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Well, no more pickup hockey for me I guess. Now that rookie league is over on Thursdays, I guess I'll be going from playing goal three nights a week down to just one. Oh well.

If your Grafs feel better then your fit is definitely off. Your VH should be like wearing tennis shoes.

Just snug should be plenty in both VH and Mako. You're not trying to bend a ski boot around your foot anymore.

Well, another season, another championship loss. 5-2 this time. At least I can say it wasn't a bunch of "bad" goals like last time. They earned all of them, and were the far better team. Oh well. Moving up to D5 next season!

Backstrom

Good lord those are sexy. New insoles?

I definitely could not get the makos on my feet before baking them. No chance.

Including me.

How do the girls have such nice hair after playing?? Lol

That's why I used quotes. It's nothing that hasn't been happening since the beginning of time, but now they're all so sensitive and get their feelings hurt so easily the result is very different than it used to be.

I had my edges tour shirt on, and they also gave out an updated version. They also now have a special edition remaster of the album with a second disc of rarities.

Maybe it was just me but when I was a kid the idea of wearing something extra made me feel cool. Like "yea I need these because I block so many shots". But that was also like 20 years ago. Kids these days have to fit in or they get "bullied".

This was probably my 10th time. This was one of their Edges of Twilight 20th anniversary tour; they played the entire album all the way through and then played a short second set of other stuff. Amazing show as always.

Just saw The Tea Party live, again. Flew all the way from San Diego to Barrie, ON just for that. Well worth it! Amazing show! VIP laminates help ;)

Get him a set of shot blockers.

I didn't even want to bother editing this one. Keep in mind these videos show ALL the goals AND saves from that night. There aren't many saves in this one. Just wasn't my night. Embarrassing.

I assume you're the guy in red, yes? Deeper knee bend, get those feet back under you. Search on YouTube for "howtohockey" they have some really good skating mechanics videos.

Lectric Shave and Magic Eraser work really well on jenpro. Gear ready for next season :)

Cool, I'm curious how the silver actually looks. I considered it but went with white instead.

Ah, makes sense with kids :) We have a Volvo XC90 that I think would be great for kids with the 3 rows, we don't have any kids though. Great for driving the goalie bag to and from the rink though ;)

Nothing more awesome than a new car! What did you get? DETAILS!

Finally got to go back out to a pickup tonight. Went fairly well, I suppose. Some decent saves, some goals I should have stopped. The usual. I've started coming out a lot further when players cross into our zone, giving them nothing to shoot at. It's helped quite a bit. I'm also getting better at my crease mobility, though still a long way to go on that. I'm back on my feet a LOT quicker than I used to be, though. I still can't butterfly worth shit though! One guy decided he was going to be an idiot tonight. Actually, he always does this, and he always gets comments about it. This time I let him have it. I didn't caption everything that got said, but I captioned a bit of it. Oh, and the last minute or so was pretty amusing. By that time we're all tired and just messing around. These guys took it to new heights. I was laughing so hard by the end.

A tongue that uses Maltese gel instead of felt. It's an option on VH skates. I was going to get it, but Rob recommended trying the stock tongue first so that's why I ended up not going with it. Most commonly used as replacement for foam in goalie masks and neck protectors, Maltese is often also used for other purposes: chest padding in goalie C/A, padding in goalie gloves and blockers, etc. These aren't VH of course, but you get the idea: It looks like foam, but its actually a frothed gel (so it doesn't compress over time like foam does, and has better impact properties). I have a Maltese mask kit sitting on my desk, just waiting for the end of the season to put it in. If you're curious, here's their site: http://maltesesports.com/

It's also possible that a Maltese tongue for your VH may be a good option for you if its your foot shape/alignment pushing the tongue to one side.

I cut the bottom out of some ezeefit booties so they were just a simple 2" tall sleeve. Has worked really well. For a long time I wondered if maybe the boot had broken in a bit so I wouldn't need it anymore. I forgot to wear it one game recently and definitely paid the price. I still love my Mako skates (compared to every other boot I've ever tried) but if I ever skate out again I'll just be ordering VH since my Makos are a couple years old now.