Viking

^^ Oh yeah, that auction I remembered to bid on 20 minutes after it ended.

Part of that is that I think a lot of people don't really know what a skate that 'fits' is supposed to feel like. From my personal experience, I would put on the skate that was 1.5-2 sizes down from my shoe, and there'd be too much space in the toecap, and my heel wasn't really locked in, but I'd never had a properly fitted skate so I didn't really know the difference. They didn't hurt my feet, and they were the 'right' size based on my shoe size, so I figured they were fine. A few years ago I was shopping for my first pair of top-end skates, so I decided that if I was going to spend that kind of money, I was going to make sure I took the time to try on a lot of different models and sizes, and seek out the best possible fit; and I was surprised to find out how badly my old skates fit. I wear size 11 shoes and have fairly normal (maybe a tad on the deep/wide side) feet, and the first time I was fitted properly for a pair of skates, my skate size changed from a 9.5D to a 7-7.5EE in most of the skates I tried on, until I eventually settled on 6.5EE One95's that fit absolutely perfectly after baking. I had never really been fitted by someone who knew what they were doing before, or bothered to try on smaller sizes than reccomended, so I didn't really know that what I needed wasn't a bigger size, but the EE width, and a skate with a fit designed to fit my foot volume-wise.

Are the 1053's a two-piece pant, or one?

Hurt my foot running last week. From what I'm reading online, it sounds like a stress fracture (haven't been able to see a doctor yet). I'm supposed to be going to Boston to play a hockey tournament at the end of April, so sounds like good luck has struck!

Haven't been posted in this thread (or any other one) in a while! Helmet - Nike/Bauer 9500 Shoulders - Some old Coopers that I refuse to replace Elbows - Jofa 9177 Pro Gloves - Nike/Bauer XXXX Pro Pants - Hespeler Classic Lite (in desperate need of replacement, have my eyes on a closeout pair of Easton S15 Motion - I like them, but I can't find any reviews/opinions on them) Shins - Mission Fuel 100 Jock - Itech compression pant/jock combo thing Undershirt - Rbk triple impact with the padding removed (I just bought it for the wrist protection, but since I got the 9177 elbows, I don't need that anymore) Skates - One95's Sticks - Warrior Dolomite DD 85 flex Kovalev, Mission Titanium 85 flex Sundin

Brendan Morrison isn't a very big guy, though - I doubt he wears 15" gloves.

Did you put your hockey equipment on at your house for that picture? It looks like you're sitting on an office/desk chair.

Are the Staals 15" or 14"+1? ... Or neither (they look long, but just the cuff part looks long to me, making them exactly the gloves I want [other than colour scheme])

Erik Karlsson... I think I just realized that Kachun is why I can't find any RH pro-stock sticks in Ottawa... What's the flex on those? I know Chris Neil uses an 85 flex, which makes me covet his sticks, but at Karlsson's size, I can't imagine his are very stiff either.

Is that the new-ish one in Kanata (I think I remember you being from Ottawa/near Ottawa)?... I went in there when they opened and they had a lot of pro stock stuff (I remember a pair of Chara's MIA gloves dressed as Missions. They didn't seem that big length-wise, but my hands were swimming in them volume-wise), but I haven't been there since.

There are some Blues/Thrashers/Sabres pro-stock Mission gloves on Hockeymonkey.

Are the Vapors a EE width, and the Flexlites a D?

I had a Cooper XL7 helmet as a kid. I would be remiss not to add that one to the list.

I'm sure they'd be offended, but it's not like they offered you an alternative. If they actually sold the product you wanted, it seems like you would buy it from them. If you want to buy from the shop, why not ask them if they can order it in for you?... If they say no to that, they're pretty much asking you to buy online, so there's no guilt on your part if they don't stock it, and won't get it in to sell it to you.

^ Yeah. And it looks like it says 9 1/2, which means that guy better watch his back coming through my neighbourhood.