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Have you tried a Forsberg pad? I developed sudden lace bite a while back and discovered that the irritation was because of how much the tendons bulge out when they contract to lift the foot, which happens when you forward flex in a skate. I just cut a 3/8" channel down the middle of the heel of an old footbed I wasn't using anymore and it was perfect. I couldn't tell it was in there, but the pain was completely gone. I have no idea why tongues aren't built with that channel to begin with, allowing the tendons to flex without having to face the majority of the brunt of the pressure from the laces over the tongue. If the volume is borderline for you, maybe altering the tongue would be sufficient for you to continue in your VH's. Here's a link to pictures of the pad I made, in case you want to try something similar: http://s284.photobucket.com/user/prm776/library/?sort=3&page=1

Stick and Puck Report: Seriously? Nobody bloody well knows about this one? It was just Dewayne and I at the Blues Practise Facility. NHL-quality rink with nice, roomy benches. You get nice facilities. Of course when the Blues get their new facility (with three sheets of ice), this one will shut down as it is in an economically depressed mall in an economically depressed area. Dewayne ran some one-on-one drills. The fact that he is not a great shooter actually makes it MUCH harder for me. He hasn't played in about 30 years, so I give him a break. But the fact that his shot is EXTREMELY unpredictable helps me a bit. His knuckle ball shots are always hard to read, and I almost always miss those. I can now read some weird, random shots better. I don't trip on too many cage shots when I go down in the butterfly, I only trip when it is the only place the shots seem to go. But then again- as a beginning goalie, you MUST get used to those shots and NOT flinch or blink. Dewayne cage shot me several times, and it kinda got old. But I give Dewayne a pass on that, as his shot literally goes everywhere and I didn't trip. He skated in a lot of penalty shots, but also would try to bang in the rebounds. He kept six pucks on the ice between the red line and blue line. Five shots in a row works you out, for certain. He wanted to work on my rebounds. It's nice to have a trainer. I could not stand Dewayne's Rollerblade hockey gloves OR his STX lacrosse gloves, so I gifted him my old Reebok Canadiens Centennial gloves (tan nylon). They look better on him, for certain. I hope he leaves the Rollerblade gloves home PERMANENTLY. Breaking in a new meat smoker as we speak. Have a good holiday weekend.

No, but when I first baked them, I might have laced them too tight or flexed forward a bit before they cooled down. That caused a bit of a crease in the thermo-formable tongue. So then I took the tongue out and re-heated it by itself with a heat gun to smooth out the kink. It has been good ever since. That was for the original tongue. Which tongue do you have? BTW, you don't have to crank down on the laces on these skates to have good support, just in case you're doing that.

I don't mind the colors. The design just seems scattered and doesn't tickle my fancy.

Came across my biggest eBay score ever, some unused Jofa equipment circa mid-1990s for dirt cheap: www.ebay.com/itm/291746475994 www.ebay.com/itm/291746476112

For someone who's new to the game, you have great sty. Love the white-on-white and black-on-black tape jobs. Now you need to see if a different colour tape makes a difference for you on the ice! I know I can't use black tape... As for showing something off: Here's my latest pickup. Pro stock Cliff Ronning Inno 1100 shaft, from his short stint with the Islanders. Threw a Drury blade in there - figured an old-school twig should have an old-school curve, plus that blade had been lying around for a while.

Just picked these Bauer APX2 gloves up for $84 from my lhs. I was surprised because they weren't on clearance at Total Hockey yet, but Johnny Mac's had 40% off clearance so I went there just looking around and found these, and had to have them! Just something to rotate in and out with my Warrior AX1 gloves. :-)