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    They hold up well. My son used them for two seasons of varsity and they're still okay. No issue with the tendon guards.

    I think you're getting a good deal. Can't you get them shipped for $50? Save all that time?

    Also, we're getting a like new pair of pro stock Hyperlite skates today to possibly replace the Ultrasonics. We'll see.

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    19 hours ago, Paluce said:

    It’s the competitive edge 0.5/1.  Competitive edge? 


    What I like is that you know what you’re getting now.  Not like the elipse where it’s mystery.    It's all a mystery to most!

     

    Also don’t loose the toe on this profile like on a quad (they take too much off the toe in my opinion).    Who does? The Prosharp machine?

     

     

  5. Posted · Edited by 218hockey · Report reply

    If anyone is really interested, many people sharpen on a SPARX. I don't care and don't know what that has to do with this thread.

    Nobody has heard of Skatscribe is a fair statement as well as an accurate one. Where is the Skatscribe in Minneapolis? The Twin Cities is the center of the hockey world in the United States. Minnesota has 50,000 youth players, 254 varsity high school teams, 100 Jr Gold teams, 6 D-1 programs. I'm in the middle of nowhere, far from Minneapolis yet less than an hour drive to 15 arenas and 35 sheets of ice.  Nobody at any of those places has heard of this.

    I need new skates soon and at least two new sets of runners and would love to utilize the newer Ellipse technology but I'm not sending boxes of gear off to another country.

     

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    Okay. I don't see too much physical play Minnesota district, Bantam play. Many of the refs will not let you finish a check as the rule is you're supposed to be making a play for the puck. The play at A and AA level is more of a skating, playmaking style anyway.

    My son rarely gets checked but I do recall a crosscheck he took right between the back pads and top of the breezers that kept him out of our game vs Warroad. That sucked. I found him one of the discontinued padded Bauer shirts. He likes it.

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    On 1/19/2024 at 1:53 PM, Bernard said:

    I have 2 boys that play hockey in addition to myself, and the nearest rink is 40 minutes away. 

     

    The Sparx worked fine on the Bauer LS3 runners but as my kids advanced to the Black Step Steel and Bauer LS Pulse TI the Sparx was “ok” in my humble opinion.

    Do you mean the nearest hockey store is 40 minutes away?

    What about the Sparx vs certain brands of steel?

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    On 1/3/2024 at 10:30 AM, flip12 said:

    The curve doesn’t pass the puck, the player using it does, so whether a curve is good or bad for passing or any other particular facet of stick skills is entirely dependent on how well it correlates with what the preferences of the one who’s wielding it.

    I personally like P28 for passing because of the toe-heavy pocket as well as the heel curve and loft combo which makes heel-to-mid-blade saucers very easy. P28’s definitely not for everyone though. While it’s not my favorite passing pattern of all time it’s easily my favorite of what’s readily available these days.

    Kind of. The player has to utilize, adapt to, or even overcome the curve.

    And a grain of salt with the Doughty character. It's not like he's really explaining anything in that video, he's just kind of talking.

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    On 12/28/2023 at 12:47 PM, boo10 said:

    Stopped in at several GTA Hockey Shops yesterday, most of which had a large selection of prostock sticks.  I enjoy looking at the sticks to see what specs players are using (or have tried).  I was very surprised to see that most of the sticks (>80%) from NHL D were a P28 or slight variation.  On the other hand, most of the sticks from forwards were P92, (or a modified P92).

    Just something I found interesting, as P28 is thought of as more of a "Shooter's curve", with passing being mostly an afterthought.

    I thought that too. How can it be a better passing curve than a 88 or 92?

  17. Posted · Edited by 218hockey · Report reply

    Hi all.

    Just purchased a pro stock Bauer Hyperlite.

    It's a P92M, 77 flex. 64.5", 410 grams as it sits with no end plug or tape.

    Code is:

    P92M-R

    77

    HYP-28I

    HYP

    I want to put an end plug in it but the shaft walls are so thick I might have to use a junior plug. Not sure what's going on there, I guess the pro stock build.

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    On 9/18/2023 at 6:30 PM, xstartxtodayx said:

    I feel like the Howies case could possibly hold 4 sets but you'd have to double them up in each slot,

    Not gonna happen. It barely holds two sets. Two pockets on mine are really tight making it hard to use. I contacted Howie's and they told me there was a run of them with bad stitching. That was the end of our conversation. They didn't offer me a replacement. Nothing. I wasn't impressed.

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