ljbaron 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Anyone know of any good hockey shops in the ND/MN area?I'am looking for a shop thats got it all...prices,friendly staff,knowledgeable,and lots of stock to choose from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
budro727 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Well if you are talking about the border between ND and MN I know there is a Hockey Zone in Moorhead and a PIAS in Fargo with good selections. Scheels has a little bit of hockey stuff in Fargo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjl_48 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Hockey World in Grand Forks is good. There selection isn't to good this time of year. They wait to get the new stuff in. There staff is really friendly and they know there stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buzz_LightBeer 969 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 i stopped at the HG in bloomington, and they could give a shit if you walked in the door with a handful of Benjamins, they wont help you.nice assortment of product, escpecially cheap Gophers shirts and things, but customer service was second to everyone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ljbaron 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Well if you are talking about the border between ND and MN I know there is a Hockey Zone in Moorhead and a PIAS in Fargo with good selections. Scheels has a little bit of hockey stuff in Fargo.It doesn't matter where in ND or MN i'm just looking for a good shop thats going to be able to help me out and that has a great selection Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
budro727 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Dave's Sport Shop in Fridley. Has a great selection and great customer service. Their prices are very close to online prices also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oberon 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 In the Twin Cities area, three come to mind. Dave's Sport Shop in Fridley, Westwood Sports in Bloomington, and Strauss Skates in Maplewood. Other members around here will probably chime in with their favorites, too. As Buzz stated above, don't go to Hockey Giant unless you know exactly what you want and only want employee contact at the cash register. And don't get your skates sharpened there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
revolutionz_s13 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 I buy all my stuff from Hockey World in Grand Forks. They usually have a decent assortment of stuff, but get cleaned out pretty good by then end of spring or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirunsky88 1 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Westwood sports all the way. I used to live in Minnetonka and Hanus Sports in Deep Haven was also a good alternative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saber26 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 Also there is one in Eden Prairie that is called Sports World. They have excellent customer service and have very good skate sharpenings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutella 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2008 HockeyZone in St. Cloud has awesome staff. I used to shop at Scheel's then felt dirty for it the first day I set foot in HockeyZone. They have a pretty good selection (not huge), the staff is awesome and the one time I needed help the associate seemed very knowledgeable. Prices were actually cheaper than Scheel's a few times too. If not cheaper then around the same price as anywhere else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
epstud74 24 Report post Posted February 22, 2008 There are a TON of good hockey shops in Minnesota. Dave's Sport Shop in Fridley, Sports World in Eden Prairie, both Westwood Sports locations in Apple Valley and Bloomington. Hanus Sports in Deephaven, Sports Hut in Wayzata always has a ton of hockey gear but expensive. (wealthy area) General Sports in Edina on 50th & France is a great place too. It is probably 80% hockey and 20% soccer/football/baseball. I've never been to Strauss up in Maplewood though. There is a small shop near me in Shakopee that specializes in golf/running stuff, but has maybe 10 skate models on display and various sticks and other gear too. Does Clafton Skate up in Grand Rapids still have hockey gear? I'm sure there are a few places on the Range and so on. I picked up a sweet Graf hoodie at Westwood Sports in AV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psh 25 Report post Posted February 22, 2008 In the Twin Cities area, three come to mind. Dave's Sport Shop in Fridley, Westwood Sports in Bloomington, and Strauss Skates in Maplewood. Other members around here will probably chime in with their favorites, too. As Buzz stated above, don't go to Hockey Giant unless you know exactly what you want and only want employee contact at the cash register. And don't get your skates sharpened there.Ditto. Hockey Giant is a joke. Terrible selection and the staff seems to know nothing about the game.General Sports in Edina is decent, too, but not as good as the other 3 mentioned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjl_48 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2008 Clafton Is still there. On the range that is the only one I know of worth mentioning. Pretty good selection and decent prices there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
