NHL 2009-10 Stanley Cup Playoffs (aka: Who is WhiteGoose?)
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There are 3 things next to each guy.
The first number is the hollow - the bottom edge of the skate blade is shaped like an upside-down "U" to let water travel underneath the blade as you skate. So theoretically, only the outer edges of the bottom of the skate are in contact with the ice.
So, when you're skating and need to turn, the outer edge on your inside foot bites into the ice to carve out a groove and you can shift your weight to go one way or the other. The more extreme the angles of those outside edges relative to the ice, the harder your blade will bite the ice.
How do you get a harder angle? By decreasing the hollow. The hollow is basically what you see above. 99% of rando skaters who take their skates in to get sharpened will have a 1/2" or 5/8" hollow.
larger hollows are good for "gliders" and straightaway speed because the edges dont dig into the ice as much. Also, larger guys (relative to normal, not relative to NHL) need larger hollow because their weight will also dig the edges into the ice. smaller hollows are good for quick cutting and turns, acceleration, and smaller people who won't dig into the ice as much.
The second number is profile. I'm starting to get lazy with posting this so i'll just give you the short version. Basically, it describes two features of your blade. 1) the hockey blade isn't flat to the ice, it's rockered. i.e. the middle is flat, but the front and back ends come up a little off the ice. like a rocking chair. this allows for shifting weight when trying to skate forward or back. So the profile tells how much of the blade will be flat at the bottom. The second number is where the rocker is centered. i.e. if the rocker is centred at the back, more of the blade will contact the ice at the back and your weight will be at the front, so it will feel like youre skating downhill. Good for forwards, bad for D. D spend more time skating backwards, so they need a balanced rocker. Forwards are usually always moving forward, so they have a slight forward rocker. So this column just tells the equipment guys how each guy likes his skate profiled if he has a preference.
The last column is just the brand of the blade (not the steel part, the white/black part) they're using in case it cracks or wears out.
For the goalers, the cowling is the hard white (sometimes black - black was really popular in the late 90s) shell that covers the front and inside of the skate boot and holds the blade.
Goalie skates are molded differently, they are lower cut and the cowling/skate usually is sold in the store as a unit. i.e. anyone not playing hockey seriously probably doesn't even know that the boot and cowling come apart.
Players skates are as follows:
Light Speed: Bauer
E Blade: Reebok
Tuuk Custom: Bauer
ICM: oooooold wow I can't believe they're still using these. obv Guerin.
Graf: a european company, softest boot you'll ever wear.
A couple things: some guys pay attention to this stuff, some guys don't. Some of those players will have no idea what their own rocker or profile is, the trainer is just expected to know. if he gets traded, they'll send over his old skates and the trainer will figure it out. Other guys are complete psychos when it comes to this stuff, they know every detail of their skates from top to bottom, down to laces waxed or not waxed. Great great effort is spent balancing customized specs on the skate with the worst possible outcome of them all - that you stick out in some way: skate lace colour, skate blade style, who knows. Cause then you get carved up big time at praccy.
Another thing. Mildly interesting that they actually put their names up. On every hockey team, you have no name. you are a number. You have no name. You need a new jock? you put your number up on the white board, like: #29 - Jock" It means #29 needs a new jock, so when the trainers come around they'll bring one out for you.
One of my favourite chirps was to put up something like "#14 - set of balls" or something even less classy.
I was really mature as a teenager.
The first number is the hollow - the bottom edge of the skate blade is shaped like an upside-down "U" to let water travel underneath the blade as you skate. So theoretically, only the outer edges of the bottom of the skate are in contact with the ice.
So, when you're skating and need to turn, the outer edge on your inside foot bites into the ice to carve out a groove and you can shift your weight to go one way or the other. The more extreme the angles of those outside edges relative to the ice, the harder your blade will bite the ice.
How do you get a harder angle? By decreasing the hollow. The hollow is basically what you see above. 99% of rando skaters who take their skates in to get sharpened will have a 1/2" or 5/8" hollow.
larger hollows are good for "gliders" and straightaway speed because the edges dont dig into the ice as much. Also, larger guys (relative to normal, not relative to NHL) need larger hollow because their weight will also dig the edges into the ice. smaller hollows are good for quick cutting and turns, acceleration, and smaller people who won't dig into the ice as much.
The second number is profile. I'm starting to get lazy with posting this so i'll just give you the short version. Basically, it describes two features of your blade. 1) the hockey blade isn't flat to the ice, it's rockered. i.e. the middle is flat, but the front and back ends come up a little off the ice. like a rocking chair. this allows for shifting weight when trying to skate forward or back. So the profile tells how much of the blade will be flat at the bottom. The second number is where the rocker is centered. i.e. if the rocker is centred at the back, more of the blade will contact the ice at the back and your weight will be at the front, so it will feel like youre skating downhill. Good for forwards, bad for D. D spend more time skating backwards, so they need a balanced rocker. Forwards are usually always moving forward, so they have a slight forward rocker. So this column just tells the equipment guys how each guy likes his skate profiled if he has a preference.
The last column is just the brand of the blade (not the steel part, the white/black part) they're using in case it cracks or wears out.
For the goalers, the cowling is the hard white (sometimes black - black was really popular in the late 90s) shell that covers the front and inside of the skate boot and holds the blade.
Goalie skates are molded differently, they are lower cut and the cowling/skate usually is sold in the store as a unit. i.e. anyone not playing hockey seriously probably doesn't even know that the boot and cowling come apart.
Players skates are as follows:
Light Speed: Bauer
E Blade: Reebok
Tuuk Custom: Bauer
ICM: oooooold wow I can't believe they're still using these. obv Guerin.
Graf: a european company, softest boot you'll ever wear.
A couple things: some guys pay attention to this stuff, some guys don't. Some of those players will have no idea what their own rocker or profile is, the trainer is just expected to know. if he gets traded, they'll send over his old skates and the trainer will figure it out. Other guys are complete psychos when it comes to this stuff, they know every detail of their skates from top to bottom, down to laces waxed or not waxed. Great great effort is spent balancing customized specs on the skate with the worst possible outcome of them all - that you stick out in some way: skate lace colour, skate blade style, who knows. Cause then you get carved up big time at praccy.
Another thing. Mildly interesting that they actually put their names up. On every hockey team, you have no name. you are a number. You have no name. You need a new jock? you put your number up on the white board, like: #29 - Jock" It means #29 needs a new jock, so when the trainers come around they'll bring one out for you.
One of my favourite chirps was to put up something like "#14 - set of balls" or something even less classy.
I was really mature as a teenager.
Gamblor, ever hear anything about FBV and/or combo radius?
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I now dry them out, and have a source for free skates...
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