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I live in the DC area and was wondering what LHS you went to. thanks. He went to the Garden Ice House "For Sports" in Laurel. 301-604-8200. Mike is a savior around these parts.

Wow. I think Spezza pro-stock might be all that I am buying from now on...Kudos on that pick-up!

Or just buy this shirt...

What's the proper term/typical word to use north of the border?

Should've made them invisible then.

Haha I remember seeing ads for this in USA Hockey back in the day. Thought it was going to be the best invention ever. Kinda killed by treadmill skating i suppose?

Cool article about what the Overdrive Blades are http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/news/Past02Mar25/...overdriveD.html While the Overdrive blade has been a hit with goaltenders from Toronto to London, it didn’t meet the approval of the National Hockey League, which banned the blade for the 2001 season because it was deemed performance-enhancing equipment. Dave Dryden, the NHL’s consultant on goalie equipment, and a former goaltender himself, said the Overdrive was banned because it was not used for protection, but simply for performance. Many professional goaltenders were using the Overdrive at the time of the ban, including Jean-Sebastien Aubin of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins and Patrick Lalime of the Ottawa Senators.

Anyone ever try that "Shaft Saver" stuff endorsed by Stevie Y? Looked like packaging tape to me....

Was the advantage of this handle obvious when you played goalie? Better control, and less chance of losing your stick when throwing out a poke check I suppose?

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification.

Haha that is the one! I was on Google Images searching "Curtis Joseph hockey" but never saw him in action with that stick. Did he ever dabble with it? Or was it a 'Just-for-Retail' item?

I never played the position, but anyone know the name/pics of the goalie stick whose handle looked like a loop-de-loop of the local SixFlag's roller coaster?

How did those lockjaws work again? Didn't you expand the hosel by turning a screw in the bottom of the blade or something like that? Yeah, the 3 inch piece of wood that was inserted into the shaft was cut lengthwise down the middle and had a screw on the top that expanded the pieces to hold the blade tight. A hole was drilled from the tightening screw down to practically the heel (think prehistoric U+ channel) and it came with a 10 inch long "screwdriver". Pretty ingenious I must say, but considering most LHS will install a blade for ya free, basically moot. Chadd, the reasoning to essentially give players the feel and ease of shooting forehand with a larger than 1/2" curve without putting an illegal (3/4" or what it might be) curve on their sticks? If that's the case were any officials up in arms about this? Then again they couldn't have sold any other than at the Bantam level so maybe not...

Are you talking about the offset blades or the bowed shaft? The offset replaceable blades. I remember them coming stock in Hespeler's all black with a red H logo shafts...Didn't even know they had bowed shafts back in the day. Were they bought out? Zing, +1

Not sure if it had much hype...but does anyone else remember the Hespeler blades that had a full shaft offset built in? I can't remember the name but hopefully someone else here will be able to name it/pic it for us. I believe the idea was that it would delay the release of the shot and enable kids (I distinctly remember these being on JR. sticks) to whip the shaft through the shot easier. Anyone? EDIT: The old Easton Runners that couldn't fit into sharpeners, and those Louisville Lockjaw blades (replaceable blades requiring no heat or glue!).

Retail hockey shops will be gone before that happens. So will all of us posting on this forum I can assume.

Hence "custom" one95's :P Haha my reading comprehension is horrendous, thanks auto!

That's a flop for the ages. But dont One95s come with the LS2s with the blue hash-mark on the heel? Did you swap the stock ones out?

Alright! Keep it up David!

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those gloves are a thing of beauty miike!

single handedly keeping franklin street hockey and their end caps in business!!

Helmet: Bauer 5000 Black with no logos Visor - Full Stock Bauer Cage, White, looking for a Jofa 480 Shoulder pads - nope Elbows -CCM 452s Gloves - Older Eagle x70i's, full gloss but sanded off with a combination of fine grit sandpaper and choppy ice Pants - CCM 852s Shins - CCM 452s Skates - Graf Ultra G3, stock everything, possible T-Blades in the future Stick-RBK 5k with "snake grip" 85 flex. cant stand the blade though