Colander

4 hours ago, Wonder35 said:

However, you just can't beat the newer gear when it comes to trout fishing.

 

Nice catch (I'll see myself out)

...and seeing how @wonder got to show us his, I'll show you mine (to use the vernacular). This pic is so old that this is the cleaned up version..(push processing didn't help the cause). Also note the height of the net relative to me. Hard as it may be to believe, it hasn't gotten any better in the past 45 years

(Edit: should have added, circa '77/78)

46 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I'm sure any piece of gear that's modern now a days would be so foreign to these guys back then. Just like this is foreign to us.

I wonder if someone would be laughed out of the room for showing up with today's gear

For reference, if you look at the first picture @Wonder35 posted of him in his winter jacket...err I mean chest protector, I grew up with the same thing. Right about the (first) time I got out of tending the new generation of CA's were just coming out (late '80s) - fairly similar to today's in size and coverage. I remember specifically seeing one in a sports shop and thinking two things:  

1. Man that is expensive (upwards of $300 - $350  when we were paying probably~$75 fore what Wonder was wearing

2. There is absolutely no way that will catch on - too many forwards will complain it is too big and giving the goalie an unfair advantage.

38 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Considering I was born in '88, pretty sure this commercial predates me.

To that I say you are welcome for being introduced to not only superb cinematography but "Shakespearean" dialog. This should really be entered into the Canadian NFB archives.

And to answer the question that has plagued Canadians for 30+ years, I have performed exhaustive research (i.e. watched the commercial twice) and can verify that yes his name is "Albert Albert" (apparently the child of some pretty unimaginative parents).

21 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I can't wait to sport my CT branded gear.

Umm EXCUSE ME!  For all your mockery you are clearly forgetting what a superstar it made Albert (and don't tell me you are tool young to remember it Coop!)

13 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

You realize that I have nothing better to do than to intentionally troll the internet...

Yeah - I heard that....

1 minute ago, coopaloop1234 said:

A broken clock is right twice a day after all.

 

Meh, don't flatter yourself - I set mine to military time mode, so only once a day here (If I can't play hockey, the next best thing is trying to piss off @coopaloop1234)

On 1/23/2019 at 6:57 PM, southpawtendy48 said:

 

 

(LOL, I guess it's the resolution or low light but) I don't think this is  really a cat, you just got one of those paint-by-number kits at Christmas, didn't you?

So what you're saying is, it's not True (someone had to say it)

32 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I"m obviously too lazy to actually do the research myself, but does that 41% mean full sets (pads/gloves)? Or just a piece?

Oooh - rookie mistake Coop! You don't ask how the data was obtained for a survey, you don't ask how the questions were posed or what qualifiers were used. You just accept the numbers as presented, otherwise the whole marketing schema we live by will have to answer too many questions...

2 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Nothing irks me more than goalies that act tough and try and start shit and then back off for the Cavalry. Either step up or stay out.

Yeah, well I don’t think you are as tough as you sound. Why don’t you walk the walk? Take the better part of the day and pay the $150 round trip, hop on a ferry* and come on over her and we’ll talk – I’ll pencil you in for the 29th..

*Be sure to try the crab cakes in the Pacific Buffet – I hear they are absolutely to die for – ta

3 hours ago, Naz said:

Annnnd I instantly felt REALLY old...

Don't - I was 30 in '88....

2 hours ago, RichMan said:

I feel bad for Holtby. He had a team in front of him in Washington.

 

Fixed that for ya..

12 minutes ago, Naz said:

LOL, you will know me right away... the guy wearing the 90's gear with nary a butterfly slide to be found

...and you'll know me right away too - the only guy that can use the cross bar for chinups...

18 minutes ago, Naz said:

Padding is wearable, although I should replace it.
Had another member graciously offer me another cage!  OTNY does make replacements, but they are over $100. This one looks like it was bent back into shape several times, and then painted with Liquid Paper LOL

LOL - you know, one day, if you are really unlucky we will meet on the ice...

21 hours ago, Naz said:

Picked this beauty up the other day.  Cage is thrashed so will get a new one.  But the helmet is in great shape.  Helmet is from the 1988 Canadian Olympic team.

 

Congrats! Pretty cool find and I love the retro look!

How is the padding inside the helmet - can it be replaced if it is rock-like? Yeah  that cage looks like someone took a hammer to it How hard will it be to get an replacement?

I’ll add my comments to this – and try to be brief*. For the most part I share a lot of commonality with others who posted here. In brief:

• Played from teen years to early 30s
• Got married, bought a house had a kid on the way
• All my gear needed to be replaced (my blocker was more duct tape than leather) and that was going to be expensive, and most importantly…
• I was ready for a break – felt like I wasn’t playing well and wasn’t enjoying it

When I walked away from it, I never said I wouldn’t play again, I just didn’t really consider it – lots of other stuff to do.

Not-so-fast-forward 20+ years: a bunch of people I work with decide to get together to play a few street  (actually basketball court) hockey games. I hop in net and do pretty well (in my mind), and then bug bites again. At 54 I’m back on the ice using semi-modern gear to play old-school style. I start really researching the position, advantages/disadvantages of the new style and decide to modernize my game.

That was 8 years ago – I’m 62 now and chomping at the bit to get back on the ice. At my age I feel like every week I am not playing I’m losing a lot of the new skills I worked on over the past 8 years.

My advice to anyone who is younger that is considering taking a break, do yourself a favour and don’t stay totally away from the position. I think of how much better a goalie I would be now if I had played once a month, be it ice, roller or street/ball hockey in net.

And to cross-post, with regard to the thread recently started about playing out – I did that while on my 20+ year hiatus for probably 5 -6 years. All I can say is it is sooooo much easier to put pucks in the  net as opposed to keeping them out.

(*OK - brevity fail)

I'd jump into the conversation but I need to run and take down a picture...

Very nice!

34 minutes ago, RichMan said:

Thanks. Got the mask back and the cage is beautiful and I couldn't be happier. Now if only I could get to play already.

Ummm @RichMan - excuse me - but as the kids say, pics or it didn't happen

Aunt was a nun and a couple of uncles were priests, history of missionaries in the distant past all from a french-catholic family. You couldn't say shit... err I mean stuff in my house that wasn't blasphemous...and yet, apparently I was the only one who turned out poorly.

13 hours ago, FriarGoalie35 said:

Stoked about the Kova neck guard! Got the 2.5” neck

 

If you really are a FriarGoalie, shouldn't that collar be white?

5 hours ago, Puckstopper said:

It's a stupid thing for the league to do in the first place.   If players looking like NASCAR drivers doesn't bother you, good on ya!  The look of Euro uniforms drives me nuts and I don't want it over here.  It looks cheap and tacky, but that's just one man's opinion.

More than one man's opinion - I want to watch hockey, not bike racing

2 hours ago, ThatCarGuy said:

A long awaited moment...

ThatCarGuy finally has his own car. Although I thought I wouldn’t be getting a car somebody (won’t say who but it was my dad) put the dodge wagon in a ditch and shattered the subframe so we needed another car. 

Yeah, when I was16 my friend's "mother" put their Nova into a row of mailboxes and took out the front end...except that 4 years later it came out that it was really him that was piloting the "postal plough"

Pffft - sucks to be you - I'm 5' 7" - all I need is shown below