.@hootbot and I are having brunch and watching figure skating and a hockey commercial came on that featured Jofa helmets and it reminded me of terrible 80s hockey fashion so let's deconstruct some of that.
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Before the Whalers moved to Carolina in the mid-90s, they got their shit together uniform-wise. For a period of time that overlapped my youth, they practiced at South Windsor arena, which every 90s hockey kid would recognize from USA Hockey magazine.
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I used to play for South Windsor. That was my home rink. Instead of plexiglass, it had chainlink fence around the boards. This too was as much a disaster as you could imagine.
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My dad was my coach, and he used to impress us by putting slapshots straight through the fence. You can imagine what pros would do. This might explain why the Whalers were an abysmal team.
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South Windsor Arena still exists; they put up glass in the late 90s, and the shop is still one of the best out there. I still buy my gear there. They have a remarkable collection of sticks. A few years ago, I bought a PMP 5030 there. It's... it's not a good stick in 2018.
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But goddamn, it is still sexy to hold. fin.
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I've been spending this entire thread imaging hockey players skating down a catwalk so Thank You
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