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Schuttsports has debuted a shield for football. It looks like it's too flimsy to be used in hockey. I'm looking forward to seeing what Bauer and other hockey co's come up with. https://www.schuttsports.com/splash-shield.html

You can sharpen the raw steel by making a whole bunch of passes on the initial sharpening. How many passes you need to sharpen depends on the quality of steel. However, in the interest of saving wheels, I have typically in the past, let the LHS sharpen the skates first to establish some type of edge, whether ROH or FBV, and then I sharpen on top of that to get the FBV edge I desire. (full disclosure: I use a Sparx now, but I sharpened for a bunch of years with a Blackstone)

The NHL cleared the way Thursday for players to return to practice rinks next week and firmed up its playoff format even as a ninth player tested positive for the coronavirus. After unveiling the final details of its 24-team plan if the season is able to resume this summer, the league said teams could reopen facilities and players could take part in limited, voluntary workouts beginning Monday. The NHL and NHL Players' Association must still iron out health and safety protocols before moving ahead with training camps and games. Players can skate in groups of up to six at a time under ''phase 2,'' which includes specific instructions on testing, mask-wearing and temperature checks. It's another step closer to the ice after the league said every playoff series will be a best-of-seven format after the initial qualifying round and teams will be reseeded throughout. https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl-finalizes-playoff-format-pens-player-tests-positive-192403195--nhl.html

Poison ivy/oak/sumac - why do you exist? Using the time at home to do some work in the yard. Cut down several trees and cleared some saplings that were growing in a bed of pachysandra and other unknown plant life. That was the weekend before last. Whatever the hell I got into is finally going away. At least it was confined to patches on my legs below the knee, but it got old quick.

Playing in a limited attendance pickup tomorrow morning, get the AED ready!!!!!!

I guess let Dreger know he's wrong?

Some new toys from MSH marketplace, SLS, and CL since the Coronavirus shutdown

We're talking about a community that took decades to accept half shields, refuses to wear any sort of shoulder protection, and swears by the gear they wore in junior or play in refs gear (yes I know a guy). These are the guys you'll be making masks for, haha, good luck getting them to wear them. 100% positive I won't be. I'd rather hang them up.

I still hold out hope for this because I think without it hockey might be pretty dangerous until there is a vaccine unless we get tested regularly. And thats unlikely at best.