mhouse7

Glad I came across this. I am 22 and learned to ice skate in June. Public skated 2-3 hours a week over the summer. Got gear and did a few stick and pucks and started working with a coaching October (he lets me participate in his other lessons for free bc I'm a broke college kid but he sees that I want to be good) then played in some pick up games and even got asked to fill in for a hurt player for the last few weeks of that league. My first official season in the league starts Monday. I'm on ice 4-5 hours a week now, plus off ice workouts pretty much every day (whether it is roller hockey, weight lifting or doing core/balance workouts). Luckily I am in a small town in Texas so the average player is not as good as they would be up north so its been a good growing environment. But keep it up! I loved looking through your story, you're an inspiration whether you know it or not. Here's a few clips of me at stick and puck over the last couple weeks. Don't judge too hard, I've only been ice skating for 6 months, and I had never even watched hockey before April 2019

Helmet: CCM Tacks 710 (paid 55 dollars for a worn 1 time to try on, steal of the century) Visor: Ronin Pro Slim (from Amazon, would actually highly recommend it, it looks good and fits good) Pads: Bauer Vapor X800 Elbows: Warrior Alpha QX4 Gloves: Warrior Alpha QX4 (got them on clearance for 50 dollars) Shins: Warrior Alpha QX4 Pants: Bauer NSX Skates: CCM Tacks 9060 with Speedplate 2.0 footbeds (great pair for an entry level rec player, HIGHLY recommend speedplates, the difference over the stock footbeds is unbelievable, I got the speedplates on sideline swap ) Sticks: Warrior Alpha QX Pro W28 (main stick), Easton Cheechoo Pro Stock, CCM RBZ RNH pattern. (Paid 5 dollars each for the Easton and RBZ) Not the best gear, but I think I have put this stuff together as inexpensively as possible, which is the goal as a graduate assistant lol