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That's pretty sharp. What do you play (competitive, rec league, or pickup)?
Question for goalies, is it considered showing off if you've got all matching gear with a nice matching mask? I know in pickup it's kind of frowned upon if you show up as a skater with all matching gear like you just got dropped off by the team bus. Do you need to have the game to back up that kind of equipment as a goalie?
About the pants, they're KOHO special edition team pants, I obtained through goaliemonkey. There is no shell on it, it's actually all stitched on. I love them!
I play garage league DWHL division 2, we played division 1 last season though. (it's pretty comptitive)
And honestly, I just like having a coordinated setup, I don't like random mix of brands and colors, it looks really whacko.
That's pretty sharp. What do you play (competitive, rec league, or pickup)?
Question for goalies, is it considered showing off if you've got all matching gear with a nice matching mask? I know in pickup it's kind of frowned upon if you show up as a skater with all matching gear like you just got dropped off by the team bus. Do you need to have the game to back up that kind of equipment as a goalie?
no not at all.... it costs us the same amount of money whether its matching gear or otherwise.
That's pretty sharp. What do you play (competitive, rec league, or pickup)?
Question for goalies, is it considered showing off if you've got all matching gear with a nice matching mask? I know in pickup it's kind of frowned upon if you show up as a skater with all matching gear like you just got dropped off by the team bus. Do you need to have the game to back up that kind of equipment as a goalie?
I'd say the game definitely matters. It's a bit different from all-player gear because having matching pads for a goalie is more of a given, that's why it's not frowned upon. Like you said, a player showing up in all bauer looks like they came off a team-bus or are sponsored. A goalie doing it just looks like, well, a goalie.
Being a goalie, wearing fancy equipment is a double-edged sword. People expect you to be good, but on the flipside if you start to gain approval at all, you look "better" in that brand-new top-of-the-line gear. People are idiots like that sometimes.
I find that you either get OCD-type star goalies who have that nice gear because they're obsessed and need to have that gear, have studied and tried out different gear, etc. Then there's the guy who buys it all to look like they're paid or to make up for something else, and then they also don't play well in it. It's rarely an in between if they've got all new gear.
Helmet: Bauer 7500 w/ Bauer pro cut shield
Elbow: Bauer TotalOne
Pants: Eagle X72
Shin: Old Jofa's
Glove: Eagle X95
Skate: Bauer Supreme 8090(love how well these things have held up. Been rocking them since late '05)
Stick: Easton s19 Parise 100, Bauer Nexus 1000 Stamkos 87
Helmet: Reebok 8k, '11 WC dark blue (possible coincidence, but the place I buy from gets leftover stock from the Pens)
Gloves: Easton all black, no model listed on them. Prob about 10 years old and have seen better days
Shoulders: old CCMs. Haven't made them in 15+ years. Would have to look in my bag to see what model.
Elbows: Easton
Pants: Penguins pro stock (leftover Gonchar)
Shins: Easton
Skates: Easton EQ30, probably the newest gear in my bag
Sticks: Easton Stealth RS, Letang pro stock and Park pro stock.
Bag: Easton
Helmet: Bauer 5100 w/ cage, Bauer 5100 with HS22, S9 with Oakley (not sure the model, friend gave it to me)
Shoulders: None, any suggestions?
Gloves: Vapor XXX, R8, Pro 4 Roll (x2)
Elbows: RBK 6K
Pants: One70s (The ones under the One90s - these pants are incredible. any suggestions of comparable pants from, say, Bauer, Warrior, Easton?)
Shins: Nike/Bauer Pro Light Speed, RBK 7K KFS
Skates: Bauer XXXX, Easton EQ50
Sticks: Bauer XV shaft w/ Kovalev Dynasty blade (Pro flex), 08/09 Dolo shaft w/ O'Sullivan pro stock Warrior blade(100 flex), SE16 shaft with P91a X60 blade (100 Flex), Dynasty Kremlin (75 flex), Dolomite Smyth (87 flex)
Bag: CCM Junior size (not sure the model)
I really would love a second pair of XXX gloves, but that seems like a pipe dream, and I'm kind of set on the P91A/Kovalev pattern so the Kremlin, Smyth and Malkin prostock blade might get moved one day.
Helmet: CCM V10 with cage
Shoulders: Easton ST6
Shins: CCM U+09 (CCM V04 for outside roller play)
Pants: CCM V06 (Mission CSX Girdle for roller)
Gloves: Warrior Bonafide X SE Edmonton
Elbows: Reebok 10K
Skates: Reebok 11K (Reebok 6K ice boot w OneUp chassis for roller)
Stick: CCM CL 65 flex, 2 x Easton ST 65 flex (2 x TotalOne Shaft 65 flex + blades for roller) all Sakic/Hall/P92 pattern
I purchased (and killed) a few gloves since, but my current is the Bonafide X, which is awesome, and seems pretty durable. I also like the looser fit. I killed 2 sticks since this post, so my current #1 stick is the Crazy Light, just yesterday bombed a great clapper with it, which left even my own teammates in awe... Might not be the best stick for stickhandling, but man, can it shoot !
