Fullright

24 minutes ago, Hills said:

@Fullright

LOL, yeah I know, Matt.

5'5", 25" or 26" depending on how the manufacturer measures the stick.

very cool

Even though I am a runt height-wise (5'5"), I have relatively wide and long hands. The Paussau 60 degree fits just fine and has thumb and fingers closure. Two Velcro straps across the top of the hand internal of the glove itself and a wide Velcro at the base of the forearm. I use the two across the hand tight and just loosely thread into the closing clip the wide strap. No finger or thumb loops which took a skate or two to become acclimated. Very light, airs out well even during the skate, very durable and broke in about a skate or two. Mine has the double T with skate laces for webbing with a base (read as none) palm. Stingers, I guess, I am just used to - we never had different palms when I played for real. One thing I think gets overlooked in these conversations is the wrist pad/protector. The 60 has a monster pad that is wide and thick; no dents to the bottom of my forearm.  A great glove if you are looking for a baseball mitt type of glove.

Having to pee several times a night helps one gain entry in this distinguished club.

I've had 2 cameras drilled. I called GoPro on a Saturday morning each time and they replaced them each time free of charge. They asked how the camera got messed up and told them the truth. No matter, they still replaced them. Since the company went public, I don't know whether their policy changed but that was my experience. Editing is a pain in the ass but so what? Join the party, SBR.

I know Stefaniuk's reputation is excellent, even among the dudes who make the full face ones. I haven't used his mask but if his rep is any guide, it is likely very well built

CCM C500 pants held up with suspenders 

Heaton chest and arms with an intermediate Vaughn Ventus sewn on top.  Worn over the suspenders.

Freak incident: got crashed and in the crash, the chest and arms got pushed over and a slap shot got me bare in the liver. Yeah, it hurt.

On ‎9‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 1:10 PM, TheGoalNet said:

I look this GSBB 2.0. Maybe someday we can formally merge, but I doubt it. hopefully all that good old data can live on! 

TGN, I completely understand you and the rest of the admins break your behinds to make this place happen. To tell the truth, even though I joined that site/page for a long time, I am very reluctant to post anything there, even a thumbs up symbol or emoticon. Tough crowds are one thing but that place seems like it can get personal real fast. This site is very welcoming and even if I post something stupid or awful, I don't have a worry whether the rest of the gang will turn into sharks and me a piece of raw meat floating in the sea.

Mandatory viewing is the Munsters and Beverly Hillbillys. Always had a thing for Marilyn and Ellie Mae.

Got to let 'em in.

Site is great....if we have a question or idea about stopping a shot or handling a situation, where should it be posted?

Mo, I have zero knowledge about this type of bucket. Other than working on your painting skills, if you are the painter, save your dough and get something new. Why take a chance on how the prior owner treated it? Every little johnny boy can fire so why roll the dice with your mug when you don't know whether, for example, the other guy kept it at the bottom of his bag with tons of other stuff on top of it?

Naw, HSD gets an exemption for everything he's endured the past few years. Besides which, a public younger looking mug might help recruitment.

The fearless leaders of the beloved board are probably thinking why the hell they started this thing. Don't worry fellas; you'll get there.

I think this is a very useful topic and when I was looking for a glove, it was hard to understand the terminology. I would love to add my two cents but I am not sure I understand the terms. If we have some definitions, it would help to add accurate remarks. I don't want to lead some one in the wrong direction or misinform some one.

5 hours ago, MadsM said:

Oh lord Hills! I'm envying you, is that jersey also goaliecut? - been searching all over for it.

Oh and hi @Fullright! Really used to enjoy your videos from the goaliecrease :-) 

Hey Mads...glad you made your way over to here

Getting pissed off goes with the position. How you deal with it is the hard part. Believe me, Willy, sometimes I just want to put some of the skaters in a headlock, punch them in the head, and ask why they are so stupid or lazy. But that isn't very practical and, personally, I don't have a lot of options. I am not so sure I could handle a league anymore skill-wise and I certainly don't have the energy to play a game late at night on a weekday. So I've been lucky to find Friday night. The Sunday deal is during the off season together with not being a scrimmage. It's all shooting drills. So if I want to "play" - I agree the chances against are ridiculous and almost impossible - I just have to eat it on Fridays. The fun of playing, fortunately, out weighs the absurd nature of the hockey.

What helps too is remembering that even with good hockey, most teams have idiots who look at you cross-wise on any goal. It happened in my league-days and it shows up in Hills' and Imperative's videos and they're great goalies on mostly just decent teams. So just enjoying it and trying to remember that stupid nonsense happens even with a team is how I try to cope and avoid arrests for killing dumb asses with a bad attitude, no brains, and the inability to turn left skating backwards.

Don't give it a thought, SBR. You cant hijack a rambling post anyone written out of a very long work day.   I just wish I had written it as succinctly as you guys wrote it. Since college, (I graduated at 22), I played pretty decent beer league until 34. So from age 22 till now, even including the 16 or 17 year hibernation, I've met about 3 or 4 real D-men. They tend to stand out, lol. Probably the hardest position to learn in my eyes.

You guys are making the point much better than I. I understand drop-in is usually garbage. What distinguishes this one is that 3 teams use it as a practice pretty much year round. The problem is the goalies who don't want to communicate and the building's inability/refusal to enforce its rules. Look, I probably shouldn't even be playing anymore and Sundays, a private skate, is off the charts. The problem with Sundays is that is from the end of March to about mid August. I mean, if you've watched my film, it is not bad hockey and the only problem, aside from mentioned above, is the D sucks....but that's expected even in a league.

On your point, SBR, the Friday night building does have a signup sheet for the goalies they but they don't cut off sign-ins or enforce it. Sometimes there's been 2 signed in but 4 on the ice, for example. The skaters are basically a mix of 3 teams and mostly a practice for white. Rare deal for a drop in.

Here's a random piece of bullshit from an old fart. I don't know the age of most of you but at some point your league days will end. That's cool; it is inevitable. If you get to that point and still burn to play, you become a drop in goalie and if you're lucky, you find a good one with some high end players, a lot of mid range ones, and a few benders. The age range goes from about 18 to about mid 40s...I'm 54 but goalies don't need to be in shape because all we do is stand there, right?

So here's the bullshit part. When in the name of heavens did this misguided fantasy develop that 4 or 5 goalies could split a 2 hour session? The worst part? You try to be a nice person and get everyone's cell so perhaps we can just effing text each other so we can match up. What happens? No one responds leading to nights were there is one goalie and other nights, hold onto your hat, SEVEN of them. What the hell? Now it is a public drop in so you cant tell folks to get lost but geez this is how good skates disappear.

I don't know how you can get a roll going in 10 min shifts or worse not blow a hamstring sitting and going back in. Mike Keenan isn't my coach anymore. My two cents where this originates: the gear is so good, anyone can play goal and it is a big whoop to put a pic on Facebook of a bruise. I cant go tonight and am typing this from my office at 7:10 pm on Friday night, the night of the Friday skate. I told everyone and their uncle last week I would likely not make it this week - I was the only goalie last Friday - and texted the goalies all this week....not a word in response. Thanks for reading this because it is something I would never say publicly...at this age.

Very cool thread. I am not sure what Crawford wears but it must be really good. He purposely plays a lot of shots off his chest,,,and his head. I am sure he's tough as nails but the gear must be good too because he never has to "walk it off".

was out of the country for a week...place looks much improved in that short amount of time. not that it was otherwise before.

Thought it was pretty good. Glad to read about him having only seen a few videos of his modded gloves. Only thing I would add is a few quotes from him might give a little more insight.

MMMM...thanks for the thread, Mr. R. We'll have something for you shortly on this topic.