2012-2013 Gear Sightings

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Is there a picture of a pro player in them?

Those are the rules - that's why I allowed a Mako thread.

[Harv 86]

I guess CIA players don't count then..

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Sorry, no.

If a manufacturer gives a pro a skate with the final graphics package, it's fair game - they know they are going to be photographed. But if someone takes a picture of me at a rink wearing the same skate and plasters it on the internet, that's a different story altogether.

[Harv 86]

Totally understand about the graphics issue..

I remember the commotion over these awhile back. Turned out to look nothing like the final product.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

The CCM skate is about to be shown to dealers. It is way past the stage those Supremes were in.

[michael.yue 2]

Those supremes look awesome though!!

[Harv 86]

Is this a common thing? I guess Gaborik really wanted his padding dialed in.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Yeah, looks like he's in between sizes.

[shoeshine boy 242]

I have Eric Christiansen's Easton helmet from his Thrasher days. it had extra padding added alll over it.

[NFC 0]

Chara for HC "LEV". He's wearing a easton helmet with bauer decals on the sides.

[Monty22 833]

Is this a common thing? I guess Gaborik really wanted his padding dialed in.

I have a med 4500 of his with similar pading. I've also seen smalls with the front padding modified or replaced to be thinner. JR is right- he is between sizes.

[lennyboi 9]

Chara for HC "LEV". He's wearing a easton helmet with bauer decals on the sides.

intereting indeed. Maybe Bauer is a sponsor of that team?

[Harv 86]

intereting indeed. Maybe Bauer is a sponsor of that team?

They are. Lev has a ''spolupracujeme'' (cooperation) with Bauer. This includes helmets. Gloves and sticks are fair game to anything though.

As for the extra padding in helmets, it just seems strange to me that in a time we are so focused on player safety with concussions and advanced helmet technology that adjusts every which way that we are still having players running around with rigged up padding in helmets. I guess that's the nature of the beast if you want to wear a 4500.

[IniNew 53]

Harv, that has little to do with concussions etc. It's because without the extra padding there the helmet wouldn't fit his head. It's most important for a helmet to fit anyway.

[Harv 86]

Harv, that has little to do with concussions etc. It's because without the extra padding there the helmet wouldn't fit his head. It's most important for a helmet to fit anyway.

I understand this. It's just that we have companies putting out helmets that tout to be the perfect fit and adjustable every which way but we still have high profile players cutting up pieces of foam to get their current stuff to fit correctly.

[interpathway 9]

Correct Brandon. If anything it confirms that even at the highest levels there oftentimes aren't helmets that can accommodate the game's best. Zoom out to the minor and adult hockey league levels, and you can begin to understand the room for growth in hockey helmet technology, advancement, and customization.

[AIREAYE 248]

Harv, that has little to do with concussions etc. It's because without the extra padding there the helmet wouldn't fit his head. It's most important for a helmet to fit anyway.

Agreed. There will always be those who don't fit well into retail helmets. Rare, but it happens. I don't fit into anything save for a custom rigged and modified 5100.

[Tailboard Jockey 25]

There isn't a hockey helmet made that will prevent a concussion.

[IniNew 53]

I understand this. It's just that we have companies putting out helmets that tout to be the perfect fit and adjustable every which way but we still have high profile players cutting up pieces of foam to get their current stuff to fit correctly.

Marketing is a very powerful tool.

[ibeck 38]

Sorry, no.

If a manufacturer gives a pro a skate with the final graphics package, it's fair game - they know they are going to be photographed. But if someone takes a picture of me at a rink wearing the same skate and plasters it on the internet, that's a different story altogether.

What about a QMJHL player? 2 guys on the Blainville-Broisbriand team in the Q are wearing them. AAron Hoyles and Phillipe Sanche were wearing them at the game last night however I can't find pictures.

[Harv 86]

Danny Briere trying out Grafs..

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

What about a QMJHL player? 2 guys on the Blainville-Broisbriand team in the Q are wearing them. AAron Hoyles and Phillipe Sanche were wearing them at the game last night however I can't find pictures.

Yes, that would be an example of what can be posted in here.

Major junior games are photographed and televised, so when a manufacturer gives a player a product to use in those games, they are under the impression that said player will be photographed. That is what makes it a sighting and not a leak.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

That *wasn't* a QMJHL game.

[leafer101993 2]

From the Armada de Blainville-Boisbriand Facebook page

[ibeck 38]

Yep, those are the guys I saw last night with them, nice find