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How to Start Playing Hockey as an Adult
There is one surefire way to start playing hockey as an adult: Just play. Put down the television remote, rise from your comfortable living room chair, and lace up. You’ll discover you’ve been initiated into a close-knit, beer-league fraternity, where…
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The History of Hockey Skates, Part III: The Age of Hockey Skate Technology
After Bauer introduced its Supreme hockey skates in 1933, featuring the first permanently attached skate blade, not much changed in hockey skate design for the next four decades or so. Skate boots were generally made of leather or less expensive…
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The History of Hockey Skates, Part II: The Rise of Hockey-Specific Skates
As we discussed in The History of Hockey Skates, Part I, the 1800s saw a boom in ice skating as a form of recreation, which drove advances in skate technology. The rise of ice hockey as a sport kick-started a…
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The History of Hockey Skates, Part I: The Earliest Skates
The next time you’re sitting in the locker room lacing up your hockey skates, take a moment to consider that the modern combination of composite, plastic, and steel that propels you around the ice represents the end result of more…
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