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10 hours ago, seagoal said:

I bet Elvis pays him tribute on his mask next year.  

Merzlikins has seen quite a bit of tragedy already in his life. His father died when he was 3. His mother re-married and moved to Switzerland, and then she died when he was in his teens (his step-father was a hockey coach). I'm sure having another Latvian goalie on Columbus, they must have gotten pretty close, and this must have been hard on him.

On the bright side, being married with a kid on the way, I hope he has some more positive things to look forward to in the future....

If you would have told him right here he'd be dead in a few hours, I'm sure he wouldn't have believed it. Funny how life is. I know it's cliche, but it really reminds you to enjoy each day.

Sad  First Latvian goalie to ever beat Canada (with a shutout no less). Dead at 24.

*Edit: First it was reported he slipped by a hot-tub and hit his head, but now it was updated, and he died in a firework accident, a mortar shot him in the chest.

https://www.iihf.com/en/news/26534/matiss_kivlenieks_1996-2021

https://apnews.com/article/columbus-blue-jackets-matiss-kivlenieks-hockey-nhl-sports-032b8580cdc3cd53c4a950886714c6d2

On 6/23/2021 at 12:05 AM, Guillaume0511 said:

Yeah, in a brief resume that's about right...but for the 6 sets that's not exactly the truth !!!

"...but I'm not really a goalie..."

Yea, real goalies have minimum 30 sets, but OK, since we see you are trying and have a cute "starter kit" going on there, we'll let you stick around anyway  

6 hours ago, seagoal said:

It's the only Olympic sized rink in the area.  Locker rooms are terrible and it's loud and echo-y, but it's a nice building overall. 

Do you notice a difference going from the smaller N.American ice to the larger European ones? I've been in Europe the last 20+ years, last time I played on the smaller rinks was late 90's. Are the angles different? The game speed faster/slower?

I try to avoid Amazon and buy from smaller/independent stores whenever possible.

I think the petition to keep Bezos in space and deny him re-entry to earth is brilliant.

11 hours ago, loki1416 said:

Total of 5hrs of ice today (all as a skater). Was really fast paced and a TON of fun. When I left, the score was 109 dark to 87 white. Of course, I was on dark!

Sounds like a basketball score, LOL. I don't think I'd even bother counting anymore if it went over 10 or 20.

15 hours ago, dreadlocked1 said:

Love freedom, but hate waking up to the neighbor's Harley underneath my bedroom (with extra loud pipes for his safety) every morning an hour before I need to get up lol. 

That sucks. Most of the Harley guys I know aren't exactly early risers, LOL. Maybe get some earplugs? ...or pull his sparkplugs? LOL

6 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

Happy Father's Day gents!!!

6 hours ago, jacksork said:

Did you hear about the fire at the circus?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was in-tents.

That sounds horrible. I hope no bears were injured.

1 hour ago, loki1416 said:

Come on man. The thread was cleaned up, why are you poking the bear? Just f'n drop it.

I don't see why you need to make references to animal abuse. It's a very serious issue. If you wish to read more about bear abuse, please visit the World Animal Foundation.

But getting back on topic: I haven't played hockey since October, I blew my knees out jogging, and now our summer roller hockey looks to be scrapped also. Hope to get back on the ice in Sept, but who the fk knows.

Until then I'm killing time. So anyone hear any good jokes lately?

Oh wait, I got a good shower joke: a guy in jail drops the soap, nothing inappropriate happens, then he picks it back up and goes back to his cell. 

I guess that's about as funny as I can be here without my posts getting deleted

CJ, you're a bag of laughs, you hear any good ones lately?

Does anyone here know Kevin Bacon?

Well, I was pulling for Finland, but congrats to Canada. They played kind of undisciplined, but pulled it out at the end. Nice GWG in OT. And congrats to Magnapane for MVP award 

And congrats to USA for the Bronze. Kind of symbolic that once again the US defeats Germany on June 6   Germany's goaltending was Jeckyl/Hyde. Or Niederberger/Bruckmann. Niederberger played great 1.7 GAA and 93 save%, while Bruckmann had 3.7 GAA and 81 save%. No idea why they played Bruckmann for the medal game, made no sense considering his garbage performance in the previous games. They would have had a much better chance for a medal with two solid goalies to go with. Too bad Germany banned Greis from the team for political reasons. But that's what you get when you put politics before performance. Well, maybe someone will be nice and give them a "participation trophy" If you sense I have some schadenfreude towards the German team, you're 100% correct  

On 6/4/2021 at 5:44 AM, creasecollector said:

Haha I'll try not to give him too much insperation but our entire family has been sending him stuff all day. This is unreal. @estogoalie

Your cuz got the GWG again against USA  He's turning into a real Magiapane-in-the-ass for every team he plays against  The US played much better than I expected tho. They played very good as a team, they just lacked a sharp-shooter, and altho I can't complain too much about Cal Petersen, I don't really like him and don't think goaltending was one of USA's strong points. Canada has got strong and solid goaltending from Kuemper, and Magiapane is a scoring machine, so that combo seems to be working well for them.

2 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Must be tough to land fat chicks in that bad boy.

Use appropriate vehicle for appropriate job. The "Free Pudding Pops" magnet sign works like a charm

3 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

We're just not over compensating there pudding pop.

Yea, I do have trouble fitting my 27.5" paddle into my Ferrari. My goalie sticks have a little trouble fitting in there too.

Yea, for sure, paddle length is really a preference thing, within reason.

But I had the impression that larger paddle lengths were trending in general more lately. Was just a little surprised you guys were all using 25".

...or maybe I'm just the only one here swinging a big paddle? 

Go to GoalieMonkey and put 2 sticks in the shopping cart and see how much the shipping charges will be. Should be the same cost for you roughly. IIRC 2 sticks will probably cost around 20-30$ to ship.

42 minutes ago, seagoal said:

Fair enough. 

Well thanks for joining, I hope you stick around. 

 

I see what you did there  Very cool of you to do a give-away 

...but why no love here for the 27.5 stick?  Me and my son both use them and I'm 5'11 and my son is a little bigger, maybe 6'1. No problems with the paddle length for either of us. Even my younger 14 year old son (5'9 maybe?) used one and was OK with it. 

I really do like the composites, they stay stiff, no soggyness. If someone gave me a used wood/foam stick I'd be a little leery of it, but used composite, no problem.

52 minutes ago, creasecollector said:

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Unbelievable. Canada barely squeaked into the semis, now they're in the half-finals. Gotta be proud of your cuz getting the GWG. Since I told you to tell him to get it in gear, I felt like I had a hand in this, LOL. Great give-and-go between him and #70, sweet moves by both. Shocker that Russia is going home with no medal. I had them pegged to be in the finals. Finland is still my favorite, but who knows. I also thought Switzerland would beat Germany today, but that didn't pan out. Let's see. Since I'm part American, I'm going to have to be rooting against your cuz in the next game USA/CAN Saturday, so don't be sending him any inspirational messages from me this time, LOL

On 5/30/2021 at 11:41 PM, creasecollector said:

Mangiapane.

Hey, IIHF has nice things to say about yo cuz ... altho Canada could fail to make the semis if the Latvia-Germany game today goes to OT. That game is gonna determine the last 2 semi spots, so should be a good one. I'd say Germany has been playing well and probably favored, but Latvia is at home (paper cut-out fan advantage?) and will be fighting hard to stay in. Goaltending has been pretty good on both ends, so it could be close and OT could be possible...let's see!

Coming soon...

23 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I didn't know you were a fat chick.

That changes everything.

Keep your pants on there Bill Cosby

45 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

You're implying I had any to start with

Alrighty then, jello shots are on me