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Lucked out this week. Got a pair of pro-stock Surgeon 500 gloves and brand new (with tags and everything) Jofa 5066 elbow pads. Both together only cost about $140.

I got some new Eagles. I have wanted them since I was a kid, but was never able to get them. I am absolutely in love with how comfortable they are, I have had Bauers, CCMs, Warriors, Hespellers, Sherwoods, Coopers, Missions, Random ass ones I forgot about. These are by far the best right off the bat.

heres my new open hockey/practice jersey. anyone guess why its numbered 76? now i just need to go down to the Army/Navy shop and pick up some silver and black flag patches

well, it was posh before he got there

i have the talon 60s, and i agree these gloves feel great! but that comes from an ol' schooler who was playing in Kohos from the 80's http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mLYqPk_hJAfkaevDhc0neLg.jpg

If they don't care about things like this, then you need to bail on the league too. Like I said, the guys that I play with wouldn't tolerate something like that. Sadly, it sounds like the best option is to just walk away from the league or team.

well, now that the stick is upside-down the W logo becomes an M, hence Mission

After no game last weekend we were back in action on Saturday night. We won 12-1, I felt bad for the other goalie, as he had zero support. It looked like they only had 4 subs too, and half of their team was older fellas. On top of that, their goalie didn't look that experienced. I could tell after we were up 7-1 in the 2nd period he was over it. I know that feeling, it totally sucks. Their goal on me game from the high slot in the middle of the 2nd. I was screened by two of our guys and one of theirs. I was looking to my right around the screen and the shot came through to the left of the screen, d'oh! Oh yeah, I also stuffed a penalty shot as well, my buddy took video of it, (it is on Facebook, so not sure if it is viewable if we aren't connected on Facebook). Link for video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BA6S5GHOoTAmVW-6jE49T3oFV1In0pDpwVBPCs0/?taken-by=bd.30

Damn Opti, that wins the thread! So nice, seriously great work! Speaking of masks, I popped in our proshop inside our rink over the weekend before our game and saw that they had a used SportMask Riccochet. I haggled them on the price a bit and got it for a great price. It needs new straps and foam, and probably could use a paint job eventually. But it was a smoking deal so I didn't want to pass it up.

Brandon Kozun won the KHL fastest skater in his VHs, 13.58.

Congrats Chadd, 40llbs, great job. Off topic but wow, I think FBV made me slightly more lazy because the glide is so good.

Today's drop-in report: In short, I had to follow my own advice about save percentage. We had four goalies rotating on ten minute shifts, which is the perfect amount of time to just get cold before going back in. The other goalie who is a regular at this game let in 6 on his first 7 shots. I fared slightly better. Out of the entire session, there were maybe 3 I would really like to have back. Now that I've played a few times with this group, I notice they aren't taking many straight shots on me anymore; they're really working to cycle the puck, which I take as a compliment (by comparison, they shoot all the time from everywhere on the other guy, who lets in a lot of soft goals). My defense hustled hard but were simply outclassed by the other team today. I've improved my butterfly slides but was having a hard time tracking the one-timer as the pass was usually coming from deep in the corner or behind the net. I also had a harder time sliding than usual - the other goalie is quite a bit heavier than me and really gouges up the crease. He doesn't clean up any of the snow, either. It was hard to skate on, let alone slide on. Overall I thought my angles were solid and that I made 98% of the saves I could reasonably be expected to make. My breakaway play has improved dramatically and I stuffed a few more than usual today. I am starting to feel much more relaxed in the crease and I am not getting exhausted by scrambles anymore. I'm not losing sleep about giving up easy tap-in one timers or a tremendous point-to-point clapper that went top corner. What I am irritated by is my sudden inability to recover from awkward positions. They definitely had some easy chances they didn't take due to me being sprawled out. Since I flop so much, I think I'll start specifically working on that. A guy on my team also tackled an opposing player after he crosschecked him in the slot and then started hacking at me while I was covering the puck, so that was exciting.

Daytime skates are a mixed bag- some are full, some are not. But it is a guarantee that when word gets around that a goalie is there, it will fill up. As far as beating yourself up over your last game, badger_14: Don't. Have fun. Don't take it too seriously. Are you going to get fired and become homeless after letting in 6 goals? I think not.

This needs to be emphasized, especially in pickups. A lot of you guys are beating yourselves up for letting in a lot goals in pickup skates but that's going to happen a lot because it's pickup. Letting in 20 on 60 shots goals when 75% of them are Breakaways and 2 on 1 passing drills is a lot better than 5 goals on 15 shots when most of them are slow shots from benders where the puck doesn't leave the ice. Your main goal in the pickup is to get better and focus on fundamentals so don't worry about the goals you are letting in because unless your pickup skate is with so,e really bad players, you are more than likely going have double digit goals scored on you Also if you are short for time in war ups before a game, stretch in the locker room. You will get a better stretch without the gear on and use the time on ice practice some movements or face shots

My first attempt at a conversion, and also went black on black on black (the laces).

If someone did that to one of our players, the bench would have emptied. Rinks like to assume that you will keep coming back, no matter what they do. If you, and others, feel that this individual has no place in the league, I would tell the rink that you will not have a team if that individual is back next season. Get it in an email or writing, so you can withhold payment if they violate the agreement. I would even consider speaking to a local lawyer (someone on the team has to know one) to see if it is worth pressing assault charges on that guy. You could at least potentially prevent him from playing against you.

Jesus it's been a while. Picked up these bad boys today on the cheap.

I put these together yesterday. Not sure if I'm really feeling the chest piece. I'll add suspender buttons to my pant shell to keep them in place.