strosedefence34

Fair enough I'm the dick

You don't sound like a dick. It was a try-hard move because this is a game paced private pick up. It is full of 20 or so try-hards. I can go to a "normal" pick up and I would never rush the net like I did last night. And to be honest a sorry goalie from this goalie would not get a "no worries response" id get a laundry list of reasons why that was the worst thing I could possibly do to them. This goalie tends to be a bit of a crier. Some rushing down the wing and made a move to more of a scoring position beamed them in the head last week with a wrister and apologized and the goalie went off on them as to why they should shoot lower. I should also say there have been similar situations where the puck was loose in the crease and Goalie B has been scrambling trying to cover it and people have taken wacks at it as well with no one saying anything. I think I was just the one to get caught. Oh well.

That's fair thanks for the perspective. Not trying to add fuel to the fire the other goalie thought the play was fine I will give Goalie A benefit of the doubt since it was them and Goalie B was at the other end of the ice. Other players on the ice didn't see an issue with it except for the guy who runs the pickup. Just frustrating.

I can see where you are coming from but the goalie wasn't that close to covering it. They were going to cover it. I would see they were in a butterfly but their catcher was still chest to stomach hight defiantly above the leg pad. I saw the puck as a loose puck in the crease. I could have been a little more descriptive. Like I said these pickups are usually game paced.

I got scolded last night in my weekly private pick up game for going after a puck in the crease. The scenario was I took a shot from the hash marks the goalie blocked it. I rushed the net going for the loose puck as the goalie was dropping down to cover it. I still made contact with the puck before the goalie could cover it. The goalie yelled at me and the guy who runs the skate (a friend of mine) skated towards me yelling "We don't do that. That's a dead puck." Seriously wondering was I wrong in this situation? Loose puck we are playing a game. I know we don't keep score and me scoring wouldn't matter, but we try to emulate game scenarios and not half ass the skate.

I finally did it. I left my helmet at home. I was called last minute to sub for this team. I hade about 15 minutes to get to the rink which is 10 minutes from my house and get ready. I quickly pack up all my stuff and forgot the helmet. I had to borrow one from the rink a Bauer 5000 with a scratched up Bauer half shield. I had to tilt the visor the whole game because I just couldn't see through it. I normally wear a cage so I was very uncomfortable out there. I scored a goal the team still lost. I just felt bad because I just couldn't give 100% without a cage.

Awhile back I gave my parents a old hockey bag full of Hockey and Lacrosse equipment to store while I was in a tiny apartment. Well my dad was cleaning the garage, and calls me to ask what he wants him to do with the bag especially now that I own a house. Most of it was mid level gear that I didn't care about any more and held no value. I told him to grab my TPS gloves out of the bag. He told me some mold had grown on them. I said don't worry I will figure out something. Well my mom took it upon herself to put them in the washing machine (front load), and I received this picture. pour one out for my gloves. I told them to hold on to them still. I may get a fabric marker and paint them or just use them as is. I was only planning on using them for pond hockey anyway.

I work at a small hockey shop, and I know I could benefit from having a Sparx with me as well as the blademaster. During the season there are just so many times being there by myself I get backed up to a 45 minute wait. I could see me doing the locals skates on the blademaster since they come to our shop specifically for the sharpening, and any out of towners that only come through once or twice a year on the Sparx. I could also through figure skates in there, because I just plain hate sharpening those. However my boss is very cheap, and he will not purchase one. Wishful thinking.

I don't really think there is a place to put this so this seems like a good spot. I work at a small LHS one day a week, and yesterday my boss informed me that he had hired a new employee and I had to train him. We got to talking, and I had said how I was a late adopter to composite sticks. I told him I was still using wood while playing in college even though composite sticks had been out. He followed up with a "Dude how old are you?" I'm 29. We had a good laugh about it.

Back when I was in high school my Junior year (2003-2004) we had 3 bomb threats in 3 days. The whole school went out to the football field for about 2 hours or so, and then went back to business as usual.

Since I posted about it in the Sweet Spot, and said I had stuff to vent for those of you who care here goes. When we moved we wrapped all of our glassware in newspaper we ran our dishwasher which worked fine during the home inspection and the final walk through 4 times and it crapped out. Its definitely an older model. No biggy the wife and I want to re-due the kitchen anyway so we can either buy a cheaper one to hold us over or just hand wash. I vote for hand washing, because seriously its not that bad. My dad, mom and brother came up to help us with the move. My dad is a very handy guy, and I have learned most of what I know from him. We went to change out an outlet in the bedroom because I told him its something I have never done before, and I would prefer if he watched over me and taught me how to do it. We did one no big deal. The wiring is a little old, but everything worked. He told me to go and do the next one by myself and he would watch. I pulled the outlet out of the wall only to find out there was no metal box surrounding the outlet. Who ever put the outlet in screwed it to the back stud? WTF who does that? We just put that one back in the wall and decided that we wouldn't use it until it gets fixed. My parents live 4 hours away, and my uncle who has been an electrician his whole life also lives in the same town as my parents has offered to come up with my dad, and take a look at the electrical and fix whats wrong. All he requires is a place to coffee, beer and a place to sleep (in that order too). Again no big deal. Its better than paying someone to do it. My dad and I installed a floating floor for our laundry closet, and really made it look very nice. I painted the walls installed some molding. We really went to town on this closet that you won't be able to see much of. The wife, and I once we got our closing date went to Home Depot to purchase a washer dryer set. We had it set to be delivered and installed this past Saturday. I got the phone call from the delivery company (who is not Home Depot by the way) saying they would be there in a half hour. An hour goes by. Hour and half.. 2 hours nothing. I tried calling the cellphone number of the guy who called me no answer. They no called no showed me on the delivery. I called Home Depot and they said there was nothing they could do since the place was closed. I stopped into the store on Sunday, and they said the same thing, but they would look into it. I call the delivery company this morning asking when my washer and dryer would be delivered today, and they informed me they do not deliver on Mondays. I called Home Depot back, and the woman said "yeah they don't". I told them to cancel my order, and I would just be going with Lowes or another place locally owned. They didn't even bat an eye or try to do anything to help me out. Now I am a reasonable guy if the delivery driver called me, and said we can't make it for XYZ reason I would have understood. If the woman who worked at Home Depot told me they don't deliver on Mondays I would have understood, but for everything to be sprung and surprise me the way they did is just unacceptable. I went to Lowes on my lunch break, and bought the same models from them. Lowes does their own deliveries and installs so at least they can't pass the buck if they mess up. They even price matched it for me. It doesn't help that I worked for a tech company for a number of years that prided themselves on customer service, and even when the customer was totally wrong they would still do all they could to help the customer. I am ruined in that sense as far as customer service goes. I judge company based on that one. The only upside is I have a few more days to really make the closet look even better. Thats my rant. I am still very glad we bought the house. I am sure there will be more rants in the future, but thanks for reading if you did.

I have officially been a home owner for a week, and I have plenty to vent about, but seriously the stuff I need to vent about doesn't make me regret buying the house.

I don't know of any sales, but if you checkout this guy on sideline swap he usually has a lot of college pro stock stuff. Right now he has some Yale practice jerseys. He has had Yale gloves before. https://sidelineswap.com/fanellihockey

I ordered my wife the #shiplap shirt as a house warming gift. The unnecessary drama they put in some of the shows is dumb, but some of the shows grew on me.

My wife and I closed on our first home yesterday. We move in on Thursday. Its a bit of a fixer upper, but I have always enjoyed doing work around the house. The only downside is less extra cash for hockey equipment.

Finally got my Supreme One.9 converted big thanks to @JR Boucicaut for the help.

About to hit a private session of hockey at the outdoor rink with some friends. Then off to see the Albany Devils take on the Sound Tigers. Today is going to be a good day.

Not trying to gang up on your or beat a dead horse, but if you in the US if you where to buy LS Edge holders at $35 each and a set of LS3 steel at $70 your looking at $140 total. VH is only charging you $110 if you look at it like that shipping is free and you're saving $10. I do understand where you are coming from though. You go online and it says $799, because its not until the second page does it charge you for holders and steel.

Fun weekend at the Saratoga Pond Hockey Classic. The ice was crap, and we went 1-2 we could have easily won all of the games except we drank too much. I'm in the middle white 4500 TPS gloves

My Supremes have really great wrap similar to what I image VH would be, and for the top 3 eyelets I lace out to in, because I have a tough time when the skate is on.

Albany is a great little city. I hated it when I first came to college, but now after being here for over 10 years its really grown on me. Although thanks to the Devils now our winter fun is coming to an end.

Well its official now. Maybe they will bring in the Islanders to replace them since they will be homeless soon.