DarkStar50

I guess the harm would be when a shop like ragan's where the profit from selling helmets and all equipment adds up on a day-to-day, week-in, week-out basis to the overall success of the shop does matter. Joe Helmet Buyer tells one family to do what he did, and then another, and then ........... I know it's unstoppable and well within anyone's right to do. There are just a few different angles to the situation. Do you make a sandwich at home and then go down to the deli to ask if you could borrow the mustard?

, and Bender, you have worked in a shop or two........ The bottom line is the family did use his shop to SIZE their kid for a helmet. What happens when Little Johnny loses the screw that keeps his mask on his helmet? Is his dad going on line then? No, the dad will come marching in to the shop during pre-game warm-ups demanding instant service to fix the helmet, not offer to pay a dime for the service, and is to cheap, counting his nickels since we all know that his MO, to think to leave a tip.

Never lend equipment...............

JR, Why am I not surprised? Great find.

To get the job be persistent and show that you want the opportunity. Dress well and look clean. Although that may sound obvious, many never think about it. Have a reference, possibly a coach or teacher that can account for your character as a person.

Because although some think otherwise, you will never know everything in this business.

I would be shooting off my mouth, not a gun, of course. I'm sure I have another 10,000 or so skates to sharpen before I can retire.

Chadd, I had a guy come back with an X:60 girdle last week. "OH, I wore it around the house and it feels too high on me above the waist." "ok, try on the next smallest size." While he is doing that I look inside the girdle on the sewn-in tag where I place our price/sku sticker. I can tell by looking at the ink that the pants were worn to play in. His sweat stain has faded the ink! Do I say anything? No, I'm not going to call him out but jeez, buddy don't lie to me. I hate that part of the bs more than anything. I'm going totally postal on my last day in this business!!

Hockey mom at front counter with son says to employee: " Could we see those Easton socks?" "Ok" Hockey mom to son: "ok, now tell me if you like these and we will order them online."

New York Rangers using Techno Royal

Pittsburgh Warriors

having lunch today and a tooth falls out! Was a root canal job with the post about 3/8" in it. Nice, now I have to get this fixed = $. Play hockey tonight and tweak my groin in first 15 minutes, skate next 45 minutes just trying not to make it worse. Get home to answer a family email that makes everything even worse. some day I will get a tat that reads FTS : Fuck This Shit.

Thanks for the shout out. I have the answers from Bauer(Custom Department got back to me late today) for our questions and will be in touch tomorrow. That was a good pick up on the 4 Rolls! MTO colors are always good to have in your collection. My personal sweet spot is I skated today for the first time since August 1. August was a rough month with no chance to skate. It was a killer not to hit the ice. I just goofed around on the ice for 35 minutes shooting at a mini-net. Missed that sucker about 95% of the time!

In 1998, the Blues practiced here at the Ice House during a NY/NJ road trip. Brett Hull had the Vapor 8 skates. The entire boot had already turned white from his sweat. These are great skates but it is funny how heavy they feel now!

I found my original Vapor 8 Pro stock skates the other day. These are from 1999. They are still pretty strong. Here is how the outer boot would turn white from sweat.

Yes, the time has come to make that sign in the shop.

Hockey Dad in my building who also coaches a travel team here( = paycheck, not that he needs it since he drives a Land Rover) has me do a quick sizing on ONE100s last week on his bantam kid. Doesn't buy the skate, just tries them on. His kid is in the shop tonight so I call out the kid, "did you get the skates?" "Yeah, we got them at XYZ shop." the vent: next time your kid needs a rush sharpening, take them back to XYZ shop, 45 minutes down the road. No sale, sorry, no service.

True walk on, Matt Radoslovich. Matt played from 2001-2002 to 2004-2005.

I have a friend who was a walk-on at BU in early 2k. He needed a recommendation to get the look but made it. Played all 4 years on the varsity. A rare example but he did it. Bounced around low minors after BU, never got above ECHL.

JR, I had a bud step on a guy's stick blade, tear up his ACL and never play again. he ended up meeting this incredibly rich woman from DC and marrying her! You never know......

the only thing you have to give up is beer league hockey. Find a good bunch of guys doing open hockey, let them know where you're coming from with the shoulder(i.e. "Get near me to put the body on me and I will fuck you up so badly you will be sorry you ever bought skates."), and then have some fun with hockey. Beer league hockey is always one shift away from a major catastrophe, intentional or not. After not skating for 15 months due to my back a long, long time ago, I came back to my pick-up group(I had collected the money for 7 years before I couldn't play) with the rules that don't screw with me due to my back or I will kill you. Everybody understood and I wasn't going to stop playing. You don't have to either.

These are early 70s Cooper NYP. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Right hand shot, left glove palm has a huge hole. Overall, very good condition for these gloves.

My back has been a wreck since last Saturday. Slept on the floor last 3 nights and will do it again tonight. Driving is a bitch because sitting is what tightens it up. I went through this a long time ago. This time I'm 20 years older than the first time. As we say in the locker room, getting old sucks.

Pro Shop guy on phone: "HI, I'm calling to let you know your Avalanche travel team warm-up suit is now complete and ready for you to pick up at your convienance." Customer: "He was there yesterday." Pro Shop guy: "Ok, he can get it tomorrow."