Yesterday's NHL goalie has no pity for today's
Jul 28, 2005 8:21:15 GMT -5
Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Jul 28, 2005 8:21:15 GMT -5
Yesterday's NHL goalie has no pity for today's
Gerry Desjardins and his NHL contemporaries are shedding no tears over the new deflated goalie mode.
Nope, the guys who performed with 10-inch pads, baseball gloves for catchers and steno books for blockers aren't troubled to see current goalies getting a slim-down order.
"Everything got so big, the jersey, the pants, the glove," the 10-year NHL veteran said. "Heck, with that basket on your hand, you don't have to catch a puck any more."
It's only a rumour that goalie gloves are used to collect peaches once they wear out and that sweaters can, in a pinch, be employed as sails for small water craft.
Desjardins is a former London National who went on to play for Los Angeles, Chicago, New York Islanders and Buffalo from 1968 through 1978. He's an executive and part-owner of Canada Steel Service Centre Inc., which will present a cheque for $22,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation at its fundraising golf tournament today at Sunningdale Golf and Country Club.
While netminders of the past looked as though they'd been on starvation diets compared to the well-upholstered 'keepers now, it should be pointed out present-day teams all have a wider array of larger guys armed with superior sticks for more shooting velocity.
- slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Kernaghan/2005/07/27/1149504-sun.html
Gerry Desjardins and his NHL contemporaries are shedding no tears over the new deflated goalie mode.
Nope, the guys who performed with 10-inch pads, baseball gloves for catchers and steno books for blockers aren't troubled to see current goalies getting a slim-down order.
"Everything got so big, the jersey, the pants, the glove," the 10-year NHL veteran said. "Heck, with that basket on your hand, you don't have to catch a puck any more."
It's only a rumour that goalie gloves are used to collect peaches once they wear out and that sweaters can, in a pinch, be employed as sails for small water craft.
Desjardins is a former London National who went on to play for Los Angeles, Chicago, New York Islanders and Buffalo from 1968 through 1978. He's an executive and part-owner of Canada Steel Service Centre Inc., which will present a cheque for $22,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation at its fundraising golf tournament today at Sunningdale Golf and Country Club.
While netminders of the past looked as though they'd been on starvation diets compared to the well-upholstered 'keepers now, it should be pointed out present-day teams all have a wider array of larger guys armed with superior sticks for more shooting velocity.
- slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Kernaghan/2005/07/27/1149504-sun.html