OldSchoolGoalie

Yea, that sucks! Some of my ice times are right after the figure skaters or some drills with youth hockey, and zero flood so the ice is at its worst! This mod is actually very nice and I'm glad I came across it.

Update -- Everything seems to hold up so far. Sadly on a quick pass I went to slide over from the far left to the far right and yea... it was like going 3x faster and went beyond my target! After that happened I was able to catch myself so no more problems. I also found sliding to use 70% less effort than without it. Regardless of how bad the ice is the sliding seemed consistent from start to finish. Overall, well worth it!

What I did for my test is put only a 7.5cm by 10cm piece in the centerish as I tried doing a full wrap and it looked so awful and had creases and bumps (I did such a sloppy job attempting to get it done fast): I tried to round the corners a bit to reduce a corner lifting but I'll see how it holds up. I was worried I would be over sliding big time if I had too much applied. Even with 7.5cm by 10cm it still covers a lot of the block. Thankfully I am good at catching an edge when sliding. I've done some crazy slides on a quick play only to have a fast pass when I thought a shot would happen so I had to catch an edge and redirect fast. I'll play around during warm up and see.

I'm about to try this, but my next game is in 10 hours, and I have games pretty much everyday so waiting a day to apply really doesn't work well due to my morning - evening times. I have Warrior R/GT2s so it I can wrap the 3M Film around the knee block and under to protect the edges from getting contact. Do I need time for these to cure? I was also only going to apply it to the knee block where you can lift it up from the velcro. So not on that little part to the very left, or the calf area. I had enough of a roll to test the waters so I put a square on each knee block. If it comes off I'll just deal with it at that time. I'll report back after my game. My only worry of course is breakaways and over sliding back to one of the posts ending me either past the net some how or inside.

I could probably just use the player ones that wrap around the neck. I already use a dangler and CCM goalie neck guard which is BNQ Certified, it is just the fabric doesn't really stay up, it flops down.

We're a bunch of old farts. Cannot chat it up with the youngsters.

I noticed a lot of the same! What I found odd about the Warrior G6 gloves is that they closed in a way that had my fingers slipping back, just a really odd glove for my hand. It also had the 75degree insert but didn't make a difference, still didn't like the internals. I ended up getting the Vaughn SLR2-ST and played a game tonight with it. Extremely happy with it, also feels very at home for me coming from Heaton and Sherwood gloves that had close to what you would call a 600 break. Ended up retiring my CCM EFlex 600 break, just a piece of garbage even though I actually liked the internals and feel but couldn't close it, and the break in is just atrocious. My new Vaughn SLR2-ST closes very easily just off the shelf with little effort, but I still need to break it in. Most likely will do it just the natural way even though they can be baked and molded. I don't recall struggling 10 years ago getting a good catcher! Things have changed it seems. I'm most likely going to swap in skate lace and have a floating T as well.

I found this video showing how to do the lace work and have a floating T.

I want to get either a Vaughn Ventus SLR2 Catcher or Vaughn Ventus SLR2-ST Cacher, but I have no idea which one I should get. I tried on both at the shop and oddly enough the SLR2-ST closed way easier than the SLR2, not sure why as I thought they're pretty much the same glove other than the single / double cuff. Which would be the best for someone who likes a 600 style break, and that baseball glove feel? I also noticed when I tried on the SLR2-ST my thumb would end right on the entrance of the thumb loop, it was a strange angle. I resorted to just putting my thumb in the pocket without going through the loop and not worrying about the loop which worked much better. I didn't notice the same issue with the SLR2 though. My thumb wouldn't go into the loop and deep in the pocket but stuck here: I'm also very active with the stick and play the puck so I'm not sure how these single cuffs work. For reference the tip of my middle finger to my bottom palm is 6.5" (6 and 1/2 inches). I've tried a bunch of other gloves, Brains I found it felt off, Warrior was too flimsy, CCM (break issues), Bauer was so so. Vaughn seemed like the only one I liked off the shelf. If I get one of the Vaughn gloves above, what is the best method to break it in, and safely? EDIT: Probably just going to get a SLR2-ST.

Personally I would rather just sell it and get something else. I cannot get it to work with a skate oven, steam, water or anything. I went to the store and tried the Vaughn Ventus SLR2 and it was also pretty stiff but not as bad. The Vaughn Ventus SLR2-ST oddly enough was way more flappy and I thought the only difference was that one has a single (solid) cuff design (SLR2-ST) compared to the double (split) cuff you see with the SLR2.

Okay! Thank you. Just wanted to be sure I didn't get some down graded piece. Now the real struggle begins! Breaking in this glove... Already done two rounds of keeps33, less the weight, only tied with lace. Even had to jam a puck in the palm to get that break on the right side more. When I got this I could barely close it and couldn't even hold a stick with it, but at least now it closes only with less than an inch gap, and I can now grip my goalie stick. Going to be a long road ahead I presume? I probably should've got a Vaughn but I do like the CCM 600 break coming from my old Heaton and Sherwood gloves. I just wish these were not as stiff...

I added the photo, it is just the label shows SAMPLE, and I've never seen that on a retail catcher before.

I got a new game ready catcher from thehockeyshop.com but the tag actually says: SAMPLE (Model Name). I'm confused what the SAMPLE part is supposed to be? I didn't see anything stitched in showing Game Ready either as you can find on other screenshots. I don't see anything wrong with the catcher besides the SAMPLE part. I assumed these are just the models they keep always in stock locally for people to try on but they're not for sale? Or that the vender sent for the store to try out before shipping stock? They have all the CE tags, and QA sticker, etc... Pretty much all the tear away labels you would have with a retail catcher.

So I took my skates to another place at the rink which has a very good reputation. They confirmed the edges were indeed off and did a re-sharpen. Took the skates on the ice yesterday and it felt a lot better. Saved myself the 40 minute drive to go back to the other sharpening spot to debate their "methods".

I personally have never come across any ref that checks stickers, if they do that would be a pretty a-hole move especially for beer league. If this will be an issue just buy a more recent mask to be up to date. As far as I know those stickers refer more to the potential condition of the foam, straps, pieces, ect... more so than the actual shell. The issue with polycarbonate is that the mask itself will bend under very little pressure, just squeeze the sides of the mask together and see. Now imagine a heavy person falling on your melon during a scramble in front of the net. Also a very hard shot that doesn't glance off will cause you another problem as the shell flexes in. It simple isn't worth the potential damage to yourself to save a few hundred dollars.

Thank you! I'll do this and see what they come back with and post back. Probably either Monday or Tuesday I'll have a chance to drop in as I got a game later in the week. All of this is really new to me since I just did inline before, and even when I skated with player skates casually before I never noticed stuff like this. I went to this place as a recommendation because they're supposed to be easy on the toe and heel when working with goalie skates.

Not really, I caught this on my last skate after the game. Sometimes I'll feel the blade for nicks or whatever and noticed how sharp it was from mid to heel on both skates but much duller mid to toe. Never had this happen prior. Due to my inexperience on ice I wasn't sure if it was normal or not. I'm not a heavy person or anything so even with duller skates I can still grab an edge on the ice. Maybe I should just take them to the pro shop I got them done at and ask about it. I just don't want to come across as an idiot. Or as a test I could just get them sharpened at the first place and see if it happens again? I did probably 15+ skates only using the 1st place, never had wear like this before.

I had my goalie skates sharpened at a new place and noticed after about five skates in the mid to toe of the blade on both are much more duller, and the mid to heel are really sharp. I've never experienced it to this extend before, and prior there was a more even ware. I'm not sure if it has to do with me being more heavy on my pressure on the front or not? Is this normal or something wrong with the sharping process? I can almost nick my finger tip on the mid to heel on both blades, but not mid to toe. Also I have recently moved from inline to ice so maybe this is all normal but my first few sharpens were not like this until I moved over to the new place. My skating ability has also changed as I had to learn from nothing. Been at this since September of this year and noticing this issue on my last sharpen.

Good suggestion! I'm not brand loyal so I like to go with what feels "right" for me. I could be lost for hours in a shop trying on gloves.

What a blast from the past! When I close my Heaton S2000 it feels more like my thumb connects to my index finger (It is so bulky I cannot even make a tight shut either!). The Sherwood has my thumb going between my middle and ring finger.

All I can say is when I close the glove my thumb meets my fingers and it just feels super natural! I'll have to try some 600 break gloves next time I'm at the shop. So far I like the Sherwood one for now in comparison to my old Heaton one. Way more control as well.

Is that Sherwood GM 7000 considered a 600 break or in that range? The glove is a bit of a blast from the past. I really like the feel of it so far! I'm a bit happy to retire the Heaton, it just wasn't functional for me. I wont have ice time until Friday, but I'm looking forward to it. The only thing I need to get use to is not having that massive surface area open, but on the plus side I can at least close the mit shut, plus use it with an over grip on my stick to shoot.

I've decided to side line my main glove because I simply use it more as a secondary blocker more than anything which in itself is super bad, and it doesn't close well. I really have a thing for older gear, so this is my Heaton S2000 which is just a big glove overall. I never could really catch much, and unless the puck got into the pocket it would just pop out anyhow. Stick handling was horrible, and if I had to actually shoot the puck I could never grip over, always had to keep the glove behind the stick. So I'm using my other set (catcher/blocker) Sherwood GM 7000 now which closes very nicely and feels much more natural, just wasn't sure on the break as I hear about the 580, 590, 600... No idea about any of this stuff. It goes over the shaft of the stick perfectly as well so now I can finally shoot the puck without my glove behind. I used a glove similar to this in the past during inline and really liked it, but had to give it up back then. Now that I'm trying this one I'm very curious on the break and what this falls under.

So for the most part the CCM 900 works really well, I barely feel it. The main problem I had and maybe I just need to tighten it a bit more as the fabric in the center does flop down a bit making a sharper v. I understand that having foam would prevent this, but I just am too sensitive to any pressure there, and cannot tilt my head down. If I keep my regular stance I have full coverage of anything exposed, and during impact with my chin tucked in I'm fine, but these close calls normally happen when down and a rush to the net had been made.

I never thought to use a player one for the neck, but I do need the extra clavicle protection. Thanks for the replies. I think my CCM will do just fine as long as that fabric really does prevent a skate blade from cutting through!?!