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Afternoon Line

by Paul on 11/07/09 at 04:49 PM ET
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“For 15 years I’ve said that it should be mandatory and should never be the players’ decision, because you give us a choice and the chances are we make the wrong one. In saying that, I haven’t worn a visor my whole career and I’ve had no problem with it, either. So I think when it comes down to it we’re all men, we should have the choice, but for myself, if they tell me to wear a visor because I have to, then I have no problem with it.”

-Brad May of the Detroit Wings stating visors should be mandatory for NHL players.  More on this topic from May by Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press.

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Skates, Skates, Skates

by Paul on 11/05/09 at 03:30 PM ET
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It is all about skates with San Jose Sharks Equipment Manager, Mike Aldrich.

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If Anyone Has Seen The Evolution Of The Goalie Mask…

by Paul on 11/01/09 at 10:38 AM ET
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... it is the Maven.

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Are Canadians Born With Their Skates On?

by Paul on 10/13/09 at 05:31 PM ET
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Talking Skates

by Paul on 10/09/09 at 10:01 AM ET
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from John McGourty of NHL.com,

This is the time of year when tens of thousands of hockey players will be buying new skates, so who better for advice on purchasing the right pair than Pittsburgh Penguins Equipment Manager Dana Heinze?

NHL.com: Dana, what is the first consideration in purchasing and fitting skates?

Heinze:  As a parent buying skates for a player at any level, take into consideration that there are a lot of brands and you are concerned with how that skate will perform for you. The key is what fits you best. There are so many good pairs of skates out there that it’s a matter of personal preference.

NHL.com: What is the proper way to break in a pair of skates?

Heinze: We fitted Matt Cooke this morning for a new pair of skates. He wore his previous skates for a long time. We had him custom-fitted, baked his skates for 2 1/2 minutes and then put them on his feet. At that time, we want the player to pull outward, not upward, on the laces because the boot is soft and there is a chance that you can pull the eyelets out if you pull upward.

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The Goalies ‘Look’

by Paul on 10/01/09 at 12:49 PM ET
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from Paul Lukas of ESPN Page 2,

Uni Watch reader Tyler Hull works for Bauer, and as part of his job, he keeps track of what goalies are wearing. So if you’ve never devoted much thought to goalie pads yourself, don’t sweat it—Hull has already done most of the thinking for you.

“Goalies mainly chose their pads based on their style of play,” Hull explains. “It’s the only sports equipment I can think of that’s based on the athlete’s style. I know baseball players use different gloves, but that’s more for position than style.

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The Difference Between A Jersey And A Sweater

by Paul on 09/19/09 at 08:45 AM ET
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from Don Barrie at the Peterborough Examiner,

The Petes unveiled their new hockey sweaters last Thursday. The new design and material are part of a move the OHL and the CHA are taking to tap into the endorsement money for sweater exclusivity as their NHL counterparts.

Unfortunately many of the reports and the Petes’ actual press release referred to the new hockey apparel as a jersey, not the sweater that it is.

Here in Canada there are three accepted definitions for “jersey” according to my Funk and Wagnall Dictionary.

Jersey is a breed of a top milk-producing cow that looks like a Guernsey cow but for the black tip on her tail; it’s a type of wool and “a tightly fitting elastic jacket for women.”

There are also two geographic “Jerseys;” an island in the English Channel where the above mention cow hails from and a state in the U. S. , whose only purpose many claim is to hold up one end of the bridges and tunnels going into Manhattan.

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Don Barrie is a retired schoolteacher, former scout for the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres and a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame.

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Goalies & Their Equipment

by Paul on 09/16/09 at 08:25 AM ET
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Henrik Lundqvist talks about his Bauer equipment.

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What Is Going On With Goalie Mask Art?

by Paul on 09/08/09 at 06:48 AM ET
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from Colby Cosh of the National Post,

The painted goalie masks of the past were, by and large, bright abstract designs easily legible from the cheap seats. Most of the great, enduring ones were thought up by the father of mask painting, design student/goalie Greg Harrison. The masks from that time are the ones we still revere as canonical: Ken Dryden’s concentric red-and-blue “targets,” Mike Palmateer’s classic Leafs mask, the bicentennial special Ron Low wore with the Caps, Murray Bannerman’s elegant “kabuki” number. When goalies switched to the combined mask-with-caged-visor style of today, things began to get slightly more representational and crude, but some of the best literalist designs of the ‘80s and early ‘90s were still simple and tasteful, executed in a minimalist spirit: Mike Richter’s Lady Liberty, Andy Moog’s Bruins bear.

But now things have gone completely to hell.

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Nike Hockey Commercial

by Paul on 08/27/09 at 04:40 PM ET
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Canadian content.  Do you think we will see a USA version?

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