When you lose an edge, you gain a dreadful feeling that lurks inside you, that little presence that tells you not to turn too hard, too fast, too sharp. Don't wheel too quickly when the play breaks the other way, don't spin quite as tight to lose a defender down low. For if you do, …
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As kids, we often had games and practices early in the morning. As parents, we often took our kids to games and practices early in the morning. For some reason, I always found tying up skates early in the morning was really hard on the hands. It feels harder on the skin for some reason. …
The lace you've been meaning to change is bound to break when you are in the biggest rush. It's the truest of Murphy's Laws applied to hockey. Tonight, I was in a grand rush to get to my 9:00 game in Elmira because, as luck would have it, my brief after-dinner, pre-game nap turned into a …
The last couple of games in the W have been grim. I needed a skate sharpen badly and have had too much dinner too close to game time. Accordingly, I got the skates sharpened up this weekend and am going to be real careful to eat lightly at dinner in the hopes of not …
Is there a worse feeling than having to play a game with a really bad wheel, an edge so totally gone that you have to turn one way all night? You'd feel like those poor sailors on the Bismark's final voyage.
Do you remember those suckers? Ski boots with blades. They were all the rage for awhile and were used by many pros. Never had a set myself. But Jean Beliveau did.
The Stanley Cup, the Memorial Cup, the World Junior Championship, The Olympics.....and the Golden Boot. That is an impressive list of hockey trophies to be sure, and their order of listing does not imply anything with respect to relative importance. Some famous gents have had the good fortune of being a part of teams …
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Buy a new pair of skates today and the store will often put them in a little oven that heats them and then get you to try them on for ten minutes or so with the goal being to have the skates mold to your feet. It all sounds very impressive but I'm willing to …
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