Colander

Glad to see you are able to get out a bit Joe -hope that means things are settling down with the parent(s).

Great game - the stop at ~0:33 was textbook rebound control - something a lot of goalies could learn from.

#37 in white is too big to move - cup check is the only solution!

Keep posting!

1 hour ago, DL42 said:

...if u want the proper positioning find a pro goalie that ur height and size and use their pattern and modify accordingly.  

For those of us under 6'3, please visit the egress

On 1/1/2020 at 8:26 PM, RichMan said:

Last time I saw a Lie printed on a stick it was the old Christian sticks I used to use in the 90's

For brevity I didn't launch into it in my previous post, but back in the'70s you didn't get a length printed on a stick, it was always lie. You just found one that worked for you and hoped like hell they didn't sop making them (luckily around here it was SherWood - only the rich kids could afford Koho).

I have seen lie values printed on some sticks now, but it's few and far between. It's interesting that such an important piece of goaltending hardware can be fairly well defined by two values and presently you usually only get one (length) and that value isn't even standardized.I guess until the NHL suspects sticks are limiting the number of goals scored, they won't force manufacturers to standardize in any way (tongue heavily in cheek)

On 12/30/2019 at 8:50 AM, RichMan said:

My 2 cents...

I'm 6'2 and that is irrelevant IMO as some of us have different length of legs and torsos and then there are some who wear tall blades and then some of us have low or high stances, and THEN some of us are far less flexible at the bending points (lower back, hips, knees, ankles) which will inevitably change this whole data approach completely.

For instance...as mentioned above, I'm 6'2, have a 92" inseam (roadie cyclists will know this), I currently wear Bauer Vapor skates with the regular 1G blades and my stance has evolved quite a bit over the past 30 years. I started as a stand-up bent over goalie then went hybrid with a more squatting style stance, and now I have incorporated the b-fly quite a bit in my game the past decade which means I now use more of a wider stance.

I went from a 25" to a 26" and am interested in trying a 25" again so I may work on my puck handling more.

It's an ongoing process of adjustments and adaptations as I slowly age.

If you're going to do this, your best bet is to create a data sheet that will incorporate all the possible variables.

OK – I will see @RichMan’s 2cents (so you at least get 4 cents out of this if nothing more). The place I would be concerned about this thread is a newbie trying to use the data here as a gauge for stick height.

In the first case, as we all know the proclaimed stick length vs. reality can be a crapshoot. There doesn’t even seem to be a standard measuring procedure to quantify length (i.e. start and stop points to measure between), so trying to compare size by advertised dimensions is tenuous.

Secondly, as mentioned elsewhere, the lie plays into the overall height of a stick. Without factoring that in the waters become muddier.

Finally and most importantly, per RichMan’s observations, there is a lot to consider with regard to stance and style of play when considering a stick length – dare I say this is the most important point? When I returned to the position, I started with a 26” stick because I read on one forum that no adult goalie should play with anything shorter. That succeeded for me – succeeded to screw up my balance and result in a load of goals going in stick side under my arm. As an experiment, I decided to determine the proper height for a stick blind to printed size (by using a mock) and ended up (by physical comparison to the mock)  trying a cheap 23.5” Bauer - yes, intermediate sizing.

Suddenly the under-the-blocker-arm goals became pretty well non existent, and my movement in the net a lot smoother, as my stance was not being driven by my stick (goals against took a noticeable drop).

On page 1 of this post, @Fullright stated he is 5’-5” and uses a 25” or 26” stick. Even though I am 2.5 inches taller than him I use a stick (advertised as) 1.5” – 2.5” shorter than his. This isn't surprising as any of you familiar with Fullright's videos knows he plays a very skilled standup stye. Even though we are close to the same "vintage" I play more of a b-fly biased-hybrid style", seeing as I wasn't stopping anything staying up anyway (not that b-fly has helped any).

3 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I'm confused - are we talking about the ones on the left and centre, or the one on the right?

15 minutes ago, Wonder35 said:

Me in action at a recent VGK game ..........

Next thing you are going to say is you pulled a groin...

On 11/14/2019 at 2:03 PM, Naz said:

Pearkes Green?

18 hours ago, Imperative said:

... I liked were you robbed the guy and then he threw his glove at you, haha

...when you are so pissed off swear words alone just can't do it

For those of you removed from the pacific northwest, a long time ago (early '80s?) Seattle dubbed itself "The Emerald City". So "Wizards" or "Flying Monkeys" - take your pick....

41 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

What about your mother?

Well if you're looking to start dating again, you're out of luck as she died 15 years ago...

16 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

You're a big fat miss.

Good comeback Coop - I suggest now throwing in something bad about his mother...possibly including army boots - oooh snap!

Man, that is all sorts of pain just looking at it. All kidding aside, I'm really sorry about the injury. As you said, at least the season is clear for a while, so thank goodness for the small graces.

Here hoping for as quick a recovery as possible.

18 hours ago, 2padstack said:

I haven't got to wear it yet- still working on getting used to my other new pieces of (internal) gear. Happened a couple of weeks before the gear arrived.

Holy crap - no wonder I couldn't find any drywall screws at Home Depot last time I went!

What happened there? Quick kick after the wife/girlfriend spotted you looking the wrong way?

Are you making your shirts out of old goalie pads? Mmmm - somewhat rigid, but only a little sweaty...

On 6/27/2019 at 10:03 AM, Fullright said:

Oh, I got some stuff for you guys....I've a pair of CCM Goalie Tacks with the leather cowlings. Pics to come. Yes, a slap shot broke my foot once but I made the stop and that's all that matter right?

Tell me they are in a man cave somewhere! That is the one thing I always wished I had - but of course back in the day, only the best goalies had them. The rest of us had the plastic-booted-ungussetted Bauers

Awesomeness Bunny !

LOL or a very clumsy oven mitt

I don't know how you guys keep your stuff in such good shape. My old Cooper leather gear disintegrated probably two days after I sold it in the early '90s...

You guys need to rattle @Fullright's cage and get him to display his (used weekly) gear!

Sort of veering back to the original  subject, at least with respect to team name and fish, one other could be "Steelheads" - I could see all sorts of caricatures for that one LOL

20 minutes ago, seagoal said:

Sockeye are known for their deep salmon red color and bold flavor.  They live all over the place in WA state and are quite common and quite delicious

Oh man - very little beats salmon on the barbecue, or in my case, beer-b-que. If you live in this part of the world and have ever had the opportunity to attend a First Nations barbecue, you know how delicious salmon can be!

Great - still two hours to lunch

@MTH "WTF is a sockeye?"

Sockeye, Chinook,Pink, Chum, and Coho are all types of salmon. A lot of people  living out here (BC/Washington state/Oregon) make their living fishing, especially for salmon. Pike's Place Market in Seattle is a popular fish market which has a lot of pubs, eateries etc and is quite the tourist attraction.

Actually, spelled differently the Seattle "Kohos" would be kind of a neat tie in to the equipment, but probably only to goalies...

That looks like a very brittle fracture. Between that and its proximity to the weld I would guess its a result of some sort of heat induced brittleness created during the welding process.

Nooo - simply turn them upside down, slip the blades under your armpits and voila vintage/heritage/ some other buzzword - crutches - for  us old guys after the game

16 hours ago, bunnyman666 said:

Set or wallet and handbag?

Slip cover for your "Smokey and the Bandit" Trans-Am

On 5/8/2019 at 10:14 PM, ULTIMA said:

Velocity 8 custom chest/arm, NHL specification. Aviator blue with red logos.

And before anyone asks, I do not show my face on the internet hence the mask.

You need to pull a negative mould off that mask, lay it up with CF and make it your game mask!