beerleaguecaptain

'cause he is the only one willing to put in the time to organize the team.

Just my cell phone... no worries... I promise not to pick up if a crazed beardo call me! Thanks!

Just picked up new custom team bags for our hockey team... between the custom soakers, team floor mats, toiletry bags and now bags we look like a bloody NHL team!! If only we could start winning again... JRZ Hockey did these for us!

I am going to be trying FBV for the first time this weekend. As my skates have always been sharpened at 3/8 ROH I will be using 100/75.

I wanted to move out of my Vapor EE and nothing else worked. We are in the same boat.

A EE Vapor is similar to an E Supreme width.

SK8TFuel, Does this product impact the "bite" that you feel on the ice at all?

I loved those... my favorite skates I have worn.

Just picked up a new toiletry bag from Junkyard Athletic. Thanks Marcelo, they look great! Other guys on the team are buying them too!

A guy I started playing hockey with about 15 years ago passed away last night - heart attack. He had two daughters in college. While I haven't played with him in many, many years and really wasn't particularly close I can't help but be shaken. Not only is it a tragedy on its own, I can't help but be reminded of my own mortality. RIP Alex Milman. You had a great passion for the game, you were a good guy and you will be missed.

Wish I could go back to those days.

Dude, it's the venting spot. This is the place for you to share that shit. Go ahead and post what you want and ignore anyone who chirps. And for the record, that's stupid... It should have a skip track. My caddy does.

Bad news / Good News Bad news: My 1x skate experiment is over. I failed and have given up. It's just too stiff... too something and I just could not get comfortable with it. I wasn't enjoying playing, I got hurt trying to break them in and I am not willing to go through this any more. It was humbling and depressing experience. Good news: PH took them back as a return no questions asked! Wow.

Tried to play in my game Wednesday and couldn't - ribs too badly bruised. Then started to get bad pain in lower rib cage too... three days later still really hurting. Not sure how long this will last but I might be on the D/L a couple of weeks. Grrrrr.....

Just to close ranks on my post from a few days ago.... skated yesterday and this afternoon at public session and things are moving in the right direction.

I went back to day and had my hollow moved from 3/8 to 1/2. I went on the ice for a few minutes and it was a bit better. I'm going to take some time to work on breaking these in... hopefully it will be worth it.

Went out to skate in my brand spanking new 1X skates tonight. I was so excited! I had LS2 steel put on them so that my adjustment wouldn't be too much. Felt great on my feet. Fit perfectly. You can just really feel the whole "no negative space" thing. I am locked in. So.... I walk to the ice..... take a few cautious strides to the bench. Go to stop and BAM! My left edge just fucking locks right there! My blade doesn't give at all and my whole body proceeds to rotate around my left foot. I went falling ass over tea kettle like a total noob who had never skated before and KA-BAM onto my ribs knocking all the wind out of me and getting what is sure to be a nasty bruise on my upper rib cage. I tried gutting it out to begin the break in process but I really could hardly skate and I could stop left at all. I can feel how responsive the skate is but I felt like I had no control over myself. I could stop to the right somewhat but not at all to the left. I don't know if I have it in me to make this transition.... ugh... bummed. I suck.

We used to be MHL but now both of my teams have moved to Twin Rinks since last summer. I've also played in HLI with another team.

why 90 days? We play three seasons... fall, winter and summer. Lasts all year. Maybe a few weeks off in between seasons at most.

I use these.. love them. Thin, stays up and stays dry. https://www.recoverysock.com/recoverysock_usa/the-recovery-sock.html

Keep us posted bud!

I have no say in that. The league is run by the rink. I'm over it.. moved on. Next season starts in a week or two!