Blue Puck Poll

[PanthersIn2011]

I hate th blue pucks, kids learn that they can hit the upper corners with them and next thing you know, that's where they always want to shoot.

Boy ... I dunno ... the thought of an 8 year old learning to pick an upper corner seems like a good thing to me. The smart ones learn quickly to find the hole. And the not-so-smart ones seem to learn the bad habit of always shooting high with a standard puck ... just takes them another year or two to get there.

We are turning the generation below us into pansies.

I don't think scaling down a little adjust for the fact that we're dealing with four-foot-nothing/50 pound kids means we're creating pansies. I've heard the same argument about playing full ice games at this age and I don't buy that one either. Ditto with checking, facemasks, mouthguards and Herbies. If you've ever fooled around on the ice with one of those weighted red shooting pucks, you start to get a sense for what it is like for the tykes.

I think the concept is good (for mites), but the implementation is bad. Must be that durometer thing that CNT is talking about. Can't we get one of the 3M moms or dads from Tartan working on this? Clearly they already approve of the color.

In the meantime, my son has stacked them in a cool pyramid shape to form speaker stands

[PanthersIn2011]

No cruise for me, I was on animal duty, back-end duty.

Sounds like a crappy job.

[elliott70]

They make lighter weight, slightly smaller black, same consistency pucks.
A lot of northern assns use them.

As I told the president of USA Hockey, 'Ron, when your Massachusetts youth teams are as good as our small town northern teams, then we will start listening to you. For now, Warroad, Roseau, etal will be our measuring stick.'

[elliott70]

Boy ... I dunno ... the thought of an 8 year old learning to pick an upper corner seems like a good thing to me.

My barely 9 year old granddaughter can hit the upper corner, with a regular puck.

[Can't Never Tried]

They make lighter weight, slightly smaller black, same consistency pucks.
A lot of northern assns use them.

As I told the president of USA Hockey, 'Ron, when your Massachusetts youth teams are as good as our small town northern teams, then we will start listening to you. For now, Warroad, Roseau, etal will be our measuring stick.'

That's tellin em there Captain Flannel

[elliott70]

They make lighter weight, slightly smaller black, same consistency pucks.
A lot of northern assns use them.

As I told the president of USA Hockey, 'Ron, when your Massachusetts youth teams are as good as our small town northern teams, then we will start listening to you. For now, Warroad, Roseau, etal will be our measuring stick.'

That's tellin em there Captain Flannel

She takes after her gramma.

[PanthersIn2011]

My barely 9 year old granddaughter can hit the upper corner, with a regular puck.

Yeah, but does she finish her checks?

[elliott70]

My barely 9 year old granddaughter can hit the upper corner, with a regular puck.

Yeah, but does she finish her checks?

grandDAUGHTER, no checking.

But she takes after her gramma, and I know she finishes her checks,
Target, Herberger, Thompson Jewelry, Toys R Us, yep, she finishes her checks.