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Bruins! Explain thy selves! 

Good job Leafs

I'm ready. 

Are assists still awarded to NHL goalies? 

It looked like Georgiev got one against the Predators but didn't see that stat in the game log. 

Old school cool 

Southwest use to have rows of seats facing each other. That was early 90's,  don't know if they still do that. 

Never flew on this one but I remember being intrigued by the possibility 

1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Did you guys know that there are multiple airline sales on right now?

 

I only go Greyhound  

our latest trip was to Mt Rushmore awesome place ... and we did fly. 

Seems like some of these NHL keepers are forgetting to use paddle down. Is it harder for taller guys to do it? 

Cheap and effective save selection 

Love those gloves ... we had a pair of older than those Coopers. They were this ugly gold, bronze weird color. So big ... they went half way up the forearm. 

Went and found a picture of what they looked like. Maybe these are them! The asking price for these is $110 ...  dang didn't know what we had. 

I haven't played in a while. I started doing band stuff again. Joined a new one last October and that's about the time I stopped.  

Kind of bummed about it.  But tbh I feel so out of shape I know it would be a total shitshow if I did go. Some guys will say that's ok come out anyway but I expect some standards from myself . 

I was never really that good to begin with now it would be worse. I've passed on a few opportunities to fill in the last few weeks. Felt bad about that too so maybe I should just do it. 

That was a good read. I always thought it had something to do with the roster. Tremblay seemed like kind of a tool. 

My brother and I were collecting cards and playing in the street from 74 to around 79 ice skating whenever we could so we have a few of Tremblay's cards. 79 is when we started doing other stuff. Brother joined the AF and I started high school.  

Thanks for all the info on it. 

56 minutes ago, insertnamehere said:

https://thehockeynews.com/news/on-the-20th-anniversary-a-look-back-at-the-night-that-sealed-patrick-roys-fate-in-montreal

 

Have a read. 

Thank you. At work now but going to read some.now if I can. 

Hi I was wondering if someone here knows the circumstances and can tell  me why Patrick Roy quit the Canadiens during that game on Dec 2, 1995. 

I feel kind of dumb to ask why but I really don't know.  I was doing other things in life during the 90's and not playing or really following hockey. 

I always wondered, was it because the defense sucked?

Thanks in advance.  

200 deg for 5 min, turn, season to taste 

24 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Like cheat as in "No Ref, that puck definitely didn't cross the line!" type of cheat?  

Anything goes cheating.  

And a pink one?

Would You (anybody here) cheat to win? 

Anybody ever do something that later made you think about what you were smoking? 

I don't do it too much. All I can think of is changing a mask chin cup to a football helmet cup and for some reason just didn't work out. 

15 hours ago, bildeer said:

@Wonder35 I think a lot of it can be mitigated by the fairly recent push towards more proactive injury mitigation. I haven't been at this for that long in the grand scheme of things (~9 years) but for a long time, I recall the only guidance that was given was to stretch before playing, and that was it. Now there are dynamic warmups and cooldowns for many applications. I was getting some annoying hip pain under heavy use starting at age 18, and I was playing 4~6 times a week on average, and found foam rolling and the dynamic warmups that I referenced earlier to be of merit. I think the wide butterfly craze didn't do us any favors in the wellness department. I spent several years chasing the wide flair because I thought it was the only way to play effectively, and then I saw how guys like J.S. Gigeure were playing (butterfly so narrow your ankles were touching and would make saves with the knees, big thigh rises to trap loose pucks). Making the switch to that was probably the best compromise I could make given how effective the butterfly is at making saves on or near the ice. 

Modern leg pads with rock hard foam in the knee landing area aren't doing our hips and knees much of a favor either, and the only real way to mitigate it other than committing to stand up is by wearing knee pads with additional padding for the knees, and controlling how you drop to the ice. 

I also recall reading somewhere that hard, abrupt stops (t-pushes) place a lot of strain on the hips during practice when you are doing more than you likely would in a game, which was something that I had never considered until then. 

(sorry for thread derail)

Good Info. I made a big knee save the other night because I don't have much if any bf lol. The other goalie had these crazy tall Brian's pads, looked kind of weird and the bf he had was post to post. Nothings going to get through when he's sealed on ice. 

LV goalie Thompson has pretty nice gear. I like the catcher gold pocket white backhand.

I think its him 

9 hours ago, Wonder35 said:

Are there no leagues in your area which cater to us Golden Oldies? 

I recall when 35+ Oldtimers hockey began in the late 1970's. We would chuckle in the dressing room that hockey was then available to people our age. Most of us had families, jobs, but still displayed the will to play.

Skip ahead to the mid 90's and I played goal for a well run league with age divisions that had 5 year increments, from 35+ to 60+.

Here I am, rapidly approaching 73 and play 2-3 times a week, late mornings, in a 70+ program. Of course my (our) skills have deteriorated along with our bodies, some more so than others, but we are on the ice and still enjoying the game of our youths. The competitive spirit burns brightly.

I did a "head" count at Friday's game. The results were 55% of my team was bald, the remainder were white haired.

 

There are teams and leagues around. I'm on a sub list which is ok. I can't dedicate the time needed for a team right now. I play when I can to keep my chops up. That a great team photo. You look like Bernie Parent

I kind of hate being the goalie in the dressing room with the gray hair. And it bugs me if I feel guys go light on me. I don't know maybe it shouldn't ☹. 

Played last night and I sucked so bad. Nothing felt right, timing was all fked up. Felt like smashing my stick through the ice. 

Bought another clavicle protector. A CCM TC-500 to replace the Bauer Reactor one.  The Bauer was okay but never seemed that protective but, having them side by side the clavicle padding in the Bauer one is much thicker that the clavicle padding of the CCM. But the throat padding of the CCM is better than the throat padding of the Bauer. So now what? 

I'm going to try the CCM tomorrow night. My concern now is the thin padding. I wanted it for the throat protection and the wrap around neck piece is nice, could be a little hotter but will find out tomorrow. Just wish the clavicle padding was thicker. It was $24 shipped so it's not that big of a deal if it doesn't work out.