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Ouch I can see that hurting if he landed on you, well better you then that stick of a referee! :D

Will do "Nottinghams where it's at" LOL

How ya doin out there?

And the goalie skates.

Helm: CCM 452 - Nothing special but gets the job done Chest: RBK 6K - Always been a fan of Jofa so picked up these and like the mobility Elbow: RBK 7K - A bit bulky but very protective really starting to like these Skates: Bauer 8090 w/ Tuuk Custom+ - Didn't like LS's so switched, like the stiffness and fit of the boot Shins: RBK 7K - Again a bit bulky but extremily protective Gloves: Sherwood 7000 - :( Very flexable though Pants: XX-Lite - Haven't tried them out yet Sticks: Inno True 1 Mogilney 300 flx - My main stick becuase curve and flex are perfect for me I also like the weight and balance.

I WANT! I WANT!

Did you have to wear the stop signs too? I hated having to be the only team in our league with stop signs on our jerseys :(

Yeh they look sweet, I think my ultimate colour combination of those would be grey where its red and black where it's grey and black where its black.

Dang! :( Were they direct from CCM or from the Caps kit sale?

Sweet bet those would reach queit abit on ebay! :D

Sounds like a good little incentive, but what happens if 5 goalies turn up?

Whats the deal with letting goalies in free?

6K's

Initial setup costs depend upon if you are buying the product from an OEM or if you are opening your own factory from scratch. If you are buying OEM, the cost itself, per piece is relatively cheap. However, the downside to this is that there are minimums that you need to buy upfront, not knowing if it will sell or not. Also, the guys who are low-end are a dime a dozen. It's the guys that can build high-end product that are very tough to find. As far as why there aren't more companies, well, look at the hockey industry. Roughly 75% (or possibly in the area of 80%) of the hockey business is owned by three companies (THC/Rbk, NBH and Easton), with the majority of the 25% being everyone else. Out of the remaining 25%, Mission/ITECH probably owns the lion share of that, followed by what would be considered "niche" brands, such as TPS, Eagle, Warrior, Sherwood, Montreal, Vaughn, etc. So question back to you...why spend the money to get into that game when the majority of the business is done with three companies? I was thinking about the idea of opening up a factory and basically starting EVERYTHING from scratch i now see your point aswell thanks for clearing that up, i thought you meant making from scratch for example a company like Easton wouldn't cost alot to do Is OEM Off existing manufacturer?

Completely false. Thanks for that informative post SRI What are the initial setup costs needed to make OPS's then? And why arent 1,000's of new OPS companies popping up all over the world seeing as research machinery and materials are so "Cheap"?

I know and i watched it, i was just telling him

You put the link and "link name" in the wrong boxes btw, so when you click it, it takes you to http://hockey

^^ The initial setup costs to make an OPS would be pretty big then theres pattern designs, testing, evaluation and also to compete in the market there will need to be LOTS of reasearch in to materials and geometry of the sticks which costs big $

How do you like you Hex-1?

Hmm where do they meet in the playoffs.......Nottingham! :D BTW I think we have the 2 best Avatars on MSH now Crutesie you copier! :P

Nice vid, but i prefer your other one with the can! :P

:( I wish i was going this year but £800 was abit much to ask my Dad for after i was laready going to another camp, but some of my mates are going this year aswell for the full 3 weeks

Yeh is it Kangeroo?

Did you guys go to that Czech camp then?

Lovin the pink gloves! :D