Lucky Pucker

4 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

It's a relic from when I got my Blue GT2's. Thing is on it's last legs and I have some Red sticks ready to go, it still works mostly fine and I can be a cheap bugger. 

Aye, mate -  ah ken whit tis lik' tae hae that scots sensibility aboot dosh - lol!

2 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

A few more because I'm a fucking attention whore and I need constant approval. 

Nice pics. Which one are you…(?)

1 hour ago, Chenner29 said:

You're married now, your balls are not your own

They match his stick colour though…

2 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

If it was up to @Lucky Pucker, this set isn't my best work. 

I just think he doesn't want me to be happy. 

You got married - and willingly, it would seem. 
Based on that, I’d say that YOU don’t want you to be happy.

20 hours ago, Lucky Pucker said:

A buddy of mine had been taking pictures of his son’s hockey games as a hobby for the past several years. I asked him to come out to our last beer league game, and he got some pretty nice shots 

 

Forgot to mention: for anybody in the Ottawa area who might be interested in having him photograph a game of yours and/or your kids, you can check out his website here:

https://starkglow.pixieset.com/

17 hours ago, dstew29 said:

Quick little sequence from a recent St. Patty’s tournament. My once a year daytime game photo op!

 

 

Looking good in the crease there. Much better movement than I can manage (hence posting stills vice video from my game - lol!)

2 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

You look like you just got the "recently enlisted" haircut, 

Well, let’s see here:

- I was in uniform 

- everyone had helmets

- people in different uniforms were shooting at me

- people on either side got tanked after 

So yeah, I went to war - with an appropriate haircut. And a war correspondent to photograph the carnage - LOL!

A buddy of mine had been taking pictures of his son’s hockey games as a hobby for the past several years. I asked him to come out to our last beer league game, and he got some pretty nice shots 

On 4/4/2023 at 9:30 AM, johncho said:

I went to get fitted at one of the top fitters in town, but need to go back as they did not have stock. I will ask if this is possible.

Hey John!

just curious- who do you mean by “one of the top fitters in (our) town”…? 
I’m fine for skates just now, but might be a good tip for me to store for later, if you’ve found a place you’re happy with.

17 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

You be careful with what you wish for, especially with you behind enemy lines there. 

Leaf fans being submissive and knowing their place is far better than them winning a series and regaining their obnoxious bravado. 

Not wishing for the Leafs Nation prayers (that’s what they been reduced to) to be answered - far from it. I’m just noting that it used to be more fun to give them the gears. I still - and always will - ultimately delight in their playoff ED (elimination disfunction)

15 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

God I hope so. I always welcome another year of clowning on the Leafs. 

Same here - but it was more fun when there was an outside chance they’d actually win. Now you buzz a Leafs fan, and there’s no come back, no fight - just agreement.

15 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Frankly, they dodged a bullet by letting Campbell go. Dude isn't taking any teams deep in the playoffs.

Hell, without Skinner playing fantasticly, Oilers wouldn't even be seeing the playoffs. 

On the one hand, I feel for him because he is arguably the closest thing to one of us in The Show. On the other hand, Dude… you’re in The Show.

1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Samsonov is better anyways. So probably a blessing in disguise. 

I'm sure they're going to need all the good goaltending they can get so they don't repeat a Campbell situation. 

Yup. They’re gonna need their goalie to show up - not just for one or two games, but for ALL seven of them .

On 3/15/2023 at 5:07 PM, Lucky Pucker said:

Another rough day in the “family member’s gear” category, as I finally posted my daughter’s goalie gear on Kijiji - almost a full season after she said she was done with hockey.

Definitely one of the harder hockey moments in my life 

 

Sold and picked up yesterday, after being up for only two days. 

The guy who bought them was great - not a goalie himself, but played hockey his whole life, and all his closest hockey friends are goalies. He also coaches his son, who wants to play goalie (which the Dad is super excited about, and wants to give him the best possible experience- unlike most wet-blanket parents who want to discourage it).

While he only needed the blocker and trapper, he bought the bundle for his hockey association (which, like most associations, has woefully outdated goalie gear to loan out to aspiring goalies who are drawn to the position from watching the big names in the NHL, only to be given the gear that would have been worn by goalies 20-25 years ago…)

Anyway, was very happy to have the stuff go to what seemed like a great guy who is trying to do good for his kid, and his kid’s hockey club. There are still some good people out there

On 3/15/2023 at 9:02 PM, ThatCarGuy said:

Love these more than the Vogel sweat bands. Mainly because they fit in my warrior bucket better

So funny thing - two, actually.

I went to pack my bag after getting these, and sitting at the bottom of my black hockey bag was my “lost” black sweatband! So now I have 4 (funny to me, not so funny to my wife).

The other funny thing is that I played twice with them now, and I don’t think they retain as much as the Bauer ones I got with my bucket. I had sweat running down into my face both skates: I was really excited to read your endorsement, @ThatCarGuy, since you’re playing more often at a high level - and in stinking-hot Texas! LOL! Maybe I got one that looks similar to yours, but a different brand…? Maybe I’m doing it wrong - there were no instructions ()

Full disclosure: I’m no Binnington fan. But if a goalie is gonna blocker-punch (not that I condone that), I believe the gold standard is somewhere around here:

Another rough day in the “family member’s gear” category, as I finally posted my daughter’s goalie gear on Kijiji - almost a full season after she said she was done with hockey.

Definitely one of the harder hockey moments in my life 

Back on topic, lost one of my sweatbands somewhere in the locker room/laundry room/furnace room shuffle, so got these. Will try them out tomorrow night

3 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Gear always does last a good long time when pucks aren't hitting it. 

Gentlemen, I think you’ll find, refer to it as a “re-sale-value-focused” style of play. It’s very hard to pull off - but having coined the term, and mastered the style, my gear will last the rest of my life! 

1 minute ago, seagoal said:

Man.  Drooling over those Warrior twigs.  Nice.

Yup! I’m still on a Sherwood that I don’t love - but I can’t justify buying a new twig either. Soon… I mean… soon-ish. Hopefully…

I’m just not a good enough goalie for toe-tie/RVH technique links to have even occurred to me - LOL!

18 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Sure helps that they're made by the best name in sports. 

Actually, they’re the cheap knock-off brand “Cooper” - so not in fact the “best name in sports” brand, which of course is Pooper.

1 hour ago, WillyGrips13 said:

It makes a great display piece. 

Yeah, I’m re-doing the furnace room “museum”, and decided to hang them up there.

1 hour ago, Chenner29 said:

Yes chesty is an Eflex body with Axis arms

White based CCM pads have boot risers installed

Well spotted! We weren’t allowed to touch anything, but it looked liked the kind of foam you’d expect to see inside a 90s era Pro”helmet”.

Very minimal strapping on those; pretty modern! And yet… both goalies use skate lace toe-toes; I guess we’re still a couple of years away from goalies at this level having only known some variation of the bungee cord.

interesting- if fatalist- message on Mac’s stick, as seen in the pic.

The goalie coach, Andrew Mercer, was also there. I was fortunate enough to work with him briefly. A few very interesting drills, coming from a different perspective; I tried one with the goalie on my kid’s team that I coach, and it worked very well!

A little while back, I took part in a coaching clinic offered by the Ottawa 67s coaching staff (which was fantastic). 
We also got a tour of the room, so I snapped some pics. 
I don’t know my chesties that well, but is this a hybrid/frankenchestie…(?)