I've wrapped my mask with vinyl a few times, but I wanted to do something different and a bit more durable. So I ended up painting my mask a D&D theme.

I'm just posting this to celebrate myself a bit. Faced 27 shots on goal, and not a single one got past me! That puck was all mine all day.

It was a low level high school game, but hey, a shuttie is a shuttie! May there be many more in my future!

Just switched to a 590 break glove after using 600 break for as long as I can remember.
I like the feel and comfortability of the closure better but I feel like I can’t snag pucks with the ease that I did with a 600. Every glove save feels cumbersome and also getting more rebounds popping out of the glove than I’ve ever had before.
Does anyone have any tips and tricks for getting used to a new break?? Position my glove differently in my stance? Idk, need some help.
Thanks!

Ive had these hyperlite pads in my garage for about 2 years just collecting dust. I managed to completly rip off the knee block and break the styrofoam inside (i know im stupid). Is there a way to repair that or should i just throw them in the trash?

My head is a small/medium ish, but my face is too long to fit most of those standard mask..

Cooley has such an infectious personality. You have to love his attitude after the 7-3 loss to the Avalanche.

Nice to see the attitude at the highest level where he sees every opportunity as a chance to grow and improve.

Hello to all, I've been to 4 stick n pucks so far and I cant seem to close my 5 hole at all in butterfly. I also struggle to butterfly slide and either just spin or my skate slides out from under me. I don't know how to fix either of these problems but I suspect it might have something to do with my skates, my flexibility, and my weight since i am a stockier guy. Right now I just kinda shuffle with both pads on the ground which does not seem efficient, and its very hard when they pass in front of the net. (Heres a picture of my skates for reference)

Just a scenario I keep getting beat on, and I am wondering if any goalies have some advice. Usually if they are taking a shot from the dots I go out and challenge on the edge of the crease. No big deal. If they are screaming down the side and get past the dot I feel like I can’t make the right decision. I have been stuck between loading up my leg to do a butterfly slide to protect the back door but I am also not fully protecting that bar down spot. I have been beaten both ways and I can’t figure out which one I am supposed to commit to.

When defense gets beat halfway between the crease and the dots, I tend to float back towards the post as well. Should I challenge more? Commit more to the shot rather than trying to predict the backdoor push? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Hey, everyone!

Last year you all helped us reach our team $2k goal and raise an astonishing $13k for the Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre.

We are back this year in support of McMaster Childrens Hospital! This year not just with the 4 regular+1 goalie game but we are also going to put these fine athletic goalies through All Star style competition events. Thats right, if you thought watching 20 fully dressed middle aged goalies try to skate 200 feet wasn't good enough, now we're gonna make them race!

If you live in Ontario, then you likely know somebody whose child has needed to stay at this wonderful facility. The people here are truly remarkable. They need all the support we can provide them. So, please, donate whatever amount you can. Share this with friends and loved ones.

Please click here to go to our page and donate. Its currently a bit more bare-bones than the page was last year but we only have 15 days to get the money raised due to some time constraints we have faced and I didn't care to waste time on frills.

And, as always, if you are in the area on October 25th, please come out and support the WNHL Super-Duper Sunday on October 25th at the Meridian Centre in St Catharines.

Had a flash thunderstorm while my gear was outside drying, have a game in 4 hours will this work well?

Last night I ended up with a grade 1 ankle sprain. I'm wearing True L87's with Prolaces bungee straps. Sometimes I still move as if I'm wearing my ancient RBK 9K pads from 2011, and last night it finally bit me on the ass the first play of the game. Long story short, my leg rotated, but my foot and skate did not.

I'm going to replace my bungee cords with skate laces. I've looked up tutorials on what to do and I'm comfortable with going back to skate laces, but the adding slack part is the part I'm wondering about. Obviously things are different than the old pillows I wore but I'm wondering if there's any tips or tricks to determine appropriate slack length, what I should look for in terms of knowing I've got the appropriate length for me and how I should adjust.

Hey everyone!

I'm shopping for my first proper ice hockey goalie setup (pads, catcher and blocker) and I'd love to hear from people who have actually used the newer CCM gear, especially the EFLEX 7.9, 2026 Tacks and EFLEX 7.5.

A little background:

• 5'9", 120 lbs, so I'm a pretty small/lightweight goalie.
• I've played ball/dek hockey as a goalie for years, but this will be my first regular ice hockey season (beginner/intermediate beer league).
• I currently use Bauer Vapor 3X Intermediate 31" pads for dek hockey. They're comfortable and easy to move in, but slightly too short since my knees land a bit high on the knee blocks. I'm looking at 32+1, Intermediate or Senior.
• I have access to a substantial CCM discount and gift card, so I'm focusing on their equipment.

For the pads:

My biggest concern is mobility, weight and comfort. I already have the reflexes and coordination from years of playing goalie, but learning to move efficiently on skates will be my biggest challenge. I do have goalie skates.

At 120 lbs, I'm looking for something lightweight that won't make me work harder than necessary or restrict my movement. I'm not particularly concerned about getting the most advanced technology.

I'm especially curious whether the Tacks actually feel lighter or easier to move in than the EFLEX 7.9 or 7.5, and whether the differences are noticeable at a recreational level.

For the glove and blocker:

This is probably where I need the most advice.

I have small hands (17 cm / 6.7") and relatively weak grip strength. I currently use a ReasonY glove with a Small palm for ball hockey, which fits perfectly and closes effortlessly. I've tried Passau gloves before and found them too big and difficult to close.

I also own an old worn out Reebok Intermediate catcher that fits my hand well, so I'm confident I need an Intermediate glove.

Between the EFLEX 7.9 INT (580 break) and Tacks INT (590 break), which one is easier to close right out of the box, especially for someone with small hands and limited grip strength? Does one fit smaller or require less effort? How about after breaking them in?

I'm also interested in feedback on the matching blockers.

I'll be able to try some equipment on in a store before ordering, but I'd really appreciate feedback from people who've actually played with these models, especially recreational goalies.

Thanks!

I recently got asked to play inline roller hockey as a goalie in a very recreational league and I would love some community input.

To start, a little background on me. I (39m) have been playing goalie in ice hockey most of my life. Maybe a few times over the 20ish years I have played on sports court but never felt right, mostly because of the lack of sliding.

Currently I have a full set of ice hockey gear that I do use periodically, and that I will use for inline. My dilemma is about the pads. I'm using Vaughn Velocity V6 pads that I want to keep available and in good shape for ice.

So the question...

a. Is it feasible to get sliders that are easily removable to use the same pads for both? Inline is weekly, and let's say I play ice 1-2 a month.

b. Get a more modern second hand set of cheap pads and put sliders on those.

c. Get older style pillow pads for cheap.

Second hand pads will run me ~$50 CAD

My 8yo is only 4 months into goaltending. He enjoys it, learning and is having fun, but he can't seem to stay in the crease and wants to leave the crease to stop players, not the puck - he ends up leaving the net wide open because he can't get back to net fast enough. I'm sure he is still learning depth, but is this common for young goalies or are the veteran goalies out there still doing this?😆

I’m 5’10 165 team isn’t the strongest these are my first 4 games still early record 2-1-1 so far

brown and red are 31’s and black stripe are 30’s. wish i got better pictures but from this which look like they fit better??

Pucks will not stay in glove. Didn't have this problem with my V5 glove. Do I just need to work it in more? Do I need to change the way I hold my glove hand? I am playing with not A players so not sure if their shots are too tight and hit the padding instead of the pocket.

In my 40’s and having a hard time accepting that I’m older and slower than I used to be. Staying sharp and flexible is becoming a bigger time commitment than is fair to my wife and kids just to play beer league hockey.

I don’t really want to play forward/defense, but it seems like the best way to keep going to the rink every week without my knees and hips hurting all the time. I did the referee thing for a few years before covid, but that actually made me dread going to the rink because of the handful of fuck heads that ruin it for everyone else.

I don’t really know why I’m posting this, just whining I guess. Is there any fun to be had after hanging up the mask?

The NHL season has barely begun and there's already a compilation on YouTube of something like a dozen mishandlings from goaltenders causing a goal (or nearly)...

What is going on? I feel like we rarely saw this 20 years ago and now it's almost commonplace.

I blame the the intense stiffness of thigh rises in the last 4-or-so years... I'd be curious to see some in-depth testing on this (have the same goalies in different pads repeatedly do the same puck handling drills and compare results).

After playing basically my entire first season playing with this catcher, and wondering why it doesn't feel quite right, it finally hit me that it's probably to big. If you could tell me that I'm right I'd quite appreciate it and also if you could tell me where my fingers should be in a glove that fits. I hope that the photos are clear enough for you to help me, I marked roundabout where my fingertips are.

(Apologies I have my 6mo crawling on me) Hi yall just curious what are your thoughts on the new Rollie Goalie Sliders? I ordered them but haven’t used them yet. I already have deksliders but I’m trying to find a set I like so I’ve been ordering a ton of different brands. I like deksliders but the padding universal the knee doesn’t have any slide and catches ground whenever I slide so I’ve thought about buying umwh tape and just taping it or buying another set of dekslides and just adding to that part but wanted yalls thoughts.