I heard the goalie equipment complaints as well.  I have never been one
to buy this as an argument.  Are the goalies cheating any more often
than the players that "clutch and grab"?  (A personal pet peeve of
mine...)   Are the goalies cheating any more often than the referees
that "swallow their whistles" during the last half of the 3rd period?
(Another problem in my mind...)

I think that the equipment is an easy go to because the goalies
equipment can be measured like a curve on a stick, not much wiggle room
there.  I realize that the other two points I brought up are old news
and tired arguments, but as far as I'm concerned so is this goalie
equipment thing.

Or maybe I'm just cranky because it's June and hockey is still months
away...  :-(

  - Dean V.  (Black Bear fan living in Front Range Colorado)


On Wednesday, Jun 22, 2005, at 17:38 America/Denver, Carol S. White
wrote:

> Here is an interesting tidbit from Charlie Walter's column (6/22/05)
>  in the St Paul Pioneer Press:
>
> Minnesota Wild president-general manager Doug Risebrough, speaking
> Tuesday at the Minnesota Associated Press Sports Association annual
> meeting in Minneapolis, on the possibility of the National Hockey
> League
> reducing the size of goaltenders' equipment: "Everyone's got a goalie
> coach now. They don't need bigger equipment, except all the goalie
> coaches are telling them how to make their equipment bigger.
>
> "Goalies have been cheating for years. Nobody wanted to confront them.
> First of all, they're temperamental. They're the spoiled child right
> down to the 'T.' I understand that they're the ones who get blamed when
> the (other) team scores a goal, so it's a combination of their
> temperament and the position they play. But they've been cheating for
> years."
>
> Any comments?
>
> I have heard lots of complaints of the pads being too big, but not
> knowing exactly how big/large they are supposed to be, I have no
> idea.... some goalie's pads do "look" bigger than others....
>
> Carol
> GO Gophers!!!
>
>