Equipment question...

[Shumway]

I was just curious of what kind of gloves you guys use. I had a pair of Eastons(Ultralite Pro) that I liked, but I they basically only lasted a year. There's literally no palm area(inlcuding finger areas). I had a pair of the CCM 452 Radioactive's before those, and the material was horrible. After a year of use, I could hardly open my hands up in them. They basically couldnt' be broken in.

After those two mishaps, I got a pair of Mission L3's a few weeks ago. I'm really liking the feel of them. They have a reinforced palm , so hopefully they won't fall apart within a year. Not to mention, they're blue, to go along with my awesome blue visor.

[twi]

I use Bauer Vapor VI gloves. I think they're great, short break in time, good protection. Before that, Nike Q2's which were absolutly great.

Blue visor? Cool, I have the Ovechkin mirrored one.

[pollux]

I've had my Eagle X50 gloves since 1999. The palm is partially ripped, but I can still hold my gloves without any problem. These are the best gloves I've had since I started playing hockey. Real good protection, lightweight and they don't restrain wrist movement, which is really important for me. And no need to break them in.

I wanted to change this year, but I didn't find any glove that matched the X50, so I'll wait and save more cash to buy a new Eagle pair next year.

Before that I had Jofa gloves, and the palm didn't last a year. And before I had Easton, which were very comfortable with the gel-thing.

Blue and mirrored visors??? I have to smack you boys! Clear is the way to go

[Shumway]

Blue and mirrored visors??? I have to smack you boys!  Clear is the way to go 

Y'gotta look pretty out there. I have all blue equipment basically, so the blue visor was a must. Plus, I look like a lego man with my black helmet with blue visor.

I thought about getting Eagle gloves, but I'm financially impaired, considering they're at least $100 a piece. Most of the time I play outdoors too, so they would get ruined.

As for my other equip:

Helmet: Bauer HH5000

Shoulders: Easton Ultralite/CCM 1052s....my CCMs are missing a rib pad though

Elbows: If I wear them, I have a pair of Jofas

Shinnys: ummm..Bauer 5000?

Ice Skates: CCM Externos...they're one of the lower models, not like the E60's or whatever

Inline Skates: CCM Externo bandits for outdoor, and Mission Helium 5000 for inline. They're ugly, but sweet.

Here's a pic of the blue visor from my high school Alumni Game(I had 4 goals, in case you were wondering...take that, coach, for putting me on JV my senior year )

[FiddySicks]

...take that, coach, for putting me on JV my senior year )

I thought that wasnt allowed in high school. I remember my Junior year of football we ahd two players who were just horrible on varsity because it was against the rules to have seniors on JV

[Shumway]

...take that, coach, for putting me on JV my senior year  )

I thought that wasnt allowed in high school. I remember my Junior year of football we ahd two players who were just horrible on varsity because it was against the rules to have seniors on JV

I only got it this past summer. I graduated high school in '04. In high school, we hadda wear the face cages, which I hated.

Edit: I thought you meant the visor. In the league I played in, seniors could play JV, but they could not play both. Once I got moved up to varsity, I wasn't allowed to play JV anymore. It sucked for a senior year, but oh well, I've improved greatly since then. I only started ice hockey as a junior, so you can imagine that I wasn't that great(and still am not). I'm a roller hockey guy now.

[eww7633]

I rocked the original Nike gloves (don't even know what they were called, but I bought them in '96) until last week when I picked up a pair of Bauer Vapor XX's. The Nikes had absolutely NO palms left through I don't even know how many seasons of ice and roller hockey. The Bauers are great though.