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Comment on Worst Hockey Shoulder Pads by Chris

Chris — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:31:39 +0000

Just got these at a resale store for my Bantam age son. He LOVES them. Great range of motion and some of the best protection that I have seen. Cost me $10 and they are like new.

Comment on Shock Doctor Power Dry Hockey Bag by I want Wednesdays | high five to that

I want Wednesdays | high five to that — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:58:15 +0000

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Comment on Graf Ultra G70 Skates by Keith

Keith — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:28:09 +0000

Update from Last year,
After skating on the G7′s 2-3 times, I ended up returning them. There was way too much room under the inside arch on these skates, plus the side flaps weaken the strength of the skate.
I went ahead & try to order the G70′s but Graf stopped production so I was forced to take the new G35. They fit pretty well & I skated on them for the entire year. But I never fell in-love with them.
Over the weekend I managed to find a clearance pair of G70′s for $300. I bought them & so far, they seem to fit my foot much better than the G35. I’, pretty happy & I haven’t even skated with them yet. I’m planning to swap the entire holders with my G35′s.
It’s too bad I couldn’t locate a pair of theses skates last year, it would have saved me alot of frustration.

Comment on How To Spot A Fake NHL Jersey! by Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:18:42 +0000

**BEWARE!!!!** Thank you to this site, by the way, for being very helpful and informative, even if late for me!

What a NIGHTMARE this has been!! My husband ordered me a Blackhawks jersey from http://www.blackhawksjerseystore.com (which looks identical for all teams, just change the name) for Christmas. He found it online, not far off on price from the local stores (Dicks, Sportmart, … It wasn’t really cheap at $139, but $169 in the stores)! He didn’t expect it to be perfectly “authentic”, and this would have been fine with me. However, it finally came in, and complete with a blood stain on the white color!! Small, but still there! This, of course was not acceptable, and that’s where our troubles began.

He made several attempts to get instructions to return/exchange the Toews jersey, and while fighting to get the info, he went out and paid the extra to buy me a Toews jersey locally, so I’d have a gift to open on Christmas. This company, which boasts “Easy 365 Day Returns”, told him via email that it must be just “dust, from shipping” and offered him $5 to have it cleaned, and would not give a return address!

After Christmas, he let me decide which to keep, and to take over the negotiations about the blood stain.

I compared the two jerseys side-by-side, found this website (thank you!) and did further checking, finding the imperfections as listed above to be exactly what I had in hand, also with red colors off, stiching different, and even found that the name on the back had an error! Toews name had an upside down “M” where the “W” should be!!

Since both jerseys were also slightly too big, I exchanged the local one for smaller, and proceeded to fight for the return of the shipped jersey.

I FINALLY (late January) got an address out of “Bess” that we were dealing with at fansjerseysmall@gmail.com and she insisted that the only place to ship this back to was an address in CHINA!! Forget about the address in California on the website, she insists they have no connections to that address, and no connections to California!!

Jump ahead to almost April, and we are still fighting, USPS saying 2nd attempt (1st came back as “undeliverable”) to deliver package was successful, and signed for at the addressee’s company, and “Bess” is still saying they have never received the package, and cannot read teh signature on the receipt, saying its “vague”!! I’m so far out the $144 (w/tax, & international fees attached) for the jersey, $45 for the shipping, AND, we bought the 2nd jersey!!

Bottom line, NEVER buy from this site!! Cheap or not, if you need to return for ANY reason, it WON’T HAPPEN!!!

Comment on Talking With Messier About Fighting In Hockey by Paul Busch

Paul Busch — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:15:34 +0000

I’m not a fan of fighting, something that I have written about on my blog – http://itsnotpartofthegame.blogspot.ca/. But I agree with Messier that the total elimination is not possible and that we will always see tempers flaring and players dropping the gloves. I think that adding a game misconduct for every fight would go a long way to reducing incidents from the game. Players could still fight if they really, really think its important but they would make better decisions. Like not fighting after a good clean hard hit or within seconds of the opening face-off. It would also pretty much put an end to the one-dimensional player who is on the roster simply for revenge or to send a message.

Comment on The Northland “Dome” Hockey Helmet by Helmets, Game Speed And The Shifts That Dramatically Changed The NHL – - OptaVision3D Projectors | www.optavision3d.comOptaVision3D Projectors | www.optavision3d.com

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:03:10 +0000

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Comment on Flat Bottom V Skate Sharpening by tjackson

tjackson — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:26:51 +0000

I just had the flat bottom v sharpening. I am 41 and am playing my 4th year of women’s hockey. I could not believe the difference on the ice. I was nervous at first because I didn’t know what to expect. I couldn’t believe that I even noticed a difference. It is literally like a bobsled the way you glide over the ice. I love it and will never go back.

Comment on If You Could Be Any NHL Player, Who Would It Be? by scott

scott — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:03:38 +0000

id say yzerman for his skills and humbleness

Comment on Cascade Helmet by KRM

KRM — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:02 +0000

What a number of you are missing on the issue of concussions is:

(1) no helmet can totally prevent concussions

(2) the Cascade system (with the rubber cylinder array instead of the hard foams) maintains its original level of protection longer – the hard foams structurally deteriorate with contact, and provide decreased protection over time. The Cascade’s rubber cylinder array does not structurally deterioate with contact, and so maintains the original level of protection far longer.

Comment on Fred Sasakamoose by tony

tony — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:55:55 +0000

I just heard of fred’s life long story on cbc radio.
I think u should listen to his story-go to cbcradio/trail blazers.
tony