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.

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

I'll give you $7.40 for them. You double your investment, and I get some pants. It's win-win.