Being a Hockey Parent

[E.J.]

Originally Posted by taltos

I like those high kidney pads on your daughter's shorts. After passing blood several times all the way through college, I wish that we had them. Glad to see the improved safety equipment making its way down to the real young players.

I'm a gear hound....she is the benefactor of that.... She is not going to take any hits(intentional) at this age, but I figure the range of motion benefit, can't hurt. It is night and day from her old S3's. The reasoning for moving was restriction(she was getting tight in the legs), though the sizing is off. The Easton to the Bauers, these are huge(though on paper, it is the next move).....should have gone with the same size, which doesn't make sense.... Ahhh, they are not too bad...she is not shrinking.

Originally Posted by Eleven

My kid just got an M11, and played a pretty physical weekend in Detroit at the Warrior Invitational Tournament. At first I was a little hesitant because of the back plate that is used to tighten the helmet, but once the helmet is on and tight, it's not really a concern.

I like how light it feels and I know he likes the increased air flow. We have Cleveland coming down for games tomorrow, I'll see if I can get the wife to get a few pics of it in action (I am always relegated to music and timekeeping at home games!)

How did the Detroit tourney go Scott? Love the new avatar!

[Eleven]

Originally Posted by E.J.

How did the Detroit tourney go Scott? Love the new avatar!

The boys went 2-2, but didn't make it out of pool play sadly. They lost the first 2, and won the second 2. The funny thing is, his team only has 14 players to begin with and 2 of those are goalies. 1 boy is out with an injury and didn't make the trip and after the first 2 losses another boy got sick and went home.

So for the final 2 games, they rolled 2 lines. It was insane, I'd loved to hear what those teams thought that were beaten with only 10 skaters.

Thanks about the avatar, it's a pic I took a couple weeks ago, and BlackSmyth converted it to the avatar for me.

The boys have Cleveland Lumberjacks coming down tomorrow and Sunday, so cross your fingers!