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LaBarbera Sweating Up His Jersey
by Alanah McGinley on 10/30/07 at 10:50 AM ET
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From Lisa Dillman at the LA Times,
Hockey players sweat. So, tell us something we don’t know.
Except not all sweating athletes are created equal, and some perspire more than others. Put Kings goalie Jason LaBarbera squarely in that latter camp, which has created some interesting challenges for this season.
The new Reebok Edge uniform system may be too efficient in repelling sweat from jerseys, so much so that it is wreaking havoc with LaBarbera’s gloves. He said that he probably doesn’t shoot the puck quite as well at the end of the period because of his slippery hands.
“I sweat a lot. I’m kind of known for it,” LaBarbera said recently. “I’ve always been like that. I’ve noticed it more so in my gloves this year than anything. You can feel it dripping into your gloves.”
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Those new jerseys are awful and Reebok’s designs for half of the teams are putrid. How much to the Sabres look like the Denver Broncos (another Reebok tour de force)?? They all look like the guys I would play street hockey with who were still wearing the jersey they got in tenth grade.
Posted by Rich Yan from Pittsburgh on 11/02/07 at 08:26 AM ET
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hahah keep em coming. its great to see how Reebok’s stupid ideas ruined something that NEVER needed fixing.
what a joke.
space age hockey = stupid hockey
Posted by Freddy Krueger's Glove from Milwaukee on 10/30/07 at 02:53 PM ET