[Hobbes The Tiger]

I'll be in MN for sure this Winter. Time to go get a stick bag and another stick haha.

[weso98]

Stick bag? ***.

[Lou Dogg]

Originally Posted by weso98

Stick bag? ***.

.

[Lou Dogg]

Originally Posted by scnokered

just go out and have a good time who cares what others think

He should care what other people think. He should care very much. Hockey isn't about having fun, it's about showing people how well you can skate backwards

Originally Posted by Hobbes The Tiger

That's the plan. There's 4 or 5 outdoor rinks in the town I'll be staying in, so I figure if I can't find any pickup games, I'll just skate around and work on my hands a little. Just gonna enjoy the fresh air.

Where are you staying? The suburbs are great because every one of them has a rink within a mile of wherever you are. Sometimes 2 or 3. Unless there is little kid hockey practice on one of them you almost always get the choice between a huge pickup game, a few people just messing around, or a rink all to yourself. Just gotta drive around a bit to find the right one.

Originally Posted by Hobbes The Tiger

Well, I got the dates off of work. All I need to do is get my plane ticket to MN, which I should be doing next Tuesday so I'll be up in MN this Winter

Lou, we're playing some puck.

Works for me man.

[Hobbes The Tiger]

Originally Posted by weso98

Stick bag? <del>***</del>.

I need it to travel, you horse's ***.

Originally Posted by Lou Dogg

Where are you staying? The suburbs are great because every one of them has a rink within a mile of wherever you are. Sometimes 2 or 3. Unless there is little kid hockey practice on one of them you almost always get the choice between a huge pickup game, a few people just messing around, or a rink all to yourself. Just gotta drive around a bit to find the right one.

I'll be in Northfield, I think there's one near the actual ice rink they have there and Carleton sets up a few, IIRC.

[weso98]

Just use some hockey tape and bubble wrap. That what I did. Kids with stick bags always got made fun of.

[Hobbes The Tiger]

I looked it up, it's airline policy that they have to be in a bag.

[weso98]

That's bs. Wrap it in a garbage bag. It's still technically a bag.

[Hobbes The Tiger]

Meh, I was just going to get a stick bag anyway, since I could use the handle with my duffel bag's handle and they'll be kept together. I really don't care how I look, I'm just using it for travel and then taking my sticks out when I drive somewhere.

[Hobbes The Tiger]

Picked up some roller skates so I don't have to drive/pay to get on the ice...Is it just me or is skating with roller completely different than ice?

[TheDiesel]

Trololing Dave http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/139815047

[PistolPaul2]

Originally Posted by Dikkens

Has anyone tried the new flat bottom V sharpening?

I tried it when I went to total hockey for mine and my parents annual wallet emptying. I didn't notice a difference on the ice but they stayed sharp 2 weeks longer than normal sharpening. Im 16 and I've been playing hockey for almost 11 or so years. Just go for the normal sharpening

[Hobbes The Tiger]

Not sure how well roller transfers to ice, but my crossovers to my right are coming along

[weso98]

Naa bra you just gotta go left like in NASCAR.

[Hobbes The Tiger]

I guess if I just wanted to play RW/RD, it could work

[Hobbes The Tiger]

[Hobbes The Tiger]

Not sure how many of you are near the Twin Cities area or on reddit, but I'm trying to schedule an r/hockey meet up to play some puck. Feel free to come

http://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comme...nesotatc_area/

[MutR.]

Woo just started getting backwards crossovers down good enough that im comfortable going full speed and i sprain my ankle and cant skate for at least a month.

[Dikkens]

Found a full check mens league

Played a game on Sunday. Surprisingly its less chippy and more friendly than all of the non-checking leagues Ive played in.