Best Hockey Shop

[chilaxin12 2]

Then in Springfield there's Berteli's (sp) which is a package store that has a basement full of prostock stuff then there is gateway hardwhare in springfield which is a great store and has great prices,

Bertelli's,I've never been, because I havent heard of it before this year. Can you give me an example on their prices?? My friend who plays high school hockey says he got Bauer 7000s for $70 from them. Which if he wasnt given a special deal, sounds sick. I need a new pair of skates and I wonder if I should go to them instead of Gateway??

Gateway has "great prices" on a few things and average-to-high prices on alot of things.I bought the synergy elbow pads for $60, the Bauer XV gloves for $80 which I consider "good" prices from them. I also picked a pair of 2002 Mission RL skates for $120, which is $40 more than alot of online retailers are selling them for. Most of the gloves are horribly overpriced. $120 for Easton Airs(then again, they sell the synergys for $120 which isnt bad), $140 for XXs and $80 for Easton ULs...pretty bad on those 3...They are also pretty late on getting news from companies. They just recently marked the Carbster as closeout, even though it has been on manufactuers closeout for 6-8(at least that I know of) months? I asked them about the Mission Helium series last month and they looked at me like I had 4 heads.

Last time I was there I wasnt really looking at skates, but if your in the area you should check out Bertelli's because they have better prices than gateway but a significantly smaller selection