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23 hours ago, Scythe said:

   

 

  I used Titan sticks in the 70’s.  I taped my stick like this before a game and after the game my dad told me to take the tape off the paddle so the whole Titan name showed.  Some other parents in the stands commented on my tape job and didn’t like it.

  Titans had a plastic insert in the bottom of the blade and were pretty durable, but also heavy.

5 hours ago, Lucky Pucker said:

I’m very interested in hockey history, so figured a thread for pre-modern(ish) goalie stuff might be interesting. I picked 1980 as an arbitrary end date, but we’ll see how it goes.

I’ll start with something I noticed looking at pictures of the legendary Glenn Hall during his time with St. Louis. Knowing that he was the grandfather of what became the butterfly, I’m tempted to think that he had a crude knee guard made (maybe for temporary use while recovering from an injury? With a 502 game streak under his belt, he was the quintessential “play through the pain” goalie.) On the other hand, maybe it’s part of a pant girdle sliding down from a Blues shell...?

 

  That’s a knee pad. I had a similar Cooper set in the 70’s.  They weren’t leather like Hall’s look like they’re covered in. Basically a cap over the knee with a short thigh rise.  Mine were better than nothing, but in the gear back then you felt a lot of shots and always had bruises somewhere.

  Great thread. Will have to keep my eye on it since I started playing in the 70’s.

17 hours ago, WillyGrips13 said:

Went out to a stick and puck today with the girlfriend at Bowling Green State University on their mini-rink. Since it was on a Monday at noon we were the only ones there, which we preferred. Broke out my old bucky set a small manufacturer Jeff Salvi out of Haverhill, MA made for me back in 2007. Always used SnoSeal on this set and it kept it in great condition. Had a good time. 

Nice!  I was in Bowling Green in September for my 40th high school reunion.  Saw the rink for the first time since 1990.  The small rink was the curling rink when I was a kid in the 70’s.  On my bucket list to do a stick and puck there before I have to hang up the pads.