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We just had a player get called for a minor penalty for the visor tilt in a low level beer league game. Nevermind that the rulebook has no such minor penalty...

Yeah thats a bummer. Oh well.

Sara at PAW sells Nash in multiple colors. http://www.protectiveathleticwear.com/materials.htm

I literally just said that. lol.

Awesome, thank you. I wondered what it was, but not enough to go looking :D

Let's get back on topic, please. If you want to start a thread discussing how stick flexes are measured or whatever the conversation is, please go ahead. Thanks all :)

Certified helmets or any sort of facial protection are not required in adult divisions in USA Hockey sanctioned leagues. Of course leagues are always able to override those rules.

I actually kinda like the look of the wargate product. I like that you can adjust how close or how far it is from your face.

We had this guy. No chin cup or anything. It always looked weird to me, but with how used to a cat eye cage I already am it wouldn't hurt to try... if I ever skated out again (unlikely).

To be fair, they do specify ball hockey on the products.

What a milestone! Congrats @SuperdaveHR! I missed it by two hours... post 999,999 was mine!

Locking this thread. Its pretty pointless and at this point it's doing nothing but taking up disk space.

Totally unnecessary.

Here's the reply I got from a teammate of mine: I don't know if thats useful information at all. I just knew the guy had lived in Dubai so figured I'd ask.

I actually want to move back 😞 I asked for a trip to San Diego for my birthday.

We actually moved to Washington in the summer. I ended up starting my own team because they didn't have any goalie spots. Theres actually a bigger, better league in Seattle but thats too far to drive so I'm stuck playing in Tacoma. But at least I'm playing regularly again!

That's not exactly true with modern boots. It certainly used to be true, but nowadays boots are made to be baked to heat mold to the foot. You're completely right that it's not going to make a poor fitting boot fit, but saying it's just "to speed up the lining material packing process" aka breaking in, that's not giving the modern foams enough credit. Of course there are some that are known to be significantly more heat moldable than others, like the TF9. And certainly the Mako back in the day.

I figured that went without saying but if it needs to be said, then yes. Everyone move on.

Oh thats good to hear! Yea the mako toe cap was wonderful! I haven't tried Catalyst because my TF9 are still pretty new. But I think I'm just going to bypass all of it and go custom next time. Which realistically is still 3-4 years away most likely at this point.

You really need to calm down. Let it go. Move on.

Hmm. Yeah maybe the Chinese have not yet figured out how to use an eyelet machine.

The retail TF9s are... pretty good. About on par for me with the fit of the Mako. Still not as good as my old custom VH though (foot tracing method, pre-scanners). Next skates will for sure be custom True.

The C&B look great but I haven't used one. I did have a Mammoth bag (I seem to recall I backed them on kickstarter?) and it was the best bag I've ever used. I just checked their website and they don't look even remotely as nice as they used to. What a shame.

Wanting to play with friends instead of randos seems like a plenty good enough reason to me, regardless of the standings or skill level of your current team.

I just placed a large order from 5ivehole. Can absolutely vouch for Charlie's work. I also know he will do one-offs. He's your guy!