moteef17

I think Bauer nailed the blue that they worked into the Nexus design. I have the Nexus 400's from a few years back and will try to get into the 9000 when I can.

It's all about variety..... Helmet: Bauer 5100 w/ cage Shoulder: Bauer Classic (no shoulder caps - strictly chest/bicep protector) Elbow: Nike/Bauer Pro Lightspeed Gloves: Easton EQPro 4-roll Pants: CCM U+07 Shins: Warrior Bonafide Skates: Bauer Nexus 400 w/ superfeet Sticks: Reebok Ai9, Easton Synergy ST.....hasn't broken yet

Wasn't sure where else to put this...here we go. Frustrating weekend in my Beer/C-league gamesa. 1st game I carried puck in deep late in the 3rd period, looking to put a pass out in front for one of my forwards. I couldn't pick him up as I made my turn towards the net, so I decided I would go behind the net and catch him on the other side. As I duck around the back of the net with a little extra speed and turn up to get the puck in front, I see a body headed right for me with contact unavoidable. We hit hard...and it was only as we hit that I realized it was one of my own D who had overzealously been crashing towards the net. My head was down (lesson-learned) and I took a hard shot in the head and we both went down. He saw the contact coming and braced for it (not sure why he didn't just avoid it), so I think I got the worst of it. I was a little dazed and had to get up slowly. As I skated over to see if he was alright, he's already chirping at me about not passing the puck, seeing him in front, etc, etc. I looked at him surprised and said - "I don't think you need to be upset here.", at which point he just kept chirping about me not passing, etc. I didn't want to get into a verbal spat, so I just skated towards the bench to get my head right and get some water. As I got to the bench a bit of rage welled up and I smashed my stick over the boards (away from teammates). At that point I realized I was in no state of mind to finish the last 5 minutes of the game, so I skated off. I don't need to play if that's the atmosphere amongst teammates. He'd been a bit edgy all game and I needed to get out of there before I made the situation worse. I played another game the next night and took a puck to the temple/edge of cage from about 8 feet away. Frustrating play..... I was in on the forecheck and pressing one of their D. As I skate towards him, I see he's winding up to send the puck up out of the zone. Based on the angle I played, it looks like he's going to send the puck up the boards. As I start my turn away from him, he just whips the puck directly at my head and it catches me square in the side of the cage / temple area. I went down right away, seeing stars for the 2nd time this weekend. The side of my face was on fire. He skated over right away to apologize, and I kept my cool - just a freak thing I suppose. Ugh.....