Should You Grab a Hockey Stick Grip?
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 09 25 2018
Almost forever — OK, since the early 1900s — hockey players
have been applying tape to their sticks.
While the blade gets most of the attention, for reasons of
both protection and performance, the butt end of the stick requires equally
careful taping to enhance a player’s ability to hold onto
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Choosing Between Hockey Pants and Girdles
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 09 11 2018
When choosing
hockey pants, you don’t want to make a
mistake.
We’re not even talking a Cooperalls-level mistake. Long
pants have, thankfully, been consigned to the clearance rack of hockey history.
Rather, your choice is between traditional ice hockey pants
and ice hockey girdles. They do
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How To Tape A Hockey Stick Toe Like A Pro
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 08 28 2018
Most hockey players take their tape jobs seriously.
David Pastrnak, not so much. The Bruins forward has blamed
his drunken candy cane swirl of a tape job on penny-pinching ways born from his
Czech upbringing. And he celebrated the Islanders’ signing of his friend, ex-Russian leaguer and fellow Czech
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Home-Baked Skates Might Be The Right Fit
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 08 07 2018
You want to bake your skates.
Maybe you bought them online or got them as a gift. Maybe you don’t have time to get to a pro shop, or maybe your local shop is charging too much (FYI, a chain sporting goods store will do it for $25 if they don’t sell you the skates, free if they do). Maybe you just like doin
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Best Hockey Helmets: 2017-2018 Season
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 07 24 2018
With increased attention being paid to concussions in all
sports, increased attention is being paid to hockey helmets.
Deciding on which is the best helmet, however, can be an
exceedingly individual choice. Simply, no matter how well the helmet is
constructed, if it doesn’t fit properly, it won’t func
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Best Hockey Skates: 2017-2018 Season
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 07 11 2018
It might seem logical that, in the arena of hockey gear,
skates would be an especially cluttered segment of the market. After all, shoe
designs seem to be as individual as fingerprints in the NBA, and why should NHL
feet be any less special?
But in ranking the best skates — by use among NHL players
o
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2018 NHL Draft
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 06 21 2018
Each year, when the Stanley Cup Playoffs end, only one team
can really be happy, right?
OK, this year, maybe two. The expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights and the perennially cursed Washington Capitals merely making the Stanley Cup
Final marked a historical achievement.
For everybody else, elimi
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Best Hockey Pants: 2017-2018 Season
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 06 19 2018
As seriously as anyone can take short pants, the NHL takes
its pants seriously.
So seriously, in fact, the league famously banned a style of
full-length trousers that plagued the sport briefly in the 1980s. In 1981, the
Philadelphia Flyers took to wearing long pants, known widely as “Cooperalls”
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Pro Stock Hockey Mobile App
Posted by AJ Lee on 05 30 2018
The people have spoken … and we’ve listened!Introducing the brand new Pro Stock Hockey mobile app! Take
the same quality products and services that you’ve come to expect from Pro
Stock Hockey on the go! Buying pro stock hockey equipment is quicker and easier than
ever with hundreds of new sticks, gloves, pants
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Guide To Hockey Hair
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 05 25 2018
Picture this:You emerge from the locker room, hair flowing as you're about to take the ice. You had no idea this many people would show up tonight, and you've never been so ready for a game. Even the ref is so mesmerized by the mane you’re sporting that he gives you a nod of approval. The puck is dropped. Nobody c
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Best Hockey Gloves: 2017-2018 Season
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 05 21 2018
Most people probably pay attention to hockey gloves only when
they’re being dropped.
But players pay great attention — and they’re particular. There
were 40 different glove models in use by NHL players at the end of the regular
season, sold under eight different brands. CCM was the most-used brand, b
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Best Hockey Sticks: 2017-2018 Season
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 04 30 2018
Confession time: “Best,” as used in the above headline, is a
misnomer.
Face it: Most of the time, “best” is subjective at, um,
best. And when it comes to hockey sticks, we’re not going to gauge personal
opinions or count sales. Our list is ranked by usage among active NHL players
in the 2017-18 regular se
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3 Mental Skill Tips To Help You Train And Perform At Your Best
Posted by Adam Rosenbaum on 04 16 2018
With the NHL season in full flow and the playoffs in the early stages, ice hockey continues to demonstrate why mental skills training is so important in athletes’ abilities to train and perform at their best when it matters most, such as the playoffs!Just as physical conditioning and technical training are vital c
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After Vegas Success, NHL Watchers Ask Who Gets Knighted Next
Posted by AJ Lee on 04 09 2018
In Vegas, the house always wins.
Or in this case, the Fortress.
That’s the castle-like deal at one end of T-Mobile Arena,
above the ice that the Las Vegas Golden Knights call home. And winning is
virtually all the Knights have done since entering the NHL this season, rapidly
hitting the expansion jack
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Top-Paid NHL Players
Posted by AJ Lee on 03 06 2018
Let’s get one thing straight: Connor McDavid is the
highest-paid player in the NHL.
Sort of.
Certainly, the Edmonton center’s contract extension, signed
in July for eight years and $100 million, gives him far and away the highest
average annual salary — $12.5 million per — over the life of a deal when it
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Top Hockey Equipment Brands
Posted by AJ Lee on 01 29 2018
Thousands of places across cyberspace will sell you a hockey
stick, skates, or a helmet.
GearGeek
will simply tell you what you really need to know about that equipment — and
gloves, and pants.
What do the NHL players use? Essentially, each and every one
of them. Updated daily and sliced just about an
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A PT's Guide to Lower Body Injuries
Posted by Dr. Jonathan Moshenberg on 09 28 2017
We all know the
secret to long term athletic success: proper warm ups and cool downs. While
these activities help prevent injuries, it’s what you do in between the hockey
games and practice that is equally if not more important in.
In every sport, it
is important for athletes to maintain a "Ho
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Sparx: The Pros Are Using It & You Can Too
Posted by AJ Lee on 08 16 2017
You don’t have to look much further than Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see that Sparx Hockey has edged its way into hockey at pretty much every level. We first connected with the folks at Sparx online, but recently met them in person at the SPHEM (Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers) confe
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Complete Hockey Warm-up
Posted by Steve Wyatt on 07 26 2017
It’s crucial to get your body warmed up and
moving before you get on the ice, to reduce the risk of injury and prepare your
muscles for playing. It also helps you prepare mentally allowing you to get "in the zone" before you get out there. A complete warm-up is a key factor for success at any level of competi
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Best Hockey Sticks: 2016-17 Season
Posted by AJ Lee on 05 11 2017
Let’s just get this out of the way first:
The rankings in our list below are
determined by their usage among active players in the NHL through the end of
the 2016-17 regular season.
This is not
based off of any sales figures or personal opinions.
Let's get to it.
#10. Easton Synergy GX – 16 activ
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