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Picked up a 1N from hockeystickman pretty excited to use it tonight. It has a weird code on it not sure what it means. P88-L = Curve 95= Flex 1N-11 =? 1NSE= Construction

Thanks. No there was no modifications to the cage. I may have pinched in a little so that it would rest on the J Clips, but nothing crazy. Its just the CCM 580.

I am the puck carrier. Contrary to what this photo depicts I usually have my head up.

When you're suspended one game because you mouthed off to the ref for calling 3 extremely soft penalties. We are talking lifting the stick is a hooking call. I was told after my first soft tripping call I was on a short leash that night. I'm not sure what I did to the refs, but I'm the one paying for it.

Honestly I didn't like it. I liked how the hip pads fit, but the thigh pads kept getting caught on my shin guards. I tried a bunch of different adjustments, and it just didn't do it for me.

Picked up a 9K girdle from MC88. I have never used one before, and wanted to try it out. When I tried it on I felt a little restricted in it compared to traditional pants. I will have it on the ice tomorrow to test it out.

I have nothing too special to show off, but I picked up another 4500, because the one I use had a huge crack in it. I have wanted to get more protective shoulder pads so I picked up these U+12 shoulders from eBay. I also wanted to try out some longer shins I grabbed these U+CS shins also from eBay. Love the longer shins and new shoulder pads, and could not be happier with them.

Al Arbour http://islanders.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777802

whats funny about that is the same guy brings the beer every week. When he skips a game usually are captain brings the beer. I always feel bad taking one and I have said to him if he ever wants to take a week off just let me know. He responded with "I like bringing the beer it makes me feel important. It makes me feel like I contributed to the team, and makes up for my lack in skill" VENT: I have a guy on my team who thinks he is gods gift to hockey. He is such a pain in the ass. Always commenting on everything and never seems to have tape. Well the other night the only spot in the locker room was next to him. He asks what skates I had and made a comment that they where too high end for my skill. He then also made a comment on how I lace my skates. He just has something to say about everything. Very annoying.

every time I go to update it and click save I get this message. I have tried altering the way I type it in different browsers. I gave up on it.

I re-baked them the other day and squeezed the back of the skates. I also had a little width problem on my right foot near my toes so I cut a sock in half and wore it over my skate socks while baking. Played with them last night and the fit felt so much better. Thanks for the help.

Since the equipment feature on the profile doesn't work I will update here Ice / Roller (all the same except pants, skates, stick. I don't wear shoulders or a girdle for roller) Helmet: Bauer 4500 Cage: CCM FM580 Shoulders: Bauer Supreme Classic Elbows: Warrior Lacrosse Elbows Gloves: Nexus Pro Custom (SMU from Pure Hockey based off the Nexus 800) Pants: Bauer Supreme One 80 / Mission BSX Shin: Bauer One 80 Skates: Supreme 190 / Alkali RPD Team Stick: Bauer MX3/ Bauer APX

i might get my stuff together and just TiVo from when I have to leave

having to decide to either play pick up roller hockey tonight or watch the islanders in game 5

Any tips on how to get better heel lock? I was thinking about rebaking the skates and squeezing the heel. I also though about trying Ezee fit booties or something similar.

See I am lucky my future MIL takes my side over my fiancé every time. She does the same with my future brother in law. She has always taken the men's side over the woman side. But what do you do when your fiance and your mother don't agree? WW3?

See I said no flowers for the guys and then my fiancé, my fiancé's mother and my mom all looked at me and told me I was crazy and that we will be wearing flowers. I wasn't going to put up an argument over something so dumb as guys pinning a flower to their jacket not worth my time or effort.

Smart. We are more or less done with all the big stuff/ important stuff. We are getting married october 3rd so now its just the little things. The thing that sent me over the edge was we went and did the flowers this passed weekend and we are saving a ton of money by only having people in the wedding wear them no extravagant center pieces or anything like that. So we booked a corsage for the mothers to wear and then my mom talked to my cousin and my cousin said "corsages are old school tell him you want a nosegay" To which I reply "WTF is a nosegay?" and apparently its a smaller bouquet than a bridesmaid bouquet. Now I personally do not care what my mom wears/ carries doesn't carry, but I know my fiancé won't like the idea. The other part that bothers me is this wasn't even talked about until after we booked them and if it was such a big deal then why was it not talked about prior to booking. Now the florist is my best friends mom and a simple phone call can change the order slightly however its getting my fiancé and mom both on board with the same idea thats the challenge. haha thanks chad that made me laugh. Thanks for the tip on a troubleshooter. My fiancé and I are pretty go with the flow type of people myself more than her. I don't really care and don't get overly worked up about stuff. We have a relatively small guest list compared to other family weddings I have been to so that helps. MThockeydad aint it the truth. Yes woman are crazy. It is really nice that my dad and I understand each other. I already told him to tell my mom to stop talking to my cousin about my wedding and just show up and enjoy it. And 30 years from now you won't remember the stuff you didn't like about it. I am very excited for pre wedding festivities. My brother and friends have planned exactly want I wanted for a bachelor party which is just a beach house with a BBQ. I want very low key nothing too crazy. Thanks everyone for the support. Its nice to have this.

Thanks for that. Its really just my mom that is driving me nuts. She thinks my cousin knows everything there is to know about weddings and every time she talks to her she calls me and says "your cousin said..." I always respond with " Okay thanks I will put it in the suggestion box". Eventually I will get a phone call from my dad telling me to stop being an ass to her. Its frustrating because if I take the side of my mom my fiancé and I argue and she calls me a mommas boy and if I take the side of my fiancé my mom gets all pissed and then my dad calls me. At least my dad and I understand each other and I can talk to him like a normal person where I have to sometimes where kid gloves with my mom. If you need someone to chat with too feel free to send me a PM as well. BTW I grew up in Long Island and my fiancé is from the country in upstate NY so this is culture shock my mom is going to have to realize. Optimus as always thanks for contributing I guess

Wedding planning. Everyone says this is suppose to be the happiest time in your life. I am still waiting for the happy part. It doesn't help that we are from two totally different families either.

Finally got my RPD Teams out there last night. They felt great. It was the first time in over 10 years I played roller in rink and not on a tennis court. It is so much different than ice. I defiantly need to play around with the lacing the next time I play. The laces that came with them are defiantly way too long. I really cranked down on them causing some lace bite after the first hour or so to compensate for a softer boot than I'm used to. It also could have been the tape I used so the laces didn't drag. I will switch to the howies waxed I usually use. I also got a blister on the inside of each heel, but I think thats because it was so hot. My feet where so sweaty by the end of it. I didn't notice the rubbing untill after an hour or more of playing. Once I relearned how to stop it was great. The puck does not glide as nicely as on ice and they are obviously so much lighter that I had to adjust my shots for it. Can't wait for next thursday.

My recent eBay pick ups. Orgianal APX- P88- 87 Flex and a Bauer hat. I have wanted to try a low kick stick for a while and I got a really good deal on it.

if any of you guys ever make it out to Albany, NY let me know you guys can meet her she loves people.

congrats!

just successfully changed the curve on one of my ball hockey sticks from a mid to more of a mid-heel. Its the little things.