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Custom made Eagle throwback tan leather gloves:

Just fyi- mine was the 2nd vote...

I wondered if you were the 2nd vote...

So far- two votes for "Bagdad". That will be on the road sweater. I am waiting for one element before getting it lettered. The home one is done. I have also departed from the usual last name on my joke sweaters.

Pix to come.

Interesting take.

Now I'm a fan of Jackman, but hate Zetterberg; however, I know I would love Zetterberg on my team and would hate Jackman on any other team...

I just have no faith in my boys in Blue due to their poor play against the teams in the West.

@yave1964

I may take your lead.

@flyercanuck

I would agree!

@flyercanuck

With the craptastic reporting of the PD, I'd prefer none.

linky no worky.

Bagdad Bombers are da bomb.

 

If Compton had a hockey team they should be called the Blunts!

Next sweater series...

The Blues win last night, but where is it on the sports page? Under a HUGE story about outfielders for the Cardinals. The Blues win barely gets above the fold!!! Then I see an editorial with fans "staying away" in it's headline!!

That rag is just that- a freaking rag. Why do I subscribe to that rag?

Echo ran away.

Also- you can add your own city name in a post.

What would be a good city for the "Bombers" hockey club?

Keep in mind that it has to fit on the front of a jersey using a maximum of 10 letters. Fictitious names are welcome, as well.

Pix to come of completed sweater.

So far, the Blues fold like a cheap suit against the likes of the Kings, Sharks, and Ducks.

Maybe the Blues should become the Rabbits, have Trix as their mascot, then treat those teams like Trix treats a doo rag.

Seriously, I just kind of wound up with whatever tape was on the stick from the game/week/month/year before. I was a slow moving stay at home defenseman, the other guys usually wished I had done just that, stayed at home. Playing in a 30 and over 4 team league in Wooster Ohio is nothing like what you guys play or played in, not the most talented league in the world sometimes we had a difficult time fielding 4 teams, and guys would show up and fill in for clubs who were short handed. Like I said, a few guys who took themselves way to serious, most of the rest of us just out there having fun. The last few years I have been relegated to spectator, which my former teammates will tell you was my best position in the first place.

I have a feeling you're being way modest!

I tape every few games with the method I use. Blades are freakishly expensive!!!! This is why I take the time to do that.

I play pick up with every level imaginable. This includes guys who are ex-pros, ex juniors, hacks, beginners, and literally EVERYTHING in between. I don't dare tell these guys I played Junior A- I have lost ability by the TRUCK LOAD!!!! They are getting the idea, however, as i am showing some of my ability with the poke check. I will embarrass the occasional dangler with a poke check...

Playing for 100% fun is AWESOME. I just wish I felt good enough about this that I could go w/o shoulder pads. But these guys play too fast and furious; after all, I was ready to drop the gloves not long ago...

@bunnyman

 

  Yeah she is a good woman. She puts up with my love of the game and has developed quite the love for it herself, and we enjoy card shows, card shops and hockey is on our television about every night. I have to go to antique malls with her a time or two a month as a trade off but I gotta admit she is my best friend and I wouldn't trade her for Erik Karlsson getting traded to the Wings. Well..........

Awesome!!!! Mrs. bunnyman isn't too bad, either- she paid for a new pair of custom Eagle Hockey gloves in tan leather!!!

@yave1964

Heh heh.

I don't sleep with my sticks. I haven't slept in my gear since my Junior tryout. But I am good about equipment maintenance, I admit. I want to score both on AND off the ice. My equipment smells AWESOME, and I even score goals on occasion. I'm not a stinky hockey player; okay, so I don't play well.

Alas, there is a Mrs. bunnyman. She kinda gets in the way of my girlie action.

btw- your wife sounds like a laugh riot!!!

@flyercanuck

I never do anything half-baked; therefore I over-analyse.

@Polaris922

But you could carve up so many more people with a properly taped stick!!!

@goalnut3133

The way the Blues are playing against any team from California, they will have a very short playoff run...

How do you tape your stick blade?

I run two layers on the area that contacts the ice, with the last layer going all the way over the top of the end of the stick. Then I tape the toe long-ways, going at least three ways to cover the toe of the stick. Then I carefully wrap the stick all the way back, covering toe to heel. After the blade is covered in tape, I wax it liberally with Sex Wax Hockey Stick Wax. I melt it into the blade with a heat gun, then go over the entire blade once again. If it still doesn't look like it has been thoroughly waxed, I go over it again and again.

My way preserves the blade and makes it easier to shoot with the ample layers of wax.

Share your stick blade taping secrets!

Have you tried ebay, Hockey Monkey, or Hockey Giant?

Recap:

1) got tripped in shinny

2) next week I cleared the same guy using elbow

3) next day took a slapper at the second eyelet of the skate

4) didn't wear a Princess Leia wig

Recap:

1) Bought tan Reebok 9000 gloves in tan tricot, use them for shinny all of the time

2) Ordered a pair of custom tan leather x844 gloves with a 1/2" longer cuff. May get them right before X-mas

3) Trix doesn't have a sweater, yet

4) @Stevie Triangle: Thanks!!!

Just got the e-mail from Gus at Eagle, and my custom gloves may be done tomorrow!!! I am like a lad on Christmas Eve, except Christmas Eve will be probably one and a half weeks long!!!!

Pix to come...