BSH Pick-Up Game 12/5 FINAL (Countdown) Details

Very sorry to hear that Don. We hope to see you there. Take care of the family first though.

Haha. He’s got a huge exam the next day.

Does Teemu have eyes?

If we absolutely need one I’ll goalie but if someone else wants to I have all the equipment.

Seriously. I played last night and my chest was in so much pain from the cold.

Right now it says 43 with a chance of rain and snow. It better not rain or snow.

1) Hopefully, but it’s goalies call.
2) No, it will be a mix.
3) The rink has a very nice surface from what the roller players say, and it seems pretty quality to me. However, I’ve only played ice, and the occasional street as a kid, so I can’t really give you any expert knowledge.

Or all the new comers will back out.

If everyone is coming, and everyone is bringing their 1-2 friends, there may be too many people. In which case I would suggest limiting this to skates only to cut down on people.

haha, yeah, it’s behind the pool.

It’s not a dirt road, it’s a parking lot.

The turn is a little hard to spot, though. It helps to take note of the fact that the driveway is right next to the library so you don’t get lost. The library is a lot easier to see as you come up to it.

There are usually only a couple people on foot. Where are you coming from?

Add one of my friends as a maybe.

Where’s Geoff? And JpH89? And chrislanci? I feel like there were a lot more?

Just got word that EREX is most likely out. Sucks for him, he’s got to work. We get to make fun of him behind his back now so…mockery FTW?

It’s an actual rink, and a nice one at that. As far as the bar, I don’t know if anybody has worked on that yet…

On that note, any suggestions from the people that know that area particularly well? We should probably try to nail those plans down ahead of time, or have a list of a couple of options.

I am relaxed, it’s just the 10th time you’ve brought it up so I want you to be aware of the point of this game. I can’t play with a ball at all, so I feel your pain, and I don’t play anything but ice, so I really feel your pain with the whole mix of foot and roller players; but the point is that we are getting together for a good time.

he is the one with the user name “M”.

It’s all good, I just want this to be an inclusive thing and not an exclusive thing. You have people coming that don’t really play anything but street, and they’ve come before, so when we have big things like this, you don’t want to all of a sudden cut people out who have come before. Also, I don’t want him to be disappointed that he drove so far if he doesn’t feel like playing with a ball or anyone on feet.

With that said, we have tried to get a side game of just roller versus Japers’ Rink (I think), and an open ice game together, but both have failed.

M is just the man, no need to know anything else. Hawks pride!

I am the one that has the Flyers logo not the anonymous one.

The more the merrier.

It’s alright. We’re big into natural selection. We’ll weed out the weak ones.

Someone carpool with this man!

Fucking snakes. Where do you live?

Lend you the car? Tell the women it’s sunday anyway and she should be home cooking regardless. Come on Man! Of course that was sarcasm because I am deftly afraid of my wife.

Anybody who wants to come is welcome. As far as a goalie, well… I’m not sure. I’m not organizing.

BFrank and I are playing goal. Thanks though. More the merrier.

Haha, you didn’t read through this post did you (I don’t blame you, 200 comments is a lot to get through).

I’ve tried organizing an ice pick up before, you get a lot of interest in the possibility, but not much when it actually comes to putting something together.

The thought still crosses my mind to get something together, but I don’t think they’ll be enough participation (interest is there, but when push comes to shove, people back out). Instead of doing stick & puck, if that’s all you want to do, I’d just recommend renting the ice time. At Aston, they open the skate rental shop for free, I have a good 10-15 sticks for people to borrow, they put up the nets, and they don’t require any equipment (and we usually bring beer out, but if someone comes and checks on you, you have to put in back in the locker room).

Let me know if you call Aston, I can give you Aram or Ken’s number (remember always negotiate price with Aram haha).They also have late night ice Saturday, that you can just organize through the week, it’s 11pm-1am slot if I remember correctly (which is what I usually rent for hockey/drinking)

Open Ice has been brought up before, if we had like 5 or 10 guys that want to play, that we would all just hit up open ice. Sunday nights at Aston (Aram’s open hockey) has gotten pretty competitive, so I’m not sure how people would feel about that given the potential skill level that can get thrown out there some times. The Skate Zone in Vorhees has Friday nights I think, but they had trouble getting two goalies from what I remember. And there is another group that used to rent ice on Saturday’s that was really nice, skill level from novice to college level, but everyone is down to earth and easy going. That would be ideal, but they stopped doing it b/c they stopped having enough people.

Take your time, no rush. I play up at Aston anyways. Just let me know if you need help.

You are going to the bar…

Shift taken, crisis averted!

When I played I wore a SHIP jersey and a Maine Black Bears jersey…anything goes with goalies as far as I’m concerned. You’re not going to forget which direction you’re scoring just because the goalie is wearing a red jersey.

Yeah, you don’t need to wear a Flyers jersey. I’m probably wearing a shitty adult league jersey

Your answer is in the comments…

but to make it easier, roller/street mixed.

HAHHAHAHAHAH~

I’ll try to show early, but I’m drinking tonight so that’s not a promise.

Strength in numbers, right? We’ll take anybody who takes the court out behind the wood shed.

Well challenge them to a game. Plus Ill be there probably hella early, like close to 8:15 or so to start warming up if I can.

Guess you’ll just have to show up and find out. But you’re right, it is very cold. Tomorrow morning is going to be colder.

Bring a flask to keep you warm on the sidelines.

If we have a LOT of people, we could always play like half court with two sides, Goalies just play goal, so like 4 on 4 half and another 4 on 4 on the other half with goalies just doing what goalies do (keep the puck out of the net).

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Cool. At least if we hafta play with a ball, now it wont suck.

If you think we can get a decent turnout, then I’m in. My buddy would be in also. I thought today was perfect playing with the amount of people we had, but I doubt we’ll be able to pull that many bodies on any sort of consistent basis.

Same. Either way, we have two rinks now that are decent or good that are close together. I love BSB’s suggestion of playing the second Sunday of the month every month.

I didn’t put it together — all the credit belongs to Kreider and Vansteel.

I’m 85% commited to going up to the rink in Bethlehem shortly and getting some skates. I haven’t been on ice in a while, so if I fall right back into it, there’s a good chance I’ll get geared up. I have off most of the winter, so I’ll need something to do anyway.

I’m in, but you know that already.

If you don’t mind a guy who might Scott Hartnell it out there I’m in. Depending of course on time and date.

after entering my apartment, i proceeded to drop all of my gear in the middle of the hallway, laying down on it, and passing out for about a half hour. it was glorious.

Who was the other goalie? We need to start wearing name tags, cause I have no idea who half the guys there were….