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Oakley Mace gloves.

100000000000% People forget the fact that the Synergy was basically a T-Flex with epoxy where the shaft and blade connect.

I still have a pair of Cooper Techniflex shoulder pads. Quite possibly the lightest shoulder pads ever made. Loved them Also I was a huge fan of the Easton T-Flex graphite sticks. Puck just seemed to launch off of them. Joe Sakic used them for a reason!

If you're the kind of person who lives in a crowded townhouse development and loudly blasts music on your back porch, subjecting it to everyone nearby quarantined inside their homes, you can gargle a bouquet of dicks. Seriously, when did this become okay?

Where do I even begin? Bauer Tri-Flex; the most awesomely ugly graphics ever. But too stiff to be used by mortal humans. Bauer 3003 stick; never lasted more than two ice sessions TPS Adrenaline; loved the XN10 but this was a huge miss Warrior 6” Tapered Plugs; every one broke right at the tenon

I never thought I'd see the day, but I'm pretty much "over it" when it comes to acquiring new equipment. As well as stuff that I had sought out for years prior. I still play 3-4x a week, and still love playing. However, my appetite to have the latest and greatest, as well as acquiring prized pieces from my past has all but diminished. The new stuff is all too similar to each other across any brand for the most part. Nothing changes all that much between retail cycles, and the nuances we used to have with all the different retail brands just isn't there any more. In other words- retail is boring nowadays to me. Pro stock stuff isn't holding its attention either these days. Now I buy out of necessity, as opposed to want. The last piece of equipment I got really happy about was a pair of old stock Eagle 4 rolls that I found in the back of a local shop about 15 months ago.

I just found out a friend's boyfriend died last week. Not sure yet on the cause, it could have been either COVID or appendicitis/rupture. His symptoms could have indicated both. What's sad is he likely did die because of COVID either way though. He had been having abdominal pains for a few days, and twice decided to go to an Urgent Care clinic but had an anxiety attack because of the fear of getting COVID, one of those times actually turning the car around on the way. If he had gotten medical attention, they likely could have saved him either way. He ended up dying suddenly at home.