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Free weights. Pull ups. Push ups. Jump rope.

All the stuff a goalie does to not get hurt playing with people who are actually athletic and have Stanley Cup rings.

Hockey Day Minnesota outdoor game 2012:



Laughing as the Defending the Blue Line guys gave me crap since I played for the NHL Alum instead of the military team (and got a shutout on TV):



That guy with no helmet and the purple hat, he was the captain of the Red Wings.



My name's on my jersey, and people here have met me.

It's the internet. Pissing matches are a joke. I just find it really, REALLY hard to believe that Mr High-Speed, Low-Drag is the real deal. He acts so much differently than everyone I know who actually was elite, whether in the military or just in sports.

All I know is I will be having beer with 24HC members in Blaine MN next week and NOT calling them fat-asses or generally being an a-hole.

But, to answer the question: I dead lift and squat enough that I have played goalie since the 1970's without needing lower body surgery. I am not a one-trick pony, and, despite TAK's blather, running isn't a one-way ticket to an ortho surgeon. (I do bike more than run these days, but have not fallen apart yet despite running a LOT for many years.)

I have not said doing crossfit stuff is bad. Heck, I've been known to juggle on a balance board for a warm-down.

Peace. Out.