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J DeMarco last won the day on August 13 2021
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About J DeMarco
- Birthday 08/26/1963
Personal Information
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Location
Massachusetts
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Hometown
Watertown
Current Equipment
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Leg Pads
Vaughn
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Review:
They are from the 90's, as I'm an old-school goalie.
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Glove
CCM Flex
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Review:
Good glove.
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Blocker
Vaughn V5
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Review:
good, sound glove.
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Chest & Arm Protector
Bauer
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Review:
Love Bauer gear. Comfortable, flexible, and protective.
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Pants
Simmons
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Review:
They make great gear. I like the pants
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Mask
Vaughn
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Review:
Good, solid. I used to wear a Higgins and Fibrosport in the 90's until I switched over to the combo mask.
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Stick
Reebok, Bauer, CCM, SherWood
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Review:
I like them all.
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Skates - Boot
Bauer
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Review:
Made in the late 90's, I love this style of goalie skate.
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Knee Pads
Vaughn.
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Review:
Very protective
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Neck Guard
Vaughn
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Review:
Very protective
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Jock
Bauer
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Review:
I'm still standing. It repels those nasty shots to the groin.
Wish List
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Leg Pads
Tan retro goalie pads, size 31. Hole for skate like the old Coopers were made.
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Glove
Would love a retro tan catcher
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Blocker
Would love a retro tan blocker, like the GM12
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Chest & Arm Protector
n/a
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Pants
n/a
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Mask
Honestly, a retro mask... but with todays protection. Perhaps a cross between Tony-O's mask when he added the wires over the eyes, but a full mask like the Plante.
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Stick
Sher-wood
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Skates - Boot
n/a
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Skate - Cowling
n/a
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Skates - Blades
n/a
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Knee Pads
n/a
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Neck Guard
n/a
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Jock
n/a
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J DeMarco's Achievements
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I used to have a 2005 Ford Escape. It was perfect for my goalie gear. I now have a 2006 Toyota Camery. Good trunk space to get the gear in.
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Please enjoy this week's Small Saves cartoon. To see more comics, please visit his page at www.smallsaves.com for a few laughs.
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Small Saves aires his goalie gear out the night before a game. What could possibly go wrong? Enjoy the latest antics of Small Saves.
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Thank you. I used pencil, pen and ink, color pencil, marker.
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Thank you. He was my inspiration to stop pucks.
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Tony Esposito By James DeMarco When I heard the news I just stopped in my tracks. I knew what I heard, yet I was hoping I was mistaken. I just sort of sat down and stared straight ahead. Tony Esposito was my goaltending idol. He was a huge part of my childhood. Pictures of him making the "inverted Y", or butterfly style as it's now called, hung in my room. When he was on TV, I was glued. When my grandfather bought me my very first hockey jersey, a red Blackhawks shirt with the number 35 on the back, I was beyond elated! I became Tony Esposito! When his games were televised, I made sure I put that jersey on—along with all my goalie gear. With my plastic mask, I'd stand in front of the TV. There, I'd mimic him as the national anthem played. Tucking my mask into my pads, I’d rock back and forth, chewing on imaginary gum. As I grew older, I came to adopt his style. While I wished I had his skills and talent, watching him was how I learned to stop pucks. As a young adult, I had the honor of meeting him at a signing. I had drawn a collage of all the greatest netminders—of which he was one of. I had it framed and was quite proud of it. When he saw it, he was so happy, asking if I wanted him to sign the artwork for me. My reply was that it was for him. My “thank you” for inspiring the goaltender in me to come forth and play. He stopped the signing, held it up, and said, “He gave this to me!” He then told me he was going to hang it on his office wall. He made my year! Years later in an interview, they took a photo of him in his office… and once again I turned into a child as I spied the drawing in the corner! While I only met him once, I feel like he spent part of my life with me. When I started drawing Small Saves, it dawned on me that if I had never seen “Tony-O” playing on TV, I may never have become a goalie… and there would be no Small Saves. So, I’d always say with a smile that Tony Esposito was kind of like Small Saves’ grandfather. Seems like just yesterday I was a youngster, blinking my eyes for the first time in astonishment at this phenomenal goaltender. And now, I blink again, staring at the date of his passing. The world becomes so quiet when it loses what helped make it great. But then, out of the silence, an outpouring of all who he inspired come forth. Goaltenders, as far as the eyes can see, gather as one and look up to the heavens. Once more, Tony-O has moved us all. Somewhere out there, a newspaper or TV broadcast will dedicate a page or a segment about the passing of a legend. At that very moment, there will be a young child looking on, eyes fixed on this masked guardian. Their eyes will widen, mouths open in astonishment—drawn to the fascination of him and all he represented. In that very instance, Tony-O’s magic continues…. Once more, another goalie is born.
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Thank you. If I bring in any more goalie gear, the misses is going to make me a bowtie out of my goalie stick. But the gloves looks fantastic.
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I love vintage goalie gear!
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In this week's cartoon, the local news station films some of Small Saves game. "Which phenomenal save I made will be shown on TV?" he wonders....
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The goalie gloves look great!
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