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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby OP 11 Jul 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Sports- Meta Takeover- Day 7 meta
Awesome. I used to play shinny (I don't know if they use that term outside of Canada- essentially a pick up game at a local outdoor rink) with friends as a kid but never played in a league or school. I am not a good skater. Fine for just pleasure skating but not good enough for hockey. I was more into baseball as a kid. Played rep baseball and in highschool. I was a pitcher and catcher (jokes write themselves-haha).
I read the term shinny in books. I guess we played it without using the term. When local ponds would freeze we would play after school.
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Yeah that's pretty much the idea. I usually played goalie since I sucked at skating. I was a decent goalie though. We didn't always have goalies though, depends who played. We had a couple guys that played goalie in league and would bring a crappy set of pads, blocker and glove. If we didn't have goalie equipment I would play defense and stay back by the net as a pseudo goalie. A few years ago a couple buddies and I went and played with the local high school kids who always played picked up hockey and they absolutely trounced us, even though my buddies used to be really good players.
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Same here! My reflexes hid a lack of talent. Those reflexes are long gone.
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