day on June 27 2014

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About RickDC

  • Birthday 06/26/1975

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  • Skates
    Easton Mako 2
  • Stick
    Base Hockey Nasty
  • Gloves
    Reebok 30k
  • Helmet
    Bauer ReAkt 100
  • Pants
    Bauer One.80
  • Shoulder Pads
    CCM RBZ CL
  • Elbow Pads
    CCM RBZ CL
  • Shin Pads
    CCM RBZ CL

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    Vancouver, BC, Canada
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  1. I think if you demean people for having a different attitude to you, then you’re a distinct minority in ANY community. But go you.
  2. Maybe it's just me, I don't really care what the score is, I try my hardest on each and every shift, I don't care whether it's 10-1 or 1-10 - if the other team are dropping the puck in our zone and we're 10-1 up and they still want to play, hey I'll play and respect them for it. We're there to play hockey - I think anything else is just condescending towards the other team and I'm not there to give pity, or take pity. If they give up, hey, I support them doing that as well, not my preference, but I respect that not everyone is the same as me. Personally, I find it super exciting to try and go for goal in 10 seconds, or defend against a goal in that time, and I'm there to be excited by the game. If people are dicks with that many seconds to go, on either side, then they're going to be dicks at any time. I'm just there to have fun, for exercise and to me, being pressured IS fun. Giving up, not pressuring - is just not fun and I think where people start to just take hockey for granted and lose interest - if you're not challenged, then what's the point?
  3. I think if there's 6 seconds left and we're in the oppositions zone, I wouldn't want to run the clock. I'd rather have 6 seconds of trying to make it 2-6 than just giving up. If it's in our zone, I'd chat to a team mate and ask them should we run the clock, if they shrug, then yes.. but then there's the danger that the ref would just drop the puck and then we're caught in a scramble - it's happened ;-)
  4. I sweat a lot on the ice.. especially now in the summer season. I figured I was getting sweaty hands and hated the feeling in my gloves (I loved my old reebok 30k which had ventilation and now on CCM super tacks which are on the warm side). Palms would get funky and feel gloopy inside. On the off chance I got some wristbands and find they've now stopped about 90% of that feeling. They also cover my Fitbit as an added bonus. I don't find they interfere at all with my elbows or gloves.
  5. I'd be interested in the exact weight as well as that seems heavy.. my standard CCM Super Tacks pants in a Medium come out to 2.96 pounds
  6. Absolutely, that was not my point though, my point was the complete lack of after-sales support by Bauer. If I can't contact them about spending $500 on 2 helmets, then what happens if I have a problem with any other piece of equipment? :-)
  7. Why only Bauer? I bought 2 ReAkt-100 helmets when they first came out, like many people I want to protect my brain with the best bucket around. At the time it was heavily marketed as being able to help reduce concussions. Then the Virginia Tech study came out and found it to be poor performing (I respect that people see that study from different angles). My concern was, that I emailed Bauer on 4 occasions, asking them for information and why it was marketed as helping to reduce concussions when the study found it didn't. They replied once saying they would get back to me, and then never did (and I followed that up with 3 further emails which were ignored). So rightly or wrongly, after spending C$500 on 2 brain buckets, I was pissed and I've now, personally, barred buying anything Bauer. I've emailed CCM and Warrior and got a good response from them, so now have a Fitlite 3D.
  8. Actually the old RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevation) is old and unadvised now.. unless you need immediate movement, like during a game, ice constricts blood supply slowing your body down from healing itself and causing further damage because your body isn't able to pump its own fluids into the area to heal and protect itself, which your body is pretty good itself. I'm a strong advocate for using gentle, warm heat (like heat bags) and slow regular rotational movement, hot tubs and compression in the form of support. http://www.macleans.ca/society/the-end-of-the-ice-age/ It's like when I see people "warming up" on the ice by stretching straight away... ever tried to stretch a cold elastic band, it fractures and breaks.. just like cold tendons and ligaments.. warm up by skating hard until you feel your muscles warm.. then stretch a bit.. then skate hard again.. then stretch. (BA in Sport & Sports Science)
  9. I had this fairly recently after changing my holders (I'm in Mako 2's and finding it tough to get new step steel so changed over to Speedblade 4's). I was getting pain under my big toes. Moved over to Superfeets and it stopped.. but I'm not liking how unsupported and higher up my heel is with the superfeets - with a thinner insole (like the Speed Plates) I feel planted and solid, with the superfeets (after 10 odd sessions), I'm not feeling the same and feel less connection with the ice.. But changing the insole might work in your case as well..
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  11. Gatorade and energy packs etc are really meant for long-endurance sports, not short-term high intensity burst sports like hockey and are really nothing but sugar with some salts. It takes 30 minutes+ before anything hits your bloodstream, so by the time you've drunk it or eaten anything, it's too late. I drink flavoured water, only because I don't like plain water during a game, even then mine's usually a few sips and that's it.. If you notice many of the nhl players spit their water / gatorade out.. If you're gassed at the beginning of a game, it might be because you've eaten too much, too close to the game - I've noticed this hugely if I eat and then play within an hour or 2 of a game, I feel like I'm skating with weights on. Digesting food takes a lot of energy (that's why you fall asleep after eating Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner, because of lots of calories and nothing to do with anything like tryptophan). I play 4-5 times a week, and I'll eat a fairly light meal minimum 3 hours before a game. On the way to a game, then I'll grab a drip or regular coffee and a banana. I keep track of HR and I've found now that I can play pretty intensely right up until the final whistle by playing more tactically in the first period, ramping it up in the second, and then going hard in the third.. Quite a few times I'm sharing centre, so playing 50% of the game and lots of ice. It might be best to keep a log of what you did, and how you feel during a game..
  12. One huge immediate issue I can see is that as you sharpen the flared blade and naturally wear down the steel.. Then when you start out, you'll be on wide flared steel, after multiple sharpenings the width is going to get thinner and thinner until you buy another flared steel, whereon you'll start again with large flared edges. Now, most people can feel when they change a 1/16 of a sharpening, or 1 degree of pitch.. how is this going to feel when you're 80 games into a flared steel and the next time you need new steel? Are Pro's going to trust that in a play-off game? I think it's a gimmick, just the same as heated blades were..
  13. Honestly, I take offence to this... We have a couple of hockey stores in the area, and I bought a Blackstone X01 primarily to do my own skates a couple of years ago.. Over time, I've got more and more people requesting my sharpening because I take my time and check absolutely that 3 areas of the blade are completely level, there are no waves, each edge is consistent, there's the correct hollow and sides are deburred. I've had bad sharpenings before, I've given myself a bad sharpening because I didn't check my work early on. But I never made that mistake again. I take great pride in my work and the fact that my team-mates and neighbours trust me to do theirs, backs that up. Being called "scum" because I choose to do that, and not do it for the money (simply I find it relaxing to do as not as stressful as running 3 successful businesses), is extremely derogatory and immature.
  14. @PFraser If you have numb toes then there's either nerve pain or your tying your Mako's too tight. One thing with Mako's is you don't need to because their wrap is so good (I'm a long term Mako user). Just do them tight enough so there's no movement in the laces, don't yank on them.. The other thing I do is miss the second eyelet from the top and go straight from 3rd to 1st. The other thing you could try, which has helped me in the past, is superfeets, it will move your foot slightly in the boot, and it might be enough to alleviate some of the pressure. You can re-bake the makos when you change the footbed...
  15. We won't call you stupid.. if Trump wins the US election, I think us, here in Canada, will opt out of being in North America.. ;-) So it's fair to say - North America and Canada ;-)
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