On goalie pads.
Interesting note from the Sporting News Today regarding a proposed rules change that would shrink goaltenders' equipment
An NHL source said that final details are still being worked out between the NHL and NHLPA. According to the source, the current plan has each individual goalie being measured and then instructed as to what size pads will be allowed. The Boston Globe said that kneepads and clavicle protectors will be targeted for reduction in the 2008-09 season.Guess this means that Jonas Hiller (6-foot-2) won't be able to trade equipment with J.S. Giguere (6-foot-1), even he wanted to.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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