The oldest pair of (ice) skates known date back to about 3000 B.C., found at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. The skates were made from the leg bones of large animals, holes were bored at each end of the bone and leather straps were used to tie the skates on. An old Dutch word for skate is "schenkel" which means "leg bone".

By the time a reasonable precursor of hockey came along (originally known as Ijscolf, or Colf on ice), the skates were handcrafted by blacksmiths from iron and/or steel. No two pair were alike as the craftsmen used patterns of their own design. Essentially, the skates consisted of blades of iron and/or steel embedded into blocks of wood which were in turn strapped to the skaters boots with either leather or rope fittings.

the same equipment used in any hockey: helmet, gloves, shin pads, elbow pads, skates, stick, shoulder pads, and pants.

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There is no such thing as an illegal curve in the nhl anymore. However you don't want to big of a curve because the bigger the curve the harder it is to backhand and the harder it is to stick handle on your backhand.

Basically the same thing, but hockey pants have the pads inside of them when the girdle is skin tight and is just the pads. Girdles normally go under the long pants that some skaters wear when they play roller hockey. Overall pretty similar and both used to protect your high thigh area's.

Really, the best hockey stick depends on your own opinion, but my personal favorite is the Warrior Kronik. It is a very expensive (300-350$) hockey stick that has a nice look, good weight and great durability. If you have the money, this is the stick to go for.

Generally, most goalie pads have their measurement on the side or tag of the pads. But, remember that most pads are measured differently from company to company. So there are a verity of ways to measure your pads, but what you can do (if your ordering by internet) is to measure from the ankle bone to the center of the knee cap, and send this to what ever company your ordering from. Most of the ones I've seen will check that you will fit the pads. Other than that, you will need to go to what ever company made the leg pads and see how they measure it.

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to the store buy some chicken smack it across your face.................... eat butt. oh and did i forget that you have to make sure you eat monkey balls

Western Australia, Ben Ballentine and some friends had some custom made by the people who make the gryphon field hockey sticks and people liked them so they made more

The bigger the curve, the easier it is to raise the puck. With a smaller curve, you have to use more power to raise it (but not much more). With smaller curves, you have better puck control, and a better backhand. Usually center's have smaller curves because they have to use there backhand more, and wingers have bigger curves.

Someone wrote: 60" is the max. (Unless they updated it recently) Actually, the maximum stick length has been 63" since 1927 in direct response to Ernie "Moose" Johnson's 75-inch stick, which gave him a reach of 99 inches. Recently, due to a few very tall players, Zdeno Chára (6' 9") in particular, the NHL has waived that on a case-by-case basis. http://www.epinions.com/review/The_Official_Rules_of_Hockey_by_James_Duplacey/content_228523347588

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An "A" on the sweater means that he is the Alternate captain.

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Shells are cosmetic covers for your existing hockey pants. They are typically used by teams that want to have a consistent look to their uniforms when player have a wide variety of styles and colors of their own pants. They have no padding of their own.

The shell is simply pulled on (or left on) over the top of your regular hockey pants. They will have a belt which can be cinched at the waist to keep the pants up. The shell will not cover the kidney protectors on the top of the pants that rise above the waist, but these are covered by the hockey sweater anyway.

normally 0 to 3 pucks

its allows your stick to bend more when taking a slapshot thus creating a stronger spring motion which shoots it faster then a higher flex stick. better for defensmen is lower flex(not to low or you will brake it.

Depends on how much you use that stick. If you just play rec hockey once a week then you might get a few games or so with one tape job, depends on how much you shoot or stick handle the puck. But if it gets ripped or starts peeling then change it right away. Also change it if you notice on the bottom of the blade the tape getting worn away.

about a 40 flex is maximum for a junior stick

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The biggest flex a hockey stick can have, and I'm assuming you mean the largest number, is a 115 to 120 (depending on the manufacturer). A 120 flex is fairly difficult to find and most are only available in Europe. For the most part, the highest flex available in the USA is a 110.

In case there was any question, the higher the number in the flex rating, the stiffer the stick.

Here is a listing of average flex ratings for each size stick:

Youth - 35 to 40 flex

Junior - 50 flex

Intermediate - 60 to 70 flex

Senior - 75 to 110

Our plant produces about 30% left to 70% right for forward sticks. However, almost all goalies play left, no matter which-handed they are.

Keep in mind that in forward positions right-handed people often play left, and vice versa, so the stick they use is not always an indication of which hand they write with. Only a very few goalies play right...probably fewer than 10% in professional hockey.

If I recall correctly the way the stick is defined left or right is variant upon which hand you use at the end of the stick. A left handed person would put their right hand on top and reverse for righty. There is no right way to wield a stick but its all about your personal comfort.

yes because a skate is sortav like a knife!

All Oakley visors come with all the appropriate hardware needed to properly mount the visor to any helmet. I've mounted quite a few and haven't run into a problem, yet.

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Sidney Crosby has a mom named Trina, dad named Troy and a sister named Taylor! He lives in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotie, during the hockey season he lives with Mario Lemiuex, his wife and their 4 kids! He is number 87 because he was born on August 7th, 1987, August is the 8th month, 7th day and 87th year!!