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pick up ice hockey in Los Angeles

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Does anyone know of or recommend a rink for pick up games during the week in Los Angeles ? It could be day or evening .I'm good for weekend games but would like to skate some pick up during the week , anybody got any ideas ?

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the el segundo toyota center where kings /lakers practice has pickup on friday afternoons and stick time i think everymorning? culver city rink im sure has some sort of pickup not sure what days just call both those rinks to find out.

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the LA area (including orange county)? or just LA the city? if the city, you might want to contact the rink at culver city to see their schedule. i know TSC (el segundo) has pickup friday night too. there are also rinks at lakewood, artesia, westminster, anaheim ice, and khs in anaheim. pretty much every rink has a pickup, it just depends on what day/time you want to go.

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Pickups that I know of:

Friday Night, Tuesday Night, Wednesday Night Simi valley Iceoplex (easty street arena).

Wednesday night: powerplay at Pickwick (burbank). Drills then pickup.

Friday night: pickup at El Segundo (Toyota Sports Center)

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I used to pay the pick-up at pickwick with the guys that are really organized and like alan thicke and michael vartan used to play in it... it was amazing..

LMU's rink is the worst rink ive played at in my life.

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I used to pay the pick-up at pickwick with the guys that are really organized and like alan thicke and michael vartan used to play in it... it was amazing..

LMU's rink is the worst rink ive played at in my life.

Does Thicke have ice skills?

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There's pick up at Westminster on Saturday nights.

sometimes...sometimes they have rec league games. they emailed me the other day to play last saturday but before that they were can canceled.

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I used to pay the pick-up at pickwick with the guys that are really organized and like alan thicke and michael vartan used to play in it... it was amazing..

LMU's rink is the worst rink ive played at in my life.

Does Thicke have ice skills?

the guy has no skills at all... plus hes really really top heavy... he built "thicke" on top then his legs are almost like youth shin pads they are so thin... hes not very good... but Michael Vartan hes a solid player, fast, great shot, and actually knows positioning for drop ins...

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There's pick up at Westminster on Saturday nights.

sometimes...sometimes they have rec league games. they emailed me the other day to play last saturday but before that they were can canceled.

wonder if i've played with you guys at westminster before? i've been out there most saturdays for the last couple months...

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There's pick up at Westminster on Saturday nights.

sometimes...sometimes they have rec league games. they emailed me the other day to play last saturday but before that they were can canceled.

wonder if i've played with you guys at westminster before? i've been out there most saturdays for the last couple months...

i wanted to go to a pickup the week they canceled it. the rest of the weeks they emailed me, i've been busy. since it's snowboarding season, i'm only really playing when i have league games :lol:

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Are dudes who play puck in SoCal natives or transplants?

Guess you can call me a native. Born in Oregon but lived here for since i was about 6 weeks old. Sucks for me because the nearest rink is 45 minutes away.

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I have a group of about 8 with 2 goalies heading to Valencia (Icestation) on Monday Jan 21 to play pick up. Ice time is 6am. Come out if you can, we have a great time. All skill levels are present

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Are dudes who play puck in SoCal natives or transplants?

I play (poorly) and am a So Cal native. I actually started playing when I was 26 and had a job to afford all the equipment and ice time

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Are dudes who play puck in SoCal natives or transplants?

both... i'm more or less native (born in winnipeg but moved here at 4). skated in lethbridge over summers when visiting grandparents...and played a little roller when i was younger...but then i didn't play again until i was 19. i play poorly too though ;]

a lot of guys are saying that there are more and more good players coming out of socal though - rakhshani, bobby ryan, hollweg, brian salcido, brett sterling. i didn't know this but apparently richard park and gabe gauthier?

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Are dudes who play puck in SoCal natives or transplants?

I'm kind of both. I was born in SoCal, but I moved to Seattle at 6 years old. I learned to play hockey up there, and I've played in California off and on for the past 4 years. Switching back and forth between here and Seattle. Hell on my schooling.

I call Seattle home though. I love it far more than SoCal. Too many fucking people.

Are there HS hockey leagues in CA? I know they have various youth and travel team programs.

There's HS hockey, yeah. Not high skilled or organized like HS hockey in Minnesota or some other state that has a real dedication to hockey and not just hot beach babes.

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I was in LA last month, visiting a friend, said he didn't know of any pickup so I left the stuff, maybe next time I will drop in.

Side note on SoCal Hockey, we have a guy who plays on my summer league team, 4th or 5th in pts, he played USC over the last 4 yrs, dude said he was leader in pts or close to it, is the college game any good?

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College hockey out here is nothing like back east. I mean the teams at USC and UCLA will fill up Toyota Sports Center for the rivalry games, but it is only the Pac 8 vs the Pac 10 in other sports. The hockey is an official sport, but looks like a club sport if you compare it to back east.

Any UCLA hockey fans know where I can pick up a UCLA hockey jersey for myself who could not afford one when going there

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College hockey out here is nothing like back east. I mean the teams at USC and UCLA will fill up Toyota Sports Center for the rivalry games, but it is only the Pac 8 vs the Pac 10 in other sports. The hockey is an official sport, but looks like a club sport if you compare it to back east.

To my understanding it is a club sport.

As for pickup - Norwalk Ice Arena has one one Monday nights starting at 22:00 with a clinic beforehand, starting at 20:30. The price for both is $20. I do not know what the price for ice time only is.

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