In what order do you put on your gear?

[hapamatt122 0]

Over the years I've eventually come down to this:

• Put on jock
  
• Attatch socks to jock (velcro or whatever you use)
  
• Put on pants
  
• Put on skates and do them up
  
• Put on shin pads, placing the tongue underneath
  
• Pull down socks and tape them tight
  
• Put on shoulder pads
  
• Put on elbow pads and slash guards
  
• Jersey
  
• Helmet
  
• Gloves
  

Just to be comprehensive...

I do exactly the same.. only thing that sucks is when you have new socks, the bottom of the sock really doesn't wanna stretch over the knee pad

[#44wannabe 4]

I put my socks down by my ankles and then pull them up.

[P-ROCKET 0]

1. Jock

2. Garder Belt

3. Shin Pads

4. Socks

5. Tape (top and middle of shinpad)

6. Pants

7. Skates

8. Tape (bottom of shinpad)

9. Shoulderpads

10. Elbowpads

11. Wristguards

12. Sweater

13. Helmet

14. Gloves

[Langenbrunner15 0]

only thing that sucks is when you have new socks, the bottom of the sock really doesn't wanna stretch over the knee pad

That's why you break the elastic once you get the new socks.

[srv2miker 0]

I love the "tongue in or out" discussion. Go with whatever feels better; not what looks better. Only a faygo would care about the appearance out on the ice rather than how it feels.

Well I'm taking my purse and going home then. I traded in a pair of Jofa elbows because the cap just stuck out too damn far, and I felt like an idiot out there with these huge elbows.

[mack 44]

That's a bit different than going with a certain style "because it looks cool" though.

[slipslap 0]

If it felt good to me to wear my tounges out I certanly would but it feels as though it would give me lace bite and it feels very uncomfortable probably because I like and have to big of shin pads.

[jcp2 2]

1. Jock

2. Shinpads

3. Socks

4. Pants

5. Skates

6. Slip tongue of skate under shinpads

7. Tape up shinpads tightly

[Doctor Hook 0]

My order:

Jock

Shin guards

Hockey socks

Pants

Skates (then pull out shin guards over the tongue)

Elbow pads

Shoulder pads

Sweater

Helmet

Gloves

[chikinpotpie 137]

1.Shirt

2. Jock

3. Ballcap (backwards)

4. kneebrace

5. socks

6. hockeysocks

7. skates

8. shinpads

9. Tape

10. girdle

11. shell

12. elbowpads

13. hat comes off jersey goes on

14. helmet

15 Polar Ice gum

hit the ice

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

Always left to right

Throw in dip

Undershirt

Jock

Oxysox

Knee brace

Shins

Socks

Girdle shell

Skates

Girdle

Elbow pad

Jersey

Helmet

Gloves

Throw out dip

[hockeymom 2]

Throw in dip

Throw out dip

hmm... might want to borrow some of Chikin's Polar Ice gum.

[Miike 1]

Left to Right

Synergy socks

Under Armour pants

Under Armour shirt

Jock

Shins

Socks

Pants

Skates (tongue out)

Shoulders

Elbows (off for warm-up, on for game)

Jersey

Helmet

Gloves

[dix0r 0]

jock (or genital protector, as jofa labels it)

garter

socks

pants

skates

shins

(then pull socks over shins & tape up)

[Roach 0]

Also from left to right (never figured out why though)

skate socks

shin sleeves

hockey socks

skates

shin pads

(pull socks up and secure via velcro on hockey jock)

(tape socks)

girdle

shell

elbows

wrist guards

helmet

gloves

My hockey compression jock is always on before I start suiting up.

[Fletch 219]

Put on garter belt

Put on hockey socks (UA socks are already on when I get to the rink)

Put on skates

Put on shinguards (they go over the skate tongues)

Put on hip pants

Put on shoulder pads

Put on elbow pads

Jersey

Helmet

Gloves

Score goals ;)

[Jbone 0]

I think you need to put your tounges out instead and that will get rid of your problem. Plus it looks better.

Actually, my daughter just started putting her tongues under her shin pad this year. OTG was looking at a vid of her skating and said "how come she has her tongue hanging out... tell her to tuck it under her shin pad". I asked why and he said (I'll have to get him to check this to make sure I'm not misquoting him) it would increase her stability and help her skating improve... Left out, the tongue does nothing to support you and can make the skate looser around the ankle.

Anyway I told MissD and although she was initially a bit sceptical that it might impede forward flex, she immediately tried it out (OTG's word is gold in our house LOL). She said it felt strange at first but DID make a difference in her skating and her leg and foot felt like they were working more as one unit and it didn't impede her forward flex at all.

If you step back and think about it, it doesn't really make sense that the skate manufacturers design skates with these big tongues just for the asthetics of looking good flopping over your skate. Good heavens, the skate would probably be LIGHTER with a shorter tongue (LOL, that's for you light freaks). Likely, they've designed them longer for the express purpose of tucking them under your shin pad.

Up until about a year and a half ago I had always put my tounges into my shinpads. I tried them out one practise and I had wayyyy more mobility and I felt like I could move my feet quicker and I could go faster so then I ended up keeping them out. Also the fact that I thought it looked better and that most of all the good players in the NHL were them like that also helped my decision. Haha.

[icedevil31 4]

1. Skate socks

2. Jock

3. Skate shirt

4. Shin pads

5. Hockey socks

6. Hockey Pants

7. Skates (Tongue under Shin Pads)

8. Shoulder pads

9. Elbow pads

10. Jersey

11. Ice Cap (skull cap)

12. Mouthpiece

13. Helmet

14. Gloves

[hockeymom 2]

I think you need to put your tounges out instead and that will get rid of your problem. Plus it looks better.

Actually, my daughter just started putting her tongues under her shin pad this year. OTG was looking at a vid of her skating and said "how come she has her tongue hanging out... tell her to tuck it under her shin pad". I asked why and he said (I'll have to get him to check this to make sure I'm not misquoting him) it would increase her stability and help her skating improve... Left out, the tongue does nothing to support you and can make the skate looser around the ankle.

Anyway I told MissD and although she was initially a bit sceptical that it might impede forward flex, she immediately tried it out (OTG's word is gold in our house LOL). She said it felt strange at first but DID make a difference in her skating and her leg and foot felt like they were working more as one unit and it didn't impede her forward flex at all.

If you step back and think about it, it doesn't really make sense that the skate manufacturers design skates with these big tongues just for the asthetics of looking good flopping over your skate. Good heavens, the skate would probably be LIGHTER with a shorter tongue (LOL, that's for you light freaks). Likely, they've designed them longer for the express purpose of tucking them under your shin pad.

Up until about a year and a half ago I had always put my tounges into my shinpads. I tried them out one practise and I had wayyyy more mobility and I felt like I could move my feet quicker and I could go faster so then I ended up keeping them out. Also the fact that I thought it looked better and that most of all the good players in the NHL were them like that also helped my decision. Haha.

Well, fine if you feel you have more mobility. However, I hesitate to go with "most of all of the good players in the NHL wear them like that". On a grammatical basis alone it is suspect...lol

People following the fashions and foibles of NHL players have always amused me. Whenever NHLers are interviewed and asked WHY they do or use something they inevitably say something along the lines of "I dunno I've been doing this since I was 12 yrs old and, um, that's just the way I have always done it. Um, guess I'm just used to it. Wouldn't want to change it now"

Gotta love bio-mechanical proof like that!

[DarkStar50 679]

Most, if not all, defencemen in the NHL tuck their tongue under their shin pads to allow their shin pads to lay low and not get their legs broken or bruised when blocking shots.

[Alias81 0]

Sweats (1 piece)

Jock

Shins

Socks

Shorts

Tape socks

Skates

Shoulder

Elbow

Jersey (Then Roll sweats and jersey over elbow pads, gotta love the ventalation ;))

Neckguard (Better safe then sorry)

Hubba Bubba Bubblicious (Something like that anyway)

Helmet

Gloves