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This is my current gear setup for 2017-2018. Usually I use the leg pads and gloves for 3-4 seasons, so these are about mid life now in their second season.

Leg Pads: Vaughn Velo 4's (second season)

Chest: Heaton 5 (First season, had it in storage, replaced my old H5)

Gloves: Brian's SubZero 2

Mask: ReidiC (first season)

Pants: TPS GP104 (Second season)

Skates: New Graf Cowling with Step Steel, and G50 boot

Jock: Brown JB2000

Bag: Frontier (hiding under the gear)

Sticks: Frontier and Montreal

Yea, as long as it stays above about -5C°/+20°F you should be fine, dress normally. Me and my kids play outside all the time, half the ice rinks in Switzerland are outdoors

Playing in Estonia in the 90's, the temps would drop to -20°C/-10°F, and that would be brutal. My hands were so numb I couldn't hold the stick, and my water bottle was frozen by the end of the 1st period....good times

15 hours ago, Murray said:

You non-tuckers are weird.

...and I don't give a tuck

On 10/20/2017 at 12:44 PM, IPv6Freely said:

Nice Passau's. Even the other team's forward is checking them out instead of following the puck.

And tell your d-man to wake the f up...or did he just fall in love or something? Geez, I thought my D was bad, this guy takes the prize....

Yea, I agree, Vaughn's model numbers have got too confusing. Kayen's list looks pretty good, except the V5 was 7990 and the V4 "LE" (Late Edition?) is 7900. AFAIK, they are the same pad, just different graphic and maybe one other small change. But basically the same pad.

http://www.hockeyworld.com/VAUGHN-7990-Velocity-5-Pro-Leg-Pads-Sr

http://www.hockeyworld.com/Vaughn-7900-Velocity-LE-Leg-Pads-Sr

http://www.hockeyworld.com/VAUGHN-7990-Velocity-5-Pro-Leg-Pads-Sr

I just got a new Bauer Reactor 9000 CA this year, after 5-6 years with my old Heaton 5. I need a mobile CA, and they are hard to find now-a-days. All the stuff I tried in the store was too big and bulky, made more for blocking, the Bauer was the only one that felt good right off the bat. There was a Vaughn that wasn't too bad weither, forgot which, Velocity I think. The CCM CA's were horrible. Couldn't move my arms. I wear suspenders over, and CA out of the pants (never understood how you can tuck it in?). Pants are TPS GP104.

Nope. ReidiC. Just like his old man's

I've been into Frontier sticks the last year or two. Before I was into all-wood TPS sticks, and didn't like foam-core because it didn't feel as stiff. The Frontier 9985G is foam-core, but still feels stiff as a regular all-wood stick. Thinner profile than Warrior. And best of all... Frontier sticks are made in Estonia

Here's my 14 year old son with one of my ...errr... now his... custom Frontier stick (reminder to self: have to double the size of my next order)

11 hours ago, TitanG said:

On the topic of non-traditional mask padding, I've noticed that some (maybe all?) pro goalies in Warwick masks now have a layer of Unequal behind the normal forehead foam. Unequal is a unique type of padding used most in football and baseball but is slowly creeping into hockey, with the most famous, but usually unnoticed example being Jonas Hiller who also uses it beneath his Maltese gel (it's the darker green, thinner padding). I've noticed this on both Cam Johnson from UND and Ryan Miller, so I wonder if Warwick is doing this now for all of their pro customers, possibly due to the new NHL regulations on masks? 

Also, many Boston Bruins players use Unequal under their normal foam, from backup Anton Khudobin in his Pro's Choice mask, to Brad Marchand in his Bauer 5100 helmet and previously Patrice Bergeron in his VN lined Reebok 11K helmet. There are other NHL players who use Unequal as well, and while some say their claims are far-fetched, as long as it actually has some positive impact on head protection I say more people should use it.

How do you know exactly who is using it? Are you selling the stuff?

So this is the new GSBB?