Killion
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- Feb 19, 2010
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Try having a son that plays goal at a high level. Just for safety reasons you need good quality gear. Goal pads - $1600 Goal mask - $800
I do not understand this at all cbc?!. I dont have a kid playing goal, but I did play it myself in the 60's & early 70's & have kept up on equipment developments and price points. You can go on-line & buy top of the line pads for $400-$600; gloves for $200-$400, masks for $200 or less. It must be a "Winnipeg thing" no?. Thats outrageous. Back in the day, a pair of Cooper or Kennesky pads was about $400, blocker & catcher about $300; a custom made molded mask $150-$250. Top-end gear in its day. Additionally, if you were playing at the top tiers in Montreal, Toronto or Winnipeg etc, like the equivalent of todays AAA from Pee Wee on up to the Junior's, as a Goalie, the teams generally provided you with your gear as a "bonus" for signing. Skates & sticks appear to have gone into orbit from a price-point perspective, but the rest of the stuff, seems to me to be on par with about circa 1971. $1600 for pads?. Holy Toledo!.