Chenner29

Not sure if I've posted these before. I flipped through a couple pages but didn't see it. Got these a month ago from Frank Cipra. Pro's Choice 961 shell. I like the backplate a lot more than the ridged one that Dom does, a lot easier to work on for the painter too, I'm sure!

Looking at my pair now, very noticeable. The thigh wraps around a lot more dramatically.

66% accuracy. Reminds me of my save %!

Funny you post this. I'm playing on two teams in the same division. The first team was my old team before I "retired" - I'm on full-time with these guys. The second team is a bunch of my old friends from working at Hockey/GoalieMonkey and a few other folks. If there's a scheduling conflict, I default to the first team. Both teams are undefeated so far; 3-0 with the main team and 5-0 with the second. I wonder what I'm gonna do if we meet in the championship game...

After taking a couple bruises through the front thigh pads on my V5s, I've got these bad boys inbound: See you tomorrow, sweet prince pantalones... Glad to hear that you are enjoying your pants untucked. My main concern is lack of a lace tie down in the front crotch as I added a nylon loop to the inside of my chest protector to keep it from shifting around. I can probably add nylon loops to the front of this pad to accommodate some skate lace. I think I ordered my Keneskys a half inch to full inch too tall, and if I can get some mobility out of my pants then I am set.

My pro stock Reebok P1 Bernier definitely has beefed up arms. The chest doesn't feel particularly different than other P1s I've handled. I've handled a pro return Budaj CCM Premier and the shoulder floaters are maybe 1/4" thicker than stock. Arms look reinforced as well. The Goal Crease carried a few SMUs - Colored Reebok P1 (red, blue, maybe white??) Colored CCM Premier (blue) CCM Crazy Light which was I believe had the CCM Pro/P1 body and the P4 arms Let's see how good my memory is on the first and third ones...

Yes, pretty normal. I wanted a V3 pad with the V2 graphic back in the day. I got shut down. Single solid color is always an option.

They kind of fit in between. I'd say 2 - 3 is Large (with the 3 being a "big large") 3 - 4 is an XL. I was told by Dudo to use the sizing chart and use waist sizing. Pant length and width at the thigh blocks should be the same across all fits.

For those that have these pants, how are you attaching your chest pad to the pants? Are you using just the belt?

The ones I worked with during my time in retail were significantly lighter weight than the 961/9601s on our shelves.

Which Brown unit are you using under your jersey? I picked up a used one a couple weeks ago that smells awful. I'm debating on giving it a couple good rinses and giving it a shot. I think it's a 2400.

I believe my 3/8 cut was on 4mm. I remember trying to put a FBV on them and the sharpener couldn’t get a good enough edge on them. I suggested the wheel they have for the FBV was probably for 3mm wide player skates and I almost saw a light bulb go off for them.

Crazy, that just happened to me Sunday night. Same shoulder too. I ended up carrying it as a regular bag until I got home PM Tim, he will help you out. I’m just gonna sew mine with an awl.

He had Bauer holders, not the True holders.

I'm on a 100/75 FBV, came from a regular 3/8 cut. I'd say shuffles are slightly less grippy. C-Cuts feel a little swifter/easier. The biggest difference I see is when I'm chasing a dump in, I have much more speed in getting to loose pucks. Less resistance with pivots, too - but how much is hard to say as I changed to a FBV the same day I got my skates profiled.

GSBB was lightning in a bottle in those years. It came around at the perfect time... There was so much stuff going on in the background in the pro ranks. The league had just resumed play after the lockout with new sizing restrictions and you had guys like Snow come up with pretty clever ways to trick the system (boot risers??) Smart phones were starting up around then, so you'd get potato cam pictures of guys at training camp or during games. Pro Return gear became more readily available both by retailers and on platforms like eBay/Craigslist/etc. Folks on GSBB would obsess over strap placement, an extra inch here or there, "pro logos" (lol) - then others would get the same mods to their personal set and people collectively lost their shit. We had Lefevre in one corner, not willing to make even the smallest change to their design. On the other side, we had CCM who'd clone and mod anything if you'd ask (and were a pro). Turco, Belfour, Brodeur et al. had Vector graphics on their gear. Someone decided to make their gear available at retail. I took a lot of calls during that time for Brodeur or Belfour spec CCMs. TPS released a Lundqvist spec pad and I swear to God, we must have gotten a dozen calls a day from guys in Sweden calling in at 2am their time wanting to buy it and I never had an idea why. They were something like 34+4s and the superficial knee rolls looked like they were moved DOWN on the face of the pad to make the pad look taller. The glove would never close. I don't remember anything particular about the blocker. For us regular joes, if you wanted custom it was pretty much Vaughn or Brian's, and the Brian's gear was (IMO) pretty bad around that time. I ordered a set of V2s once, one of my requests was for HD foam in the outside roll. I was promptly shut down. I was told "it'll cause the clarino/jenpro in that area to wear much faster, and from the inside." The V3 came out a year later and guess what? There's HD foam in the outside roll!

Man, those were the days! I worked retail then, during the transition from Koho to RBK branding. Do you know if your set was made at Lefevre or CCM? You could tell by type of font they used in the embroidery. If it was in block letters, it was made at Lefevre. Cursive font means it was done at CCM. The RBK branded CCM gloves were really weird and the closure felt "off" - didn't matter if it was a 580 break or 590. As employees, we had no way of requesting where we wanted our pads to be done. My buddy had a pair of Koho 585s (which were basically 580 graphic with a single break below the knee) made at CCM. They were produced with the RBK knee block and the 580 calf wrap. I ordered Koho 590s the week right after he put his order in and requested the RBK knee block. I got the RBK calf wedge instead with the standard 3 piece knee wing that came on the Kohos. Another one of my buddies requested the thumb wedge on the blocker with a 590 break glove and got a 580 break glove. Such a wild and wacky time to be alive...lol

Same. Such clean lines. It's the best looking C/A made IMO. Almost good enough to wear without a jersey

There's a seller on Ebay right now that has a Luongo pro return CCM chest pad for sale. Here are some screen grabs. Note the extra rib protection and custom color (navy). Other than that it looks like a pretty stock P1/Unicorn. Wish I could fit an XL!

I've got the backpack bag as well. It was initially a bit of an adjustment but I think I have it dialed in. I do have to use a lot more upper body strength to get it over my shoulder, but I think it makes up for the stress I put on my one hip (usually right) when I am going to and from the parking lot. I still sling my pads over my shoulder as that is something I've always done, and it is less work to unpack when I get home. For shampoo/body wash I buy the wash that does both. Less stuff to lug around. You can put it in a plastic/sandwich bag so it doesn't leak. I don't drink Gatorade, I actually take Scivation BCAAs - lots of tasty flavors to pick from, just don't get the watermelon unless you like watermelon Jolly Ranchers. Strongly recommend Fruit Punch and Blue Raspberry. Unlike Gatorade, there is no sugar, no crash. Much better priced than the Biosteel stuff and it does a lot of the same things for much cheaper (90 servings for $40 on Amazon). It's cheap enough that I used it to replace a bad soda habit as well. You still get electrolytes to help with recovering lost fluid. Also helps with muscle soreness the next morning if you had a particularly rough night. I usually stock two versions: BCAA Go with the red lid has a bit of caffeine in it for before the games (and the morning after), and then I have a shaker bottle with the regular kind for after. I find shaker bottles are a bit more secure than the regular water bottles. I usually pack my jock, jock short, socks, and knee pads into my pants to save space. Then mask (in it's own bag), glove, and blocker. I also have a couple washable mesh laundry bags in different colors to differentiate wet and dry. I typically shower at the rink. When I get home, skates and helmet are taken out to air out, then gloves are placed into a Rocket Dryer. I usually dump the wet garment bag into my washing machine and go to bed.

Carbon steel on the skate - looks neat. I'm assuming it holds an edge better and mitigates that "lost edge" feeling when banging up on the posts?

Believe it or not, those masks are HECC approved...

My current PC - going strong since 2007. Art by Doug Wager/Wzlhed

Well, my new wheels are Insta-famous courtesy of letstalktendygear. Here's the rest of my gear...

25" as measured by CCM. 5'11.