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I tried full sleeve compression tops once and I hated it. My elbow pads were sliding around all over the place. I couldn't imagine doing that with the shin guards. I pull out the liners and wash em every time I wash my gear instead (I also shower immediately at the rink, i'm not taking that funk home or in the Mrs car).
I have a couple shirts from Under Armor that have this sticky grip stuff on the sleeves, supposed to help hold the elbow pads in place and keep them from slipping. Works pretty decent. I haven't had any problems with either, in fact I rarely even use shin tape. Definitely a personal preference thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by jammer06
So you guys know I play roller and usually it's pretty warm but the last couple weeks were pretty chilly. I got myself a fitted long sleeve from Under Armour. Compression is too damn tight for me. My head won't even fit through the hole (that's what she said). Anyway the shirt has been great for the colder nights. Haven't had problems with the elbows slipping off. Normally I wear the fitted sleeveless shirt.
I bought some STX elbow pads and so far so good. They are easily the beat fitting elbow pads. Elbow pads are not easy to find when you have scrawny arms.Quote:
Originally Posted by jammer06
I also wear a long sleeve undershirt w/o the grip. Not too tight too. And the pads don't slide. That STX.
I think I'll try out the STX elbow pads. The CCM's I have now are getting pretty worn. I'm pulling a pad back up my arm every shot it seems.
For the record, I use a lot of tape on my shins. Landing on a pad when it's shifted a bit and you're over 220lbs is the worst.
I always wore the "Long Sleeve Blue Underwear" when I played, indoors or out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luc SkyBomba
Looking for a set of the purple gloves used this week during the game vs the B's. 13 or 13 1/2. Anyone here have an in b4 they end up on the open market?
Well this past weekend I partook in the 6th Annual Ducks Throwback Classic Presidents Day Tournament. The games started on Friday, and end later today. There were 8 divisions, with 8 being the lowest, and the one I was playing in.
Our schedule and win/loss:
Friday, 7:45pm, 7-0 win
Saturday, 7:00am, 8-1, loss (I didn't play)
Sunday, 2:05pm, 7-3, win
Monday, 7:00am, 5-3, loss (I didn't play)
Our first game was a snoozer, I think I literally saw no more than 7 SOG the entire game, the other team was very green, and was made up of all women. The highlight is when I was hollering for a D on our team to cover the wide open girl in the slot. Here is what she said to me, "STFU, You guys are up 7-0, and I have never scored a goal in my life!!!".....at first I thought she was joking, but she wasn't. As she skated away, she flipped me off! I was dying and just put my arms in the air in a shrug motion, it was amazing!
Second game, wife had to work so I couldn't make it. But the team we played I guess had played together a bunch and probably should have been in a higher division....then again, I think our team should have been too.
Third game, again another team comprised of all women and one dude. This was also a snooze fest for the most part, but it was fun because many of the opposite team play at Lakewood in Rookie and Copper, and some guys wives and girlfriends were on that team. Not much action for me, however late in the third my shutout was cracked on a nice backhander, spinner from the dude on the team. Kind of a scramble int he low slot, I went butterfly and paddle down but it squeaked through and in, just inside the far post. The next goal was the WORST GOAL I have ever given up. A medium powered shot along the ice from my stick side face off circle, the top of it. Instead of dropping and redirecting it into the corner (like I always do) I decided to just stay standing, and square the puck up with my blade....oops. It hit my blade, bounced up and over in slow motion, through my legs. I actually had time to turn around and try to snatch it before crossing the goal line but failed to do so. My wife happened to catch this on camera, it is pretty funny! See the pic below. The third goal was another slow-mo back door play that I read well, but almost over committed in my butterfly push and it went in-between my arm and torso and I slid over to make the save.
All in all it was a good time. I wish I could have played this morning but like many others on our team, I had to work.
Here are a few pictures my wife snapped.
Ohnoooo, the worst goal ever!
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Just sitting here, bored.
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Some Reverse VH.
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And our team photo after our first game/win.
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Our regular league game was cancelled because they tried to reschedule it from last weeks cancellation, but so many people from both teams were playing in this tournament that neither team had enough people that would be able to play....so it was rescheduled again.
Saturday night was out last regular season game. We won 4-1, I had a shutty going until about half way into the third. The guy sniped me top blocker corner, it did glance off my shoulder though, but it was a great shot, no denying that! Our team dominated the play overall and I'm surprised we didn't have more goals than 4. A handful of easy tap ins were missed, but whatever. I stopped 18 of 19 according to the scoresheet, seemed about right. There were a few breakaways that I stuffed too. The team we played had some people on it from my Throwback Classic team, including the guy to the left of me in the pic above (african american dude). He is really fast, and has a great shot, he is the one that beat me for the goal. Early in the second he had a somewhat breakaway but I remembered he liked to shoot high, so I was ready for it, and sure enough, high snapshot to the glove side, boom, save!
The "oh *****" moment came midway through the second where a hard shot came from just inside the top of the left side circle. It caught me in the chin (see pic below) and ended up blowing out a screw on the opposite side of the mask! Talk about energy transfer!!! Luckily I was able to find the screw and nylon spacer/washer and upon further examination, the female portion of the screw actually broke. I played the remainder of the game with only 3 of the 4 screws holding my cage in place.
Playoffs start this coming Saturday, we finished in a solid 2nd place, going 10-4-1.
Here is a pic of my mask, you can see where the puck nailed me in the chin.
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After a lengthy hiatus, we returned to the ice yesterday and held on for a 4-3 victory after having 4-1 lead in the third period. We had a substitute netminder who did truly great work to help us get there. As for me, I had a couple of open shots on the rush that I sailed well wide of the net (I guess I know what I'm working on next :ko:). The good news about those two shots is I was in the right place, collected the puck and didn't get caught by any backcheckers; for me, that's a minor victory. Also, as hard as I skated each shift, I found another gear entirely in my final shift. I'm hoping that knowing what that feels like helps me set that as a starting point my next time out, or at least my goal for each shift. I love to play this game!