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052 - Behind the Scenes of Gear Repair with Mekenzie Erickson
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Show notes are available at https://thediygoalie.com/pod052
This week we sit down with Mekezine Erickson of Erickson Goalie Equipment and Repair. Mekenzie shares how he got into the business of gear repair, some tips on keeping your gear in better shape, and a little taste of his efforts in building his own set of gear.
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Transcript
Introduction of Hosts and Podcast
00:00:06
Speaker
Welcome to the DIY Goalie Podcast, where hosts and goalie coaches Nathan Park and Connor Munday share their insights on how to become ah better goalie.
00:00:19
Speaker
Goalies, welcome back to another episode of the DIY Goalie podcast with your hosts Nathan Park and Connor
Guest Announcement: Mackenzie Erickson
00:00:28
Speaker
Monday. I am back after being gone for the last couple episodes and we are going to be joined by Mackenzie Erickson of Erickson Goaltending Equipment. Today we're going to be talking a little bit about gear repair and all of that stuff.
One-Year Anniversary Celebration
00:00:43
Speaker
But just before we hop into that, we wanted to take a minute or so to just thank all you guys because this is episode number 52, which means it's been 52 weeks since we started up the DIY Goalie podcast. So exactly a year.
00:01:03
Speaker
So thanks to all of you for listening, tuning in, sticking around, putting up with myself and with Connor. Um, it's kind of crazy cause it feels like it's been way longer than a year.
00:01:15
Speaker
Um, cause I started this when I did my hip surgery and that feels like years ago now, but, uh, yeah. So wanted to say thank you to all you guys for tuning in, making this happen. And, uh, it's been a pretty wild ride on our part.
00:01:33
Speaker
Yeah, definitely. Definitely for sure there. I mean, you know, I kind of joined the party a little bit late, had to bug Nathan to let me come back more consistently. And, but yeah, no, it's ah just, again, wild. I
Guest Introduction and Podcasting Challenges
00:01:48
Speaker
think it's just great. It is is a good word there to put out, you know, doing this and doing this for 52 weeks straight and just the amount of,
00:01:59
Speaker
love and support that we've gotten from it and all the great guests that we've had on du up to this point mckenzie will be no different and uh we're definitely uh looking forward to jumping into it today i guess i'll segue into it i don't know if nathan had the plans already but i'm already going to i'm going to take it away from him hey i've had my practice here i've done the last two episodes by myself i'm a season pro at this point but mckenzie welcome to mckenzie welcome to the podcast uh how you doing today good man thanks for having me guys we really appreciate it and congrats a whole year that's a big milestone i think for a lot of these podcasts so you start you think you got a lot of gusto you think you got a lot of stuff in the can and you know it kind of falls apart so good for you guys keep going good for you yeah thanks i think this stat is like something like only 20 percent of podcasts get past like episode 21 or something like that yeah i believe there's somewhere yeah
00:02:54
Speaker
and sorry yeah You start listening to him and you're like, this is great. And then you're like, what happened? Where'd you guys go? Well, I think the key is just sticking with it. You know, you know, Nathan and I both dedicate in the generally recording at 8 PM mountain standard and, you know, just trying to tough it out for an hour here, along with all the technical difficulties and the, and the other stuff that, you
Mackenzie's Background and DIY Journey
00:03:18
Speaker
know, that we deal with. So I think just the, the, the mental capacity of just toughing it out for a year and, know,
00:03:23
Speaker
you know um we've done we've we've done or we've done our solo episodes and we've had some i mean i've had some difficult times coming up with some uh coming up with some um some segment ideas but uh uh you know when it's days like today where we have a guest and i don't have to think too much um started and so me on but yeah exactly but But, yeah, we'll we'll jump ah we'll jump into it here, I guess. Mackenzie, enough talking about us. israel Let's start talking about you. oh Let's – I mean, you you run – you run Eric's in equipment and goalie repair.
00:04:00
Speaker
um This is what happens when I get too excited. ah Just tell us um your background about yourself and how you got into hockey and playing goal, and we'll move on from there. Awesome.
00:04:12
Speaker
So grew up, you see here, little town called Tollfield. Grew up on an acreage with but the dad that was very much DIY. um was a carpenter by trade. So like I was very much into trades and building stuff with him growing up. So lots of hands-on, handyman experience.
00:04:32
Speaker
um So that's kind of where like, I think I get that knack kind of thing. um You just tear stuff apart, figure out how to fix it, end up on a you know Saturday afternoon wondering like what the hell are we doing kind of thing. Let's put it back together.
00:04:47
Speaker
um actually didn't play organized hockey growing up. My parents split when we were pretty young, so never really had the chance just with the travel. So it just didn't work out. But I did get ah set a set of street hockey equipment one year and I played every day we could, you know, kind of thing. that's The extent of my hockey ah career as a young kid, ah you know, until like 14 or 15, you know, and girls in cars show up and you get interested in different stuff.
00:05:16
Speaker
So I took mechanics out of high school, went down to SAIT. I did that for a few years, but it's a tough trade for, you know, actually making money.
00:05:28
Speaker
it's It's not ideal, but same thing. It was, you know, that mechanical part of me that I liked. um But then bounced around a few industrial jobs after I didn't didn't didn't quite work out there.
00:05:42
Speaker
um In that time, I started playing ball hockey and stuff like that and started dipping my toes a little bit. And somebody said, hey, have you ever skated before? And I said, nope. But I went and bought all the stuff and sucked it out on the ODR and started playing beer leagues a little bit more. And that's when I started realizing, oh,
00:06:00
Speaker
I like the gear. The gear is really cool, you know? So i think that was just kind of what got the hooks in me and I just kept playing more and more and, you know, here we are few years later. Nice.
00:06:14
Speaker
So what was it about the gear then that kind of kind of drew you to it and to really be, but you know, diving into what's behind the Gen Pro and kind of nerding out a little bit on it?
00:06:28
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. You know, as a kid, that's what I was always like, that guy's weird. Why does he get all the cool stuff? Like, what's that guy's deal? You know, there's one of them, there's a whole team, but there's one dude, what's his deal? So as a kid, that always stuck out to me, you know, um and it's all color matching, you know, they get to, you know, they show everything off.
00:06:50
Speaker
Yeah. I don't know why i wanted to take it apart, but it's probably more like this didn't work right. And like, I want to fix it. I just always want to fix things and make it better or, and I'm pretty cheap too. so I'm going to buy the cheapest thing. It sucks.
00:07:04
Speaker
Well, how do I make it better? Let's spend twice as much money making it better kind of thing. So, um, yeah, that was just, it, I don't know. And I'm, Rollies, gilded masks, just like, and i just remember that vividly being like, that is the coolest thing in the world. I want to know everything about that. And stuff, just those little things, those little pieces of gear, Hasek's TPS stuff, you know, you just, those little things that made you like, oh man, like, I really love that. And you just start looking for your own thing then you start taking it apart. And yeah, it just really clicked with ah the kind of person I am.
00:07:39
Speaker
um When was doing this previously before COVID, the Odins kind of launched right around when I was kicking up and everyone was super excited about performance equipment. So that really, as a burgeoning athlete, like really got the hooks in me as well, being like, how do i how do you get that without spending $2,500 on a set of bats kind of thing?
00:08:03
Speaker
You know, I'm just tinkering and and trying to modify it and figure out how is this stuff made? cause there's no, you can't go to school for this. can't go to school, learn how to, so you can't learn how to go to school, how to make it kind of thing. you just kind of have to figure it out, take it apart and figure it out.
00:08:19
Speaker
That's kind of similar to Justin Goldman's story. He, uh, as a kid, he attributed, uh, the goalie gear to them being like a knight. We had him on a couple of episodes. Yeah. yeah exactly Yeah. You're like a warrior out there for sure. Yeah. Yeah.
00:08:34
Speaker
Well, it's literally throwing stuff at Yeah. yeah Well, it's, it's the, mean, I think, I think, I think like the common story is that, you know, for goalies is I can see equipment that draws T-Ray and then you get the specific people, you know, that are really into like the inner workings, you know, of, of the equipment stuff. I just liked it just cause I thought the designs and the colors were cool, but, uh, beyond, you know, but no, that's no, that's great. Um, okay.
Founding Edmonton Gear Experts
00:09:00
Speaker
So let's talk about then jumping into now your business with Eric's and equipment and repair.
00:09:05
Speaker
Um, What inspired you to start that up and begin your own business basically in gear repair? How did that all come about? um So again I'll clarify, i had ah I had a first iteration that I called Edmonton Gear Experts um that I started up in about 2016, 2017.
00:09:25
Speaker
twenty sixteen twenty seventeen um i was i my better half would say i just don't play well with others so i had to get like my own job and be my own boss but uh i say it was out of passion for the position and for the community that's a great that's a good answer uh so it's a bit of a a bit of b um you know i like guiding my own ship kind of thing i like you know When I become obsessed with something, like I'm going to put that work in and I put a lot of work into it and I want to be able to see the fruit of my labor.
00:09:59
Speaker
Not to say that it wasn't for these jobs. I certainly was, but I wasn't i didn't feel like was being given those opportunities that I self-righteously felt like I deserved. So this was a way that i you know my effort is directly correlated to output. you know As much as I put in, i can get out of it if I just keep working hard and um Yeah, and then I saw a gap that like people wanted, especially with you know seeing all of this high performance stuff come out, but they couldn't afford it.
00:10:27
Speaker
How can we work together and you know get you a happy medium kind of thing? So I saw a gap there. um And you know we know how ungodly hockey is in general, let alone goaltending.
00:10:39
Speaker
So if I can keep a kid in his gear, i was like, yeah, of course. like I didn't get the play growing up. I know how expensive that is for parents. so I want to do everything I can to to make it cheaper and, you know, it just kind of give back to something that, again, has given me so much. So, again, passion, inability to work with others, and, you know, just seeing a gap in the market was, you know, kind of how it worked.
00:11:07
Speaker
I guess I'll wait for the the next setting here because kind of I think it's kind of a two-part question. Yeah, i was going to say that segue is nice because, yeah, i know like um because and think what we've known each other a year and a half now or so like that, something like that.
00:11:25
Speaker
Something like that. Yeah. yeah And yeah, because we we've talked before how you had had um the separate business like the Edmonton Gear Experts kind of pre-COVID and then when COVID hit, you kind of had to shut down and and pivot a little bit. So so What was kind of the reasoning for that? like What sort of struggles did you face when when COVID did hit? And then what kind of inspired the the Phoenix rising from the ashes and the new iteration of Ericsson equipment repair?
Impact of COVID-19 on Business
00:12:00
Speaker
And then just kind of what got you interested in the starting it up again?
00:12:07
Speaker
Yeah, it was just like, it was a weird time, right? I know you guys know that too, right? it was yeah It was bizarre, right? And we just didn't know what was happening. And I don't think I handled it very well. I just got like really stressed out.
00:12:19
Speaker
And but we all were, right? But um I just like, yeah, i wasn't in a good spot either, I don't think. I don't think I was handling like my own personal stuff, professional. I just, I think it was all in a bit of a weird spot. And then when I heard that um Leagues weren't starting up for the year. or like We weren't having rec hockey. We weren't having minor hockey leagues or you know like any sort of uncertainty. I was just like, nope, hold the chute.
00:12:45
Speaker
See you later. like I got to feed the cats. I got to pay my portion of the bills, right? ah So I went and got a you know regular job. regular went and worked up north at doing a fly-in, fly-out job.
00:12:59
Speaker
Good enough. Paid the bills. It was fine. I hated the fly-in, fly-out. Again, just got myself in a place where I was not happy with what I was doing, trying to put effort into changing things that, you know, like that just doesn't work in a corporate structure, right?
00:13:14
Speaker
Quit that job, found another job. Same thing, immensely stressful job, like super stressful. And I just like, it didn't matter how many hours in a day you put in, it just didn't change anything. So we're just like, hey, maybe I should do this again, right? And then seeing like people were upset with a local business and it wasn't, they weren't hearing. And then somebody reached out and was like, hey, have you,
00:13:34
Speaker
considered doing this again? I was like, no, i haven't. why do Why not? And so really just like buckled down and figured it out, took some courses, learned like what, you know, how to run a business a bit better and not just like by the seat of my pants, like figuring it out as I go, have a bit of a basis.
00:13:54
Speaker
And sorry, as I didn't mention this before, as Edmonton Gear experts, it was full time, but it wasn't full time. It like juggling a bunch of other stuff. So I don't think I really focused on it. entirely as much as I should have to make it successful.
00:14:07
Speaker
And then COVID happened and, you know, like the wheels just came off. like I spent a lot of time wrapping up this um and trying to make sure that I have my ducks in a row. Like I'm very much like, if I'm going to something, it has to be perfect. Like I'm, you know, type A perfectionist, you know, that kind of person. It's not always ideal, but it did help me set up to build a better business, build a real, a legitimate business time. Like everything's like, this is a legitimate business. I,
00:14:34
Speaker
I, you know, it's despite being in my basement, it's like, you know, I put a lot of work into making sure that I checked all the boxes this time, had a lot of things I didn't have last time. So, ah yeah, I just, and ah again, missed the sport, missed helping people, missed the customers and and relationships I built and working with my hands, you know, repairing stuff.
00:14:57
Speaker
um And then I wanted to expand on what I had before. Because before it was like, you know, I i did most things, I didn't do everything. So now I want to, like, I'm working towards building equipment. I'm working towards, you know, just continually expanding and hopefully building to something where I can employ people and give back more and more to this work.
00:15:17
Speaker
yeah got always see you just keep rambling that' all good fly by the seat of your pants and uh not really uh you're juggling way too much that sounds all too familiar over here yeah i was gonna say you know a thing or two of about running you run six businesses it feels like your one right yeah I'm just a guy that tags a little bit, man. Yeah, exactly. right well Yeah, thank you. um Okay. i want I want to take this a different way compared to what we have written up here. And before we jump into the question that we have here, I have kind of a different one. So you kind of already answered our later question, you know, about um starting your own business as opposed to working to a pro shop. So I'll ask this in a bit of a different way than since we're on the topic of it. You had mentioned before, you know,
00:16:07
Speaker
You say you had a passion for the game, but the other half says, you know, don't play well with others. So we kind of answered that question in and that aspect. So then I'll ask this then. So have, I guess, like a bit of a two-parter. So like have you gone to any of the local pro shops here in the YG area?
00:16:28
Speaker
And... what kind of like do you have any conversations with any of like these experts when it comes to you know the Goloft at at United Cycle or um Totem Outfitters or whatever or do you just kind of go there and just kind of look at what the newer gear is like so then you're kind of basically like scouting in a way like what the new CCM Axis whatever pads are or the new Bauer Hyperlites or whatever whatever they are you kind of like scouting that gear in that aspect are you having any conversations with any of like the the goal experts again let's i use united cycle goloft as an example um and and i guess opposed to that as well as like what kind of horror stories have you heard um if any from any of these shops you don't have to name names but we just you know like when people come to you they're like oh yeah we went to such and such place first and it didn't turn out well
00:17:25
Speaker
Connor's really digging here He's really trying to get me getting a good sound bite. Isn't he? I'm ready to screenshot. Yeah. just exactly Um, my FBI agents asking, by the way, exactly. Your handlers behind you. Right.
00:17:42
Speaker
Um, caveat. I did actually apply to, um, this was actually prior to my first, uh, attempted this. I did, I did, um, apply to a job at the loft and as at the repair there at United Cycle, but I just didn't have any experience, so it didn't and know I'm not surprised I didn't get the job.
00:18:04
Speaker
So, you know, I always do things out of spite, right? and You guys both met me, so I said, fine, I'll start my no own business. No, that didn't happen. um As for relevant relationship, they, you know, i've I've totally rented gear from them when I wanted to try stuff out.
00:18:20
Speaker
um I have nothing bad to say about local businesses. I've definitely taken um player gloves in to Totem. They did a great job. I've rented skis from them.
00:18:31
Speaker
I only get my skate sharpened by Mike Leung. Shout out at United Cycle. he gets He does a dang good job. And no, for sure. So I'm going to, you know, walk around that part just a little bit there. And say I respect that my local competitors.
00:18:50
Speaker
um But yeah, definitely I've heard, you know, people, there's always both sides of right? People get great. You know, they have a great experience with stuff or you might get a bad somebody on a bad day and you might get a bad job.
00:19:01
Speaker
um ah Again, if you're digging for, there used to be another local business that I don't know if is operating anymore. People have had great experiences and bad experiences with that business, but it is what it is in any business. You're goingnna have you going to have people that rant and rave about how great it and going to have people that say not so much, you know.
00:19:24
Speaker
So I'll leave that part there. As for the gear, I am constantly, I'm like, I'm again, like I just love gold hunting equipment. So yeah, I'm 100%. I'm looking at all the new stuff. I want to know what are people doing?
00:19:38
Speaker
What did I not do fast enough? Because there's stuff where i'm like, I had that idea too. And you sat on your laurels and you didn't get it out there. Right. So you can't say it's yours. Right. So not to say that things don't, you know, simultaneously evolve, but,
00:19:52
Speaker
Yeah, I'm constantly looking at stuff, looking at like, this is going to come to me in six months because it's a... it's a poor design. card You know, there's lots that kind of stuff. And just seeing, like, I just, again, it's so cool. gear is so cool.
00:20:08
Speaker
i just love um we holding a brand new piece of equipment and, like, knowing that somebody put all that time and effort. There's all this R&D, there's all this cool materials in it. even if some There's a lot of, you know, marketing gimmicks, too. But Just knowing, like, there's a lot of cool stuff in equipment. Hockey's a cool sport, man. Like, I just love hockey. but I love it.
00:20:31
Speaker
but i don't know. I'm now rambling. I'm rambling again, dude. It's all good. we yeah We have our fair share of rambles on this podcast. I think I've had a few grade A rants on and some of our solo episodes. There's just, like, I'm pretty sure there's been an episode out there where you just talked the entire hour, and I maybe got, like, five words it.
00:20:51
Speaker
Yeah, that happens. hey It's called passion, Connor. Get in it. I was going to say, when you're goalies, it's, ah you know, when we get going, we get going.
00:21:01
Speaker
Exactly. This is a safe space. Normally, we're like the quiet one in the corner, right? You got all these freaking players. are Good Lord. Yeah. Yeah, good pass, man. Yeah, exactly. So, you kind of... um touched on it a little bit earlier, just like one of the reasons why you wanted to do this was to kind of help, you know, cut down costs for families and stuff like that and give back to the game a little bit.
Gear Maintenance Tips
00:21:25
Speaker
Do you have any kind of pieces of advice or tips or anything like that for goalies and goalie parents out there to kind of help prolong their gear so they're not dropping nearly as much cash?
00:21:41
Speaker
You bet. air it out there's your sound bite airy bloody gear out nobody does it it's disgusting like again i said i'm pretty nose blind but every once in while you get a piece you're like man this thing stays in the bag and it does not come out and i guarantee if i open this up it's full of mildew like it's disgusting for the most part air it out air it at a minimum uh if you can put it in front of a fan like pull it all out of your bag put it on a rack um If you do have the facilities, if you got space,
00:22:14
Speaker
um put a little, put a rack, like ah a flat rack, you know, not like the hanging racks. The hanging racks can be kind of hard on stuff, actually. It's better than nothing, obviously, but, you know, you'll stretch out Velcros or straps and stuff like that.
00:22:29
Speaker
And spray it with an isopropyl or rubbing alcohol mixture. So, three parts water, one part isopropyl or rubbing alcohol. And you can use like essential oil for scent. It doesn't do anything other than scent.
00:22:43
Speaker
um Cause some people don't like that alcohol smell, but spray it thoroughly, and put it in front of the fan, make sure it's dry. Just make sure it's dry before it goes back in the bag.
00:22:54
Speaker
Wet gear is gonna break down faster and smell the high heavens. So that's my biggest thing. um Storing your stuff, um pads,
00:23:05
Speaker
People just, same thing, jam them tops down, and then they'll wonder why, you know, it has a pre-bend or why stuff's breaking. Store them upright, you know, so top, like, the way you wear them.
00:23:15
Speaker
Or if you have, again, the spacer facilities on the landing gear, because then you're not compressing the pad, you're not compressing the boot break, you're not doing anything like that. Put your straps, you know, where they're supposed to be so they're not snagging the velcros, they're not breaking stuff.
00:23:30
Speaker
um Gloves, blockers, again, don't put them in a funny spot. Try and lay it open, lay it down. um I think we'll get to this in a bit too, but same thing. Tie it shut or prop it open after it's dry kind of thing, stuff like that. Just the little things, just take care of it.
00:23:51
Speaker
What are I? I lost it here. No, helmets. Make sure your helmet's dry, too. Check on that hardware. Look at it. That's the most important piece of equipment you have. Like, just you spend so much money on it, and then it comes in, and it's like you clearly haven't taken care of this at all, and you wonder why you're replacing some of these things.
00:24:09
Speaker
Granted, some things are built poorly, designed poorly, but a lot of it is your care as well. And sorry, last thing, do not wash it in a washing machine. Do not ever do that. yeah Just a quick follow up to that. What are your thoughts and thoughts on the ozone machines? Yes or no?
00:24:26
Speaker
It's my unscientific and unhumble opinion. A load of baloney. I don't think it does anything. That said, a Sporka or I can't remember. They're over here on like 80.
00:24:40
Speaker
I don't know. I can send you some info if you're interested in sharing it with people. They like actually wash the gear and like I've seen the process and like it seems pretty legit. They're not like thrashing it in a regular washing machine. It's like a specific sport cleaning machine.
00:24:55
Speaker
It's like physically washing. It's not just like steaming it. That ozone stuff, it just like steams it. And I don't recommend that, especially for warrior gear. if you have warrior gear, never put it in an E-zone or whatever those are called but because they glue a lot of their parts together and it like delaminates the glue.
00:25:11
Speaker
Not to say that only Warrior, but Warrior specific. so a lot of stuff is going to the glue. Everything kind of glued together, especially in gloves, but Warrior particularly. Anyway, again, rambling.
00:25:22
Speaker
I'm just getting excited. No, that's all right. You know, it's funny you're talking about this, and I'm thinking about like how my goalie gear is set up right now. I'm like, oh, McKenzie would kill me. Hey, man. More goodness for me. The way that my gear is stored. No wonder you brought your stuff to him, hey, to get there.
00:25:42
Speaker
My gloves, Nathan. Thank you. Hey, man. I got you one pair. only took about two months. yeah Is that why your sticks always break and skate blades and stuff? it's ahead nice ah I broke my i broke my skate like literally middle of the middle of our summer session uh, last year. Yeah. I can. So the day after he broke his stick too. And then yeah last week or two weeks ago, he broke his stick at one of our other sides. The guy's just a mess. So, you Yeah. Just call me, just, just, uh, just call me the equipment killer.
00:26:24
Speaker
Anyways. anyway so Um, all right. Well, let's, let's talk about, um, this and we kind of got a little bit of a two-parter here. Cause I think these go hand in hand. Um, Obviously, like there's all these different tips out here for breaking in gloves, steaming, um you know the football in the glove, playing basically catch.
00:26:43
Speaker
ah So what would be your advice to get like and um theyre just for break just for breaking in a goalie glove? um I will start with what not to do ah or Old school stuff, people would pour boiling water in it. Do not do that.
00:26:59
Speaker
Do not put hot water. Do not steam it. Again, it's so much different than it used to be. Gloves used to be built with felt and real leather, and, like, it's just not the same. you The foams will, they do not like it, the glue, all this stuff. Just don't.
00:27:16
Speaker
Low heat from a hairdryer, that's fine. Some people take it into, you know, the box stores, and they'll put it in the ah skate oven. That's not too hot. That's fine.
00:27:28
Speaker
You know, it's, and and they're timing it and they're making sure don't put it in the oven. People do stuff like that. Anyway, a lot of stuff on the internet, take it with a grain of salt. um best At home, hit it with a hairdryer, tie it shut, maybe some wood clamps on it kind of thing in the crease. um But like, so my methods are a little more intense. Like I'm kind of like taking stuff apart. I'm adjusting lacing and stuff like that.
00:27:55
Speaker
Sorry. Anyway, At home, bit of heat, clamp it shut. Mostly just like sit down. If you're watching television, just open and close, open and close until you can't do it anymore kind of thing. um Don't shove it. I've heard people like, oh yeah, clamp it under the couch. It's really something.
00:28:10
Speaker
No, don't do that. Like clamp it right on the crease, just gently, just enough to hold it shut. Tie it shut around the outside. um I do recommend putting like a towel, a tea towel in the pocket when you do that so the pocket doesn't collapse.
00:28:23
Speaker
Yeah. But yeah, beyond that, um it's a little more intensive. the The procedure that I offer is like a service. um So I'm not just like throwing it on the shelf tied shut. I'm like taking it apart sometimes, changing the lacing, changing internals if we have to, stuff like that.
00:28:45
Speaker
Anyway, i know that was a very succinct answer. Yeah. Do you find that there are some, I mean, like I think that's pretty, it's a pretty obvious answer, but do you find that there are some gloves that are easier to break in than others because like i because have like the still rocking the old reblock p4s and that glove was it took me a few weeks maybe to breaking it but mean other that was fine but then when i got switched over to the e-flex twos it's like i still i still can't break that thing this day ccms are awful ccms especially the no like this the last few runs of them the fives and the sixes they're garbage i don't i don't know what they did like it's in uh
00:29:24
Speaker
Sometimes it it's how they lace them, it's how tight they lace them. They use this, some of this, I have to pile of it in the garbage can here actually. it's like so tough compared to some of it um sorry was the original question i just lost it that's all right you got guts got so worked up about i started going no i was like i was just asking like do you find that there's some glove and it's i think it's a pretty obvious answer but like do you do you find that there are some gloves that are easier to break in oh yeah yeah for sure like so it's like a
00:29:57
Speaker
protection versus ah ease of break-in. So, like, the lower-end glove has less protection, so it's way easier to break in, whereas, like, and my one of my latest posts was a ah true pro palm, and I was like, that is one of the best palms in a glove I've seen, but, yeah, that thing was tough to close.
00:30:14
Speaker
I will say some of the true game readies coming out of their pro factory are very tough right now. I don't know why. I've had about three in the last month or so that I was like, i these are very, very tough for game-ready or extra game-ready.
00:30:26
Speaker
um Easiest for me to alter where i don't have to do much and it's a pretty key procedure, Bauer X5 Hyperlite. those are Those are pretty easy. or The vapor line, not the hyri but one below the Hyperlite. Those ones pretty easy because they have enough material with me for me to work with. i don't have to replace anything. Brian's gloves usually have like this bundle of lace at the back so I don't have to replace it. I can just use all that.
00:30:52
Speaker
What happens is, like, the cord is usually too short, so the glove is way too tight, so have to replace it to make it looser. But Brian's, there's, like, this big bundle of lace for some reason at the back, so you can just pull it all the way through and loosen it up, stuff like that. Yeah, those are the two that I find the easiest. Again, Trues, CCMs.
00:31:09
Speaker
CCMs need a ton of work, right? EFlex 5, 6, the Axis 1 and 2, particularly, are very, very tough.
00:31:20
Speaker
So sticking with gloves there's yeah there's ah big debates all the time about pockets and what the right way to do a pocket is and all that stuff. So can you maybe tell us like what the difference is between the regular lacing in a pocket and putting in a skate lace and like the difference between a floating tee as opposed to a regular tee or, you know, even a double tee? I don't really think those get made much anymore, but so
00:31:52
Speaker
just kind of kind of some of the differences between the pockets and stuff. Because i know I'm a big Brian's guy, and those things are like vacuums. i absolutely love the gloves. um But I found that they were just massive. So I don't know if there's something that if, you know, goalies out there are struggling to catch the puck, if there's something they can do to their gloves and kind of what the differences between those are for the pockets.
00:32:17
Speaker
Sure. I will say the caveat here is, I think sometimes people use a glove that they're not, like, really totally comfortable with, and it's like the break angle can play into it and kind of mask that issue. So we'll have it.
00:32:30
Speaker
So if you're, I'll say, if you're specifically having an issue with pop-outs, the floating tee will definitely help because you're adding to the pocket. Another caveat is if you're playing high-level hockey, it's technically not legal, but there are ways that we can make, like, a pocket work better for you.
00:32:47
Speaker
At the basis of a pocket, the... The type of lace isn't necessarily the issue. It's how you lace it. And so you'll see, like, some gloves, the pocket lacing is super, super tight. So it's just kind of a springboard. And if you look at the base of the tee, if the base of the tee is cinched down really tight, same thing. It's just going to bounce straight back out.
00:33:09
Speaker
We're trying to absorb the energy of the puck, right? So making sure that it is laced just tight enough to keep the puck from going through. that netting, but absorbing as much of that energy as possible. So that floating key, instead of it being cinched down here, it floats, right? So it's catching that energy and you have a little bit of extra lacing, so it catches that.
00:33:31
Speaker
um It's, again, great for kids if they're struggling with pop-outs, stuff like that, beer leaguer, nobody's going to check the legality of your glove. um It's a gray area kind of mod.
00:33:45
Speaker
um Again, for high-level hockey, don't think it's NHL legal. It's supposed to be the minimum amount of webbing, but if I take the key and pop that thing off, it's technically the minimum amount that I need to do that, right? So who's to say?
00:34:00
Speaker
To get around that, what I can do is again, replace or loosen that T so the T isn't totally pinched down at the base in the crypt of the pocket there and just like leave a one inch gap so that the T can move and absorb a little bit of that puck's energy.
00:34:17
Speaker
And again, doesn't matter if it's skate lace. doesn't matter if it's core, wax, unwax. so You'll see people, I don't know if you guys are ever on GGSU or the old Mod Hockey forums and stuff like that.
00:34:29
Speaker
People would talk to their blue in the face about that kind of stuff. and it's like no It's how you do it. It's how you lace that stupid thing. It's not what it's made of. yeah and Again, go into any store and grab.
00:34:43
Speaker
I'm going to keep parking on CCM. Some of them have these super tight super hard laced pockets and yeah, no no wonder, caught myself again, no one wonder the puck just shoots straight off the thing. It's like hitting a wall.
00:34:57
Speaker
So a caveat there is um it's how you do it, not what it's made of. And floating tee will definitely help with pop outs and decelerating the puck.
00:35:08
Speaker
But again, it's only legal in certain instances.
00:35:15
Speaker
What do you think of the differences in toe tie and bootstrap setups and do they change anything in terms of performance?
Toe Tie and Bootstrap Setups
00:35:28
Speaker
Um, performance is, uh, isn't maybe quite the right term. It's, it's the, um, how the pad's going to react to you and your playing style more so when you do, when you change this kind of things.
00:35:40
Speaker
Um, so for toe ties, um, And there's a lot of debate about this now too, which I can i can see the merit in having this discussion.
00:35:53
Speaker
Like if you're a high-level athlete and your body's in great shape and you know like you don't have hip issues, you don't have knee issues, you don't have ankle issues, ah you probably want the stiffness of skate lace.
00:36:07
Speaker
with like this, you know, however many knots you or whatever, um and and no elastic whatsoever. But if you're a beer leaguer or you're like a kid playing house and you don't necessarily notice, having the elastic toe tie is great because it takes that strain off.
00:36:25
Speaker
You're getting, you know, all of that performance out of it. So sorry, let's let's back up and break it down. Like a toe tie, what a toe tie does is when you go down your butterfly, you come back up, it's recentering that pad, right?
00:36:37
Speaker
So having a nice and so no he having that nice tight skate lace is going to snap it back. And then when you hit your post and your RVH, which is what's changed this a bit too now, is that we're using RVH so much that people want that nice solid thing to push off of.
00:36:55
Speaker
And then they want that reaction when they come out of it. um I like elastics because you can kind of dial it in and take that strain off.
00:37:06
Speaker
And you can also use a piece of skate lace and a piece of shock cord and kind of get a good mix of both, getting a good solid connection. Plus, if I'm like stretched all the way out, I'm still going to get that pull because that shock cord is stretched out, but it's also not going to yank my hip down when I'm in an RVH too tight lately.
00:37:31
Speaker
Does that answer your question about Totois? I'll move on to Bootstrap next. ah I think so, yeah. Okay. For bootstrap, they're kind of becoming a vestige now. Like, you're you're seeing pads that don't even come with them now.
00:37:44
Speaker
Okay. like, they're removable or they don't even, you know, that you you can add them, but they don't come stock. Bootstraps were from when we had really loose boot channels, really loose strapping because we'd wear it really tight at the ankle, really loose all the way up, and then, like, kind of wear one maybe one behind the knee because we didn't have – the pad wasn't held up.
00:38:05
Speaker
So this was holding the pad off of our boot a little bit. And then when the NHL moved to the LDS, you saw the Lundy Loop come in, right? So Lundqvist would wear that one behind his leg and it would pull that pad up because their thigh rises are limited.
00:38:20
Speaker
So they can't have a super, that you know, they can't have a plus three pad like we used to have, you know, in the mid two thousand um So that would push that pad up when they went down in the butterfly. So it would cover the five-pole more.
00:38:32
Speaker
You don't really need that anymore. it You know, we, we at a rec level or a beer league level, you're not impeded by that sort of thing. So you can get away from that. Plus we have the professor strap. We have all different types of strapping behind the calf that do the same thing.
00:38:49
Speaker
Plus don't impede our ankle mobility. So you can get that ankle down into the ice way better without that. um I don't believe in wearing a bootstrap anymore. i have take I took mine off years ago. haven't looked back once.
00:39:01
Speaker
I think you don't need it. If you still have it on there, it's just like a comfort thing. um but I'll see goalies come in and they'll show me like, oh, you know, like this is getting in the way. like, yes, it's not doing anything.
00:39:14
Speaker
They'll show me. It's like it's on the last or it's on the last hole on the strap. It's like just take it off, man. You don't need it. um Again, just got into it there, man. I don't know if that answered your question, but I hate bootstraps.
00:39:25
Speaker
I still believe in elastic co-ties in the right instance, but I can also see the argument for going back to skate lace for a lot of people, particularly high-level athletes that have a body that can handle it.
00:39:37
Speaker
you're a kid, wear elastic. that I'll kind of chime in personally and maybe hop on the CCM hater train here. But in June, we're definitely not getting sponsored by them. So we'll have to reach out to Brian's or something.
00:40:01
Speaker
i But yeah, in junior, I had a set of genetic twos and those were by far my favorite pad that I ever wore. um And it took me like 30 seconds to put on both pads because I had the toe hooks too instead of the laces. right And when I went to college, because our league sponsor was CCM as a broke college student, I decided to...
00:40:23
Speaker
pay half price and get my full custom set for like 1600 bucks instead of 3200 bucks and probably one of the worst decisions I've ever made um so I went for the e-flex twos and I tried to install the tow hooks and it just did not work like the way that the pad was built um I could not move it would not stay to my leg at all so I had to go back to the lace and the bootstrap.
00:40:50
Speaker
And I did find like I never once had hip issues in my career until my two years of college. And I, I still firmly believe that it was entirely related to my pad setup.
00:41:03
Speaker
and how tight I had to have everything. And I think it just put a lot of unnecessary wear on my hips, um which I did find out in my journey of bad hipness that my hip sockets are just genetically very shallow, putting a lot of stress on the cartilage already. But I think the pad set up kind of helped accelerate the issues a little bit. So I don't know, I guess just my personal experience of it is if you guys want body longevity, then it might be good to look into something a little bit more flexible and, and you know, elastic. So um don't be like me and, you know, need need hip replacements at 40 probably. But, you know, it is what it is.
00:41:52
Speaker
Well, that's it. I'll chime in one more quick thing before you move on there. Yeah. it's it's so athlete-based and setup-based. We have all these people who are trying to get a reel that clicks because it's like, I'm saying a definitive thing and my way is the way.
00:42:09
Speaker
And if you don't do it this way, you're going to be a junk goalie, right? Everything is, it yeah, we can. Everything is situational. So if you have questions, ask them, ask me, ask anybody, ask all sorts of people. Hey, how did this work for you?
00:42:24
Speaker
How did your setup work? Try it. Go to a practice. Do it. but do <unk>ly here Go to a drop in shinny and try something new before you're in a game. Because you're not going to know until you try it. And you might love it. You might hate it.
00:42:38
Speaker
Right? So that's not your sense. Fair enough. Do you got any other, I guess, kind of gear tips any kind of thing that you want to
Importance of Helmet Care
00:42:51
Speaker
clarify? Maybe some like myths about equipment or anything like that?
00:42:56
Speaker
Any big and kind of, you know, people are on one side of the fence or the other and you'd like to try them in or anything? Off the top of my head, nothing really. i I pondered this question. I was like,
00:43:10
Speaker
Not really. Like, people are going to come to the same conclusion at the end of the day, regardless of what I say. When it's broken, bring it to your man. and That's fine. I don't care. um Storage is my biggest thing, right? Just take care that gear, particularly your helmet.
00:43:23
Speaker
Your helmet should be the most expensive piece of gear you own. Your helmet should be, like, the thing that you take care of. It should not just be rattling around. Check the hardware, stuff like that. Beyond that, um i don't know. I think most gear is a matter of personal preference.
00:43:38
Speaker
and you could if somebody didn't tell you like why this is better than another piece of gear you'd be able to go make that save as long as that gear fit right that's how i feel about it are you uh pro dangler or no oh only i always wear a dangler man have you ever been hitting the throw i'm a short dude like i get hit in the head all the time man like Yeah, like what's hitting me from like here to here should hit a normal goalie right here and it's all the time. So I wear a great, I wear a big neck protector. I wear a dangler for sure and I get hit probably once a game if not more.
00:44:13
Speaker
Not necessarily in the neck, but yeah. No, yeah. Pro dangler. I'll sell you one. so i i've tell I've taken a few pucks to the clavicle.
00:44:27
Speaker
yeah Nothing better than the good old hickey on the neck you have to explain to your parents that I swear I got that in practice. Yeah, really. Granted, it's probably my own fault. Like I'm still down in RVH when I shouldn't be, right? shot Sounds like some coaching.
00:44:44
Speaker
outside Sounds like some coaching there is needed there, Mackenzie. I was at the Sunday morning sessions for mid-two time, except that one time. Yeah.
00:44:57
Speaker
um Let's talk about your social media.
Using Social Media for Business
00:45:00
Speaker
you know You're on Instagram at Erickson Goalie Company. um what What got you into, or what specifically, why do you want to start posting kind of your work on social media? and just like i just I just went through your your Instagram story here, i your recent post with the the good the glove um glove fixes that that you did with it. Why do you want to start posting all that stuff there on socials?
00:45:28
Speaker
Um, you know, it's just a good business tool when it comes down to it. Um, like, I hate having to do it, but like, it's how you engage with customers.
00:45:39
Speaker
It's how you engage with a larger audience, right? We're lucky here in Edmonton. Like you guys know, like we have a huge hockey community and like per capita, it's one of the biggest in North America for how big our city is.
00:45:50
Speaker
Um, so we're lucky for the in-person part, but, um you know i don't think i can make it full time if i was only relying on local like i do get a ton of business don't don't get me wrong but like i have to engage that uh larger part of the community and just to show that like there's something else you don't have to buy new you don't have to do this sort of thing plus like again it's just a it's a massive business tool it's a massive part of how like look i bet if you went on your following list and you went through more than half the things you follow our business and but you might not even think about that right but or maybe do but like i didn't i certainly didn't on my personal account i went there and deleted all the businesses recently actually because i was like this is crazy don't delete my business don't unfollow me um you know what i mean like it but it is it's a huge it right now um i think the uh
00:46:47
Speaker
I also use it too because like the best proof is in the pudding, right? So I put my work up there and I don't have to go and brag. I don't have to put ads out. so I don't have to spend that extra money. And, you know, I think people like engaging with content as, you know, much as it can be difficult, right, to do consistently. And, you know, but yeah, I just spend the time, you know, use Meta's little business suite, which is actually pretty, pretty all right. If you're small business, yeah, there that's how I recommend using it.
00:47:18
Speaker
doesn't have to be the be all end all. You don't have to post every day. But yeah, it just seems to work for me. so Yeah, I'm ah very much a fan of like Jordan Bourgo who came on the show and his airbrushing reels and videos. And, you know, I think there's there's a lot of lot of people out there that just like seeing the process and watching the behind the scenes and all that stuff just to get an idea of what's happening. so ah this eight As my friend says.
00:47:50
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. well You kind of touched on it earlier. So I wanted to ask, are you like, you mentioned you were looking at building gear, kind of play around with building gear.
Ambitions in Goalie Equipment Manufacturing
00:48:03
Speaker
So is that something like you'd kind of explore and see if you could, you know, maybe make a couple sets and see how they go and, and go from there. Like, is that ever something you'd,
00:48:16
Speaker
want end up doing, like being ah John Brown of the world or, you know, like something like that. 100%. That is my end goal. My end goal is to be a small manufacturer and they maybe even a medium manufacturer.
00:48:30
Speaker
um you know never say never i don't think i'd ever you know get to a power level that's not my like mo but um yeah no i i actually reached out to john brown when he shut down if he was interested in you know take me under his wing for you know a week and like i pay him to teach me but you know he's like i'm retired so i'm like yeah um i'm on a beach yeah exactly was like no totally totally cool that's because him and like kenneth ski shut down in the same week and i was like i gotta set my game up, man. Like, I gotta go. So, it's just, it's a super, and, like, trying to make money and do it at the same time and do R&D and, like, and, and, and, right?
00:49:06
Speaker
ah You know, and you only have so much time in a day, right? But, yeah, no, totally. That is my end goal is, like, I would rather be making equipment than repairing it. Not that I don't want to repair. It's just, I think I can build it better. I think I can build it cheaper.
00:49:22
Speaker
i think I can build things that you don't have to throw out in two years. Like, I think once you're done growing, that you should be able to use a piece of equipment for a very long time, longer than we are used to, and still have like 90% of the performance and be able to replace parts and stuff like that, right? So it's just, again, building a process, and know ae you know,
00:49:49
Speaker
There's a lot more that goes into it than you think when you start down this, but yes, hundred percent. That is my goal is to be building equipment. we We'll have a demo sets at our facility for goalies. Heck yeah. yeah Yeah. As soon as like, again, I keep saying it and like, everyone's probably like, eh, let talk about this again, but like, I'm just not my goal. I work on it every week. I'm working at something r and for building a process or experimenting with stuff. And don't know.
00:50:19
Speaker
don't know you saw I ripped apart a set of 1S and that's not the first time I've done that because I'm taking them apart to see what are other people doing, right? And reverse engineering stuff and picking the cream the crop and saying, what makes this the best?
00:50:35
Speaker
How can I make it better? why does this? And you know so there's there's a lot to it in my process. Maybe it's not the best process, but it's how I work as well. Yeah, again. Short story long?
00:50:46
Speaker
Yes.
00:50:50
Speaker
We like um you like the long stories. yeah Yeah, exactly. there It's good for content creation, and I suppose. Yeah. Yeah, no, for for for sure. that do you like Do you have, like like are there any, and don't want to call them prototypes, but like, are there any, like,
00:51:09
Speaker
any like is there any r&d on your end that's gone into it or like has that process just not even started started yet oh yeah no like i like so i've got like all the materials and it's just like building something that's unique that's sustainable that um has a you know efficient build process um so like a bit of background on like how like big the big manufacturers do it, you know, like they have, you know, they've you know, a bunch of employees, they've got hundreds of thousands dollars of equipment, ah you know, they're doing it more of a traditional route, whereas like I'm trying to develop like, how do I do this basically in my garage, but like build you a professional product, but build, do it super efficiently, cost effectively, but still build the best product I can build.
00:52:01
Speaker
that isn't going to be like some cheap piece of junk that you're like, well, like what's the point of buying this, right? i So, like, you know, I'm experimenting with vinyl cutters and and trying to automate processes or like not have, so like a clicker press is like one of the most common ways like the pieces are cut, but that's a huge piece of equipment. It's super expensive. You have to get all of these dyes. Each piece of equipment has dozens, if not like 50 pieces.
00:52:27
Speaker
so you need a dye for each piece. So how can I build a process that eliminates that, but still has like the accuracy, still has the efficiency. Cause if it takes me super long to build a piece of gear, is that really efficient? You know, I like just balancing that stuff, being able to do it myself without saying, okay, well maybe i go take out a million dollar loan and then I actually do hire people and buy all this stuff, et cetera, et cetera. So, they you know, keeping that again, affordability front of mind because I want it to be affordable, but I also want,
00:53:02
Speaker
I think I can build something that performs as good as anybody's stuff. You know, it's not rocket science what's in ah in a goalie pad. It's foam, synthetic leather, and some Velcro.
00:53:13
Speaker
Like, that's all it is. There's no reason i can't build something that performs and lasts. And again, I'm kind of drifting away from your R&D, but yes, I'm doing R&D all the time with my own stuff, with, you know,
00:53:29
Speaker
experimenting with materials, buying stuff and saying, like, does this work? Doesn't this work? Is this effective? Is this not kind of thing? And takes a lot of time to try and find probably more time than it's worth, but it works for me.
00:53:40
Speaker
i think i've already said that today is that, you know, finding that most efficient route for me and think the best way to do it for me. Have you used a piece of your stuff in in a game or anything yet?
00:53:55
Speaker
Yeah, no, I built a set of ads for sure. Uh, they weren't great. um Actually, my version 1.0 pads, I did, I bought, this is probably six, seven years ago now, I bought a to hell set of 1S, cut them up, put new skins on them, sliders and stuff, and use them for ball hockey. And they were unreal until they weren't. And they just like fell apart. Because like, i just used the wrong stuff, right? Like, I just like like, oh, this is close enough, right? And it's just not quite there.
00:54:23
Speaker
Got a second set that I built out of nylon for ball hockey. They're unreal, same thing, but just didn't, I didn't know how to construct a stitch. I didn't know how to set up my machine right, right? It's stuff like that. and Yeah, and then that's another part to, Connor, your previous question is that, like, yeah, buying the right machines, buying the right threads, buying all of these kind of things you, like, you kind of have to experiment with because there's no there's a playbook out there, right?
00:54:48
Speaker
and just finding out what stuff is and how it works, how it interacts and things like that. So yeah, have. Yeah. So luck again, short story long, I have used my own equipment. It wasn't great, but we're still working on improving.
00:55:02
Speaker
Nice. Well, we'll ah we'll work towards wrapping things up here um just die because we're getting close to that hour and we appreciate the time that you've taken. and um If somebody is looking to get started in kind of the gear repair or gear building or kind of that that route.
00:55:23
Speaker
um How would one kind of go about that? And do you have any kind of recommendations or advice for them to you know try and be as successful as they can um from you know the trial and error that you've gone through over the years?
Advice on Gear Repair
00:55:41
Speaker
um ah Yeah, like I just mentioned, there's no playbook to anything like this, you know? um You're picking little bits from all sorts of industries, so youre like be prepared to spend a lot more money than you think it's going to be.
00:55:55
Speaker
Be prepared to spend a lot more time than you think it's going to be. If you think, I can do this in a weekend, I'm going to build my own set of pads, like probably not. like Maybe you're more efficient than me, but...
00:56:07
Speaker
um It's just be prepared to learn from a lot of sources you don't think you're going to learn from. um Be open-minded in you know, your processes because it just takes a lot of time to figure out the best way to do something.
00:56:21
Speaker
So, yeah, research your manufacturers, research your materials, research um your processes, get all that kind of stuff down would be my advice.
00:56:33
Speaker
my thing start taking stuff apart if you have buy pieces go buy 30 that's what i did i just went bought cheap junk gear and took it apart and figured out how was it built now can i put it back together kind of thing um go buy a speedy stitcher and a pair of junk pads and just start just start that's like with any creative endeavor i wish that is the stuff that i didn't learn 10 years ago just start stop being scared Just do the thing that you want to do.
00:57:04
Speaker
and if it doesn't work out, whatever, man, you can go back and you can get a job. You can always get a job. People are really scared. Like we live in a in a place in the world that we are pretty fortunate that we can probably go get a job, especially, know, people like us, like we're, we're probably going to be able to adopt it easily.
00:57:21
Speaker
Well, and you can always do it on the side with a job too, if you need to. Yeah, exactly. That's what you did, right, man. You like, you built all this stuff and it takes time and, Realize it's going to take time.
00:57:33
Speaker
Same thing. I still, still every week I'm like, man, that took me forever and not realizing it's all part of the process. We've all heard that, but it is. The sooner you realize, yeah, it's all part of the process, man, it's okay.
00:57:44
Speaker
Just take it stuff i step by step. You know, you're not going to find a shortcut to good work. so That's how I've taken and that's how I've figured it out. I don't know if that's that's more, this is all pretty generic stuff, the small business.
00:57:58
Speaker
um but if if you've got a will to do something go through it yeah what what what's the one piece of advice in general for goalies that you have uh it's pretty antithetical to my business and like everything i've said for the last hour but like don't worry about your gear go be an athlete go train with good coaches i think you guys are going to do as you know Like, just get out there and don't worry about it. Like, unless you're getting hurt, which is, you know, obviously something else, I will caveat, spend money on your helmet, buy the best helmet you can get.
00:58:37
Speaker
That's like, other than that, unless you're getting hurt, you're thinking about it too much. Just play the game and that will come. If you find, oh, maybe something's not working for me, but don't make it like the,
00:58:52
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focus of everything, right? yeah like I get kids that come in here and like, oh, well, like I can't do this and I can't do that because of this. Well, it's like, no, you probably can still make a save even if you're wearing a pair of street hockey gloves, right?
00:59:04
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You might feel the pop, but you can still make a save, right? So just try and focus on it it a little bit less unless you're getting hurt and then go from there.
00:59:15
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Awesome. Well, where can people find you? And so do you take like um you said you're kind of outside of the local area, too. So I'm assuming you take gear like if people ship it to you and you'll do repairs and stuff like that.
00:59:30
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. I get people shipping me stuff from all over. i I've had a few customers in the last weeks from the States. had some stuff all over Alberta blowing up in Vancouver right now. i don't know what's going on, but I'm getting packages all the time.
00:59:44
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uh yeah no for sure uh i can again get email one-man show i've got a scale i've got packing materials like i can ship your stuff it'll show up don't worry man for sure yeah all right well where can people find you where can they reach out to you anything like that if they're interested in either learning more or having your services yeah for sure um i'm Facebook and Instagram, I'm EGE Repair Co. Website, www.ericsandgory.ca.
01:00:14
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Shoot me an email, chat, reach out if you got questions, you got ideas, whatever, man, we can chat up. Yeah, we'll put that all in the show notes. That'll be at thediygoalie.com slash POD052. Now, if you guys are listening to this a little bit in the future, that might be truenorthgoaltending.com slash POD052 after we make the switch over.
01:00:40
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And for you guys who aren't on YouTube and can't see the sign behind McKenzie, Erickson is E-R-I-C-K.
01:00:50
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S O N goalie.ca. So there's a C and a K. Gotta get it both.
01:00:58
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Well, that's well, the Mackenzie, Nathan, this has been a fun one here today. Always happy to learn about gear and, It's kind of the biggest part of goaltending for obvious reasons. But again, getting to learn the yeah the inner workings of it and you know just being another voice in the goaltending community, we definitely do appreciate it. But that will cap us out here for the end of the DIY Goalie Podcast presented by True North Goaltending.
01:01:29
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01:01:41
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01:01:53
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But beyond that, it has been a fun episode here today. Go check us out again on our social media platforms and our website. If you're watching on the YouTube side of things, thank very much for watching.
01:02:05
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01:02:31
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Take care.