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Shortest game I've ever played tonight... We started the game with 9 forwards and 4 D-men. Then first shift of the game, the “top line” (captain is the center on it and refuses to break it up under any circumstance) LW is nowhere to be found, and ref is waiting. so i jump on, no big deal. captain lets me know that that isn’t my spot. No shit. So first whistle I skate to the bench “who is supposed to be on this line?” … nothing. Okay, so I’ll play the rest of this shift then. I get to the bench and I’m like “okay so I’m 3rd line, who are the other two? I look down the end of the bench to the 3 worst players on our team who apparently are LW, C and RW of line 3. Ohhhhkay? “So do we have an extra then?” Apparently so, the top line LW finally shows up. So I sit there as things go through the lines a full time through, and finally captain decided he’s actually going to captain and says “chris is going in for 3rd line RW next shift”. Okay, so I do. Next time through, I call over to the 3rd line LW “I’m going for you next shift, you’re sitting a shift” and he’s like “no I have to go this time I didn’t get to go last time”. … WHAT? I have no idea how the hell THAT happened. I have no idea who went for him. So then the 3rd line center (the worst player on our team, by quite a bit) tells me to just go for him. Okay cool. I go in on an icing. I win the face-off in their zone, but their wings jump in and take it away from ours right away. They go down the ice and score (2-1 for us at that point). Back to center. They win the face-off (pushed it past me) and go in and score again after our D both get beat (remember, we have 3 of our worst 4 players on the team on the ice for both these goals). 2-2 tie. Then the top line I guess decided to take it upon themselves to jump on. I’d been out there maybe 20 seconds at most. There was about a minute left of the 1st period at that point, and I’d had 3 shifts. It never came back to our line again before the period ended. Once the period ended, I got up and went to get undressed and go home. I’m angry at the captain for most of this. First, he needs to figure the lines out. It’s not good enough to say “best two wingers play with me, and thats all I care about”. But to just dump the 4 worst players on one line and be surprised when they have two goals scored on them and take them off the ice is another. We all paid our money to be there. I already didn't like this team after the first couple games for being unorganized and unable to do line changes without mass confusion, but it drives me nuts how the captain has absolutely zero interest in giving any sort of direction, but just argues with you when you try to offer suggestions or advice (and heaven forbid you suggest a modification of the lines to more easily accommodate an extra body). I'm so glad I didn't pay money for a team jersey yet (since he still hasn't even ordered them and we're half way through the season almost already). I don't plan to be with them this fall.

Local rink just completely re-built one of the two sheets from scratch (including all the stuff under the ice, etc). But, they installed dark blue kickplates on the boards instead of yellow. It's REALLY hard to pick up the puck on the boards now.

You got lucky :)

Lots still available! Please don't make me just bring all this to play it again sports and get less than half of what it's all worth :(

I loathe salespeople. I really need a new career.

Fantastic! I had you guys profile my steel to slight negative so it sounds like I won't have to do that this time. Will hopefully be ordering some black steel from you next week!

You're always so succinct in your venting! ;)

I had the same issue. I thought my first sharpening was just badly done at the time, but now that you mention it yea I definitely had to sharpen twice also.

CCM and Reebok are both Adidas brands (along with Taylormade Golf, hence the RBZ name).

The pro shop at my local rink stocks only Bauer and Graf because "Bauer is the best".

Updated w/ prices on the sticks. What I did was basically looked each of them up online (most of them are clearance prices), and dropped a % off most of them based on wear. Generally about 20%. Since those are shipped prices, in reality it was more like 25-30% off plus shipping.

Hmm maybe they do then, I honestly don't really check them after I hang them up I guess. That part of my statement may not have been accurate. The other bits still apply though. The liner gets REALLY wet, and stinky. Literally the only piece of gear I have that smells bad.

Is the boot liner material the same? I noticed that they get REALLY wet inside and take longer to dry. Also these are the first pair of skates I've ever had that actually started to stink. I'm guessing again because of the liner.

Projekt gloves and One60 shin pads both sold! Make an offer on the rest of the stuff, I want to be rid of all of it ASAP!

Well, they're consistent, in that they hurt in exactly the same place all the non-mako player skates hurt. I might get a pair of Mako II for playing out and have these cowlings put on to my Makos. They may be tolerable with super feet though. They're almost the exact same fit as Nexus.

Well, THIS feels awkward!

I used to run a lot when I was younger. Nothing long distance, but I was quite fast in the 100m sprint, etc. Also won an award once for stolen bases! :) I'm not opposed to running, I'm just too heavy to be able to do it effectively at this point. A slower speed at high incline is going to do a lot more for me at this point, so I'm happy that's what he's moved me to.

Indeed. Though I'm hoping through working out, getting fit, and getting stronger even those short bursts will start to be tolerable. I'm pretty much dying after every shift, which is the reason I got booted from my team. My shifts were extremely short and I was just about killing the other RW.

He just replied back to my email saying he assumed I'd be able to handle that workout because I play hockey already. He adjusted it:3min walk w/ incline between 8-12 followed by 1min jog @ 4.5-5mph, 0-2 incline. That, I'm pretty sure I can do. I don't fault him, he had to start somewhere.

That's kind of my motivation too actually. I was literally kicked off my team when they moved up a division because I'm too out of shape to keep up. I want to get back on that team so badly.

Thanks man, I know this is a long term thing but I still feel pretty crappy when the trainer basically says "we'll start you out with something pretty easy" and you can't do it. I know I will eventually look at this workout and laugh, but for now I'm a bit embarrassed having to email him saying I failed. I know it will get easier though :) Thanks for the encouragement!

Having a REALLY hard time completing the workouts my trainer has given me, which at this point just consist of intervals on a treadmill: 1. 2 min warmup @ 2.5mph 2. 3 min jog @ 5mph 3. 1 min walk @ 3.5 mph @ 6.0* incline 4. Repeat #2 and #3 seven times 5. 2 min cooldown @ 2.5mph All that probably sounds like cake to you guys, but to a fatass like me I'm having a lot of trouble getting through it. The 3 min jog is the hardest part. It's embarrassing not being able to do this... :(

Added Black/Yellow Koncept gloves.

Well, she gets a new chanel purse when she does the same, so it's a fair trade.

Wife told me if i lose 50 lbs that I can buy nice stuff as a reward. Pretty sure I'm going to get Brian's S Series.